Former Sony Pictures marketing executive Nancy Tate has launched Crush, a full-service boutique creative agency that will develop original marketing content, strategies and campaigns for film, TV and digital clients. Tate said in a release that the main focus of Crush, which has a launch staff that includes an…

Sony Pictures has given a title to its new Spider-Man movie, the follow-up to 2017’s successful franchise reboot Spider-Man: Homecoming. The sequel, now called Spider-Man: Far from Home, will hit theaters July 5, 2019. The studio made official today what franchise star Tom Holland pretty much leaked in an Instagram…

As seen in various videos with his Infinity War co-stars, the charming Tom Holland hasn’t been the best at keeping secrets when it comes to movies from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Keeping up with his superhero power of sharing secrets, he may have — intentionally or unintentionally — revealed the title to the Homeco…

I can confirm that Jake Gyllenhaal is in talks to play the villainous Mysterio in Sony Pictures’ sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming. Talks are underway right now for Gyllenhaal to join the long line of Spidey villains. Gyllenhaal is booked to star this fall in The American, the BRON-financed and Cary Fukunaga-directed…

Aided by the performance of box office hits Spider-Man: Homecoming and Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle, Sony Pictures Entertainment recorded a full-year profit of $376M (41.1B yen) compared to a $719M loss in 2016. Revenues in the division increased 12% to $9.25B (1.011B yen), the Japanese conglom said today in…

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysteri…

While domestic ticket sales were down in 2017, the gross international box office is estimated to be up 5.1% to $28.8B. This comes after 2016 saw a 1.44% dip from the 2015 boom year that had included Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Furious 7, Jurassic World and more. There are a couple of factors helping goose this…

UPDATE: After reporting a 346% increase in Q2 operating income today in Tokyo, Sony Corp shares on the New York Stock Exchange set a new 52-week high, up more than 14% to $44.50 in mid-day trading. PREVIOUS, 12:07 AM PT: Spider-Man: Homecoming helped swing Sony Pictures Entertainment operating income to $68.1M (7.7B…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU: Coming off of a big international box office session last weekend when War For The Planet Of The Apes swung into China, Fox leads again with the debut of Kingsman: The Golden Circle. The Matthew Vaughn-directed sequel cut a $61.2M figure in its bow in 64 offshore markets. Of those, the MARV Films…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU: Two months after beginning global rollout, Fox's War For The Planet Of The Apes planted its foot in China. The debut of $62.3M on 30,000 screens scored the studio its biggest opening weekend ever in the Middle Kingdom. The result also pushed the Matt Reeves-directed threequel from Chernin…

UPDATED, MONDAY, 12:19 PM: Stephen King’s It, which grossed $123.1M stateside ended up with a big $4.3M more than estimated yesterday from international markets. Instead of the $62M estimated, the horror film from New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. actually pulled in $66.3M on more screens than previously counted. That…

Sony/Marvel's Spider-Man: Homecoming began spinning at Chinese turnstiles today with an estimated $21.6M (RMB 144M) opening day. Including Thursday previews, the unofficial total is $23M on the Tom Holland-starrer from director Jon Watts. Through last Sunday, the movie was at $747.8M global with $422M at the internatio…