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Deadline’s annual film revenue tournaments have celebrated the triumphs of each year’s most profitable films. This year, we decided to look at the films on the opposite end of the spectrum. The big budget misfires that bled red ink and reminded everyone from the artists to the executives and studio executives that big…

Try this as a filmgoing exercise: Watch Moonlight and The Great Wall back to back. One is a poignant indie message about race and poverty, the other is a testament to Chinese power. Here's my reason for citing these films: Many well-informed people worry that Hollywood's courtship of China's big bucks could result in…

Legendary/Universal's The Great Wall won’t scale the hoped-for box office heights its partners had eyed on the mega China-U.S. co-production. Just how great the losses are is up for debate, but they start at about $70 million. Wanda-owned Legendary has myriad partners in the mix including China Film Group and Le…

6th Writethru, Monday AM: Similar to MLK Weekend, why is there so much lackluster product being dumped again over a four-day holiday? Did the majors make some sort of insider pact to release their weakest titles at the same time? A couple of reasons. First, the studios knew that that they were going to be playing into…

Since 2013, Presidents Day weekend at the box office has had the added benefit of Valentine’s Day falling on or adjacent to the four-day holiday weekend. But not this year, which spells a dull weekend. Try blaming the holidays for not coinciding, but the real culprit is a lack of great, new product popping off the…

In a statement posted to its website, the Dalian Wanda Group says it did not force the exit of Legendary Entertainment co-founder Thomas Tull over the box office performance of The Great Wall. On Tuesday, Wanda announced Tull had resigned from the company he sold to the Chinese conglomerate for $3.5B in 2016, and…

UPDATE, MONDAY: It was a Happy New Year's weekend for Disney as Rogue One: A Star Wars Story lifted its cume to $774.9 million at the global box office through the three-day. Factoring in the domestic Monday estimate, that rises to $789.7M. At international turnstiles, Rogue made away with a further $45.8M during the…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU, TUESDAY AM: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story continued to lead the international box office in its second frame with an offshore cume of $237.4M through Sunday. The worldwide total is $523.8M as holiday distractions give way this coming week. Korea is the next overseas market to open on the Gareth…

Write-thru Monday 1:20 PM, after Sunday 3:38 PM PT: All final grosses are in except for La La Land from Lionsgate and will update when we receive them. In the meantime, Disney/Lucasfilm's new band of rebels this weekend scored the 4th best December opening ever at the international box office. With $134.9M overseas, Ro…

Legendary's highly-anticipated action fantasy, The Great Wall, officially released in China today. The Day One estimated take, including Thursday night previews, is $24.3M (RMB 169M). Directed by Oscar-nominee Zhang Yimou and starring Oscar-winner Matt Damon, the film’s initial numbers top last Friday’s full Middle…

Legendary’s The Great Wall will have its unveiling in China next week — and by most accounts, we may just be able to see the grosses from space. Anticipation is at a peak for the film directed by Oscar-nominee Zhang Yimou and starring Oscar-winner Matt Damon. It also marks the kick-off in earnest of Thomas Tull’s Legen…

After much speculation, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has landed a China release date for January 6, 2017, Deadline has confirmed. This early January slot for the Star Wars spinoff will follow a similar pattern to Disney's release for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which opened in the Middle Kingdom on January 9 earlier…