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Sam Mendes’ Universal/Amblin WWI pic 1917 already is seeing a Golden Globes bounce from its surprise wins for Best Motion Picture – Drama and Director. Fandango reports a boost in advance sales this morning for 1917, selling five times more tickets than the film did a week ago for the Sunday-Monday overnight. Industry…

UPDATE, writethru: Disney/Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker continued its global domination in the third weekend, now with a worldwide cume of $918.8M. It will soon become the Mouse's 7th release of 2019 to cross the $1B mark. The current split is $450.8M domestic and $468M at the international box office…

4th Update, Sunday AM writethru after Saturday AM post: While it’s been widely forecast that 2020 will be a down year at the box office due to less Disney franchise IP on the schedule, the first weekend of the year, per Comscore, cleared $141.2M. That is lower than what we were seeing yesterday because of the fact…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony/Seven Bucks/Matt Tolmach Productions' Jumanji: The Next Level is closing in on its predecessor, Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle. With a $548.8M worldwide gross through January 2, the Dwayne Johnson-starrer now counts $209.7M domestic and $339.1M from the international box office. Comparatively at the…

It’s time to get out of holiday mode and get down to business — Oscar business that is, as nominating ballots for the 92nd annual Academy Awards now are live. The roughly 8,730 active voting members have just five days, until Tuesday, to determine the nominees for the best of 2019. The nominations will be announced on…

Updated with Disney figures: Early morning estimates show Disney’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker crossing the $400 million mark stateside with $407.6M after a New Year’s Day of $17M. That take bests the January 1 cash of The Last Jedi ($14.2M) and Rogue One ($16.75M). Skywalker ranks fourth among the…

2nd Update, Sunday 4:11PM: Comscore reports tonight that global box office is at $41B-plus with international at an all-time high of $30 billion-plus, for the first time ever. We might gripe that streaming is encroaching on theatrical stateside, but it’s certainly thriving and booming abroad. Comscore gave shoutouts…

UPDATE, writethru: Disney/Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker has climbed to $724.8M globally after 12 days in release. The split is $363M from the international box office and $361.8M domestic. This is after a $94.3M offshore weekend, which is above projections and reps just a 43% drop from the debut frame…

Sunday AM writethru after Saturday AM post. Final with chart: Throughout Friday, most industry estimates showed Disney’s Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker beating Last Jedi in its 10th day of release (on Sunday) by $12.8M. But they retreated significantly on their forecasts with the ninth-quel showing a reported running…

Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu is squarely in Rose Tico’s corner. Chu has taken to social media to urge Disney+ to make a Star Wars series revolving around Resistance member Rose Tico, played by Kelly Marie Tran in the Star Wars films The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker. “Ok @disneyplus. Put me in coach…

FRIDAY UPDATE: Disney/Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker hit an upward offshore trajectory on Thursday versus Wednesday, adding $24.4M in 52 material markets for an international box office cume of $282.3M so far. December 26 was good for a 45% bump over Christmas Day and repped 15% of the initial weekend's…

UPDATE DEC 26 AM writethru following Christmas Night post: As expected Disney/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker posted the second-best Christmas Day ever at the domestic B.O. with $32M, behind 2015’s holiday record, Force Awakens, which made $49.3M. Industry estimates last night thought it could go as high…