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Forget Santa, Frosty, and Grandma. When it comes to Friday ratings, the vox populi went with The Grinch and the Fox WWE Friday Night SmackDown. On a night heavy with holiday specials, the WWE SmackDown tied for the top in the demo wars with an 0.5, as the battle royal to determine the No. 1 contender (won by Sami…

The oddest Thanksgiving in several centuries is in the rear-view mirror. So it’s not surprising that audiences sought a little comfort while confined to their homes, and turned largely to some old favorite holiday specials on Friday night. There was, however, one big exception. NBC had a one-two punch, leading with…

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…

Comcast beat Wall Street estimates in the fourth quarter of 2018 as it reported financials for British pay-TV giant Sky for the first time. The conglomerate reported earnings per share of 64 cents with revenue growing 26% to $27.8B for the quarter and $94.5B for the year. Comcast CEO and Chairman Brian Roberts called…

With Tuesday’s numbers included, Illumination and Universal Pictures' The Grinch steered the sleigh across the half-billion mark worldwide. The split is $270M domestic and $231M at the international box office for $501M global. This is the 6th title from the folks at Chris Meledandri’s animation powerhouse to reach…

The UK is on course for its highest annual cinema attendance in almost 50 years, according to trade body the UK Cinema Association. Latest figures for the month of November show that total theatrical admissions stood at 14,847,358, which is more than five per cent up on the same month in 2017. It leaves the sector on…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU: Propelled by a super strong hold in its second China frame, Warner Bros/DC's Aquaman has splashed to a running cume of $261.3M at the international box office. Adding 42 markets this session, the full weekend was $126.4M to lead all overseas play. The James Wan-directed standalone is swimming faster…

Sunday AM 4th update/writethru after Saturday and Friday updates: Refresh for updated chart After a nail-biting face-off between Disney’s Ralph Breaks the Internet and Universal/Ilumination’s The Grinch for No. 1 in the slowest of slowest weekends, Ralph won No. 1 by a distance, $16.1M to $15.1M. Essentially, Ralph…

While last weekend with $118.2M in ticket sales was considered to be slow given its overall -45% drop from the previous Black Friday 3-day period, this weekend’s box office will ratchet down even more as the major studios opt to hold back on any wide entries. Again, this is due to the annual distraction of holiday…

Avid fans of the Dr. Seuss canon that were excited to bring one of the author's most well-known characters to life in a new animated iteration, Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney set out on a long process of trial and error, seeking to bring a freshness to The Grinch. The third adaptation of a classic 1957 children's…

With Venom still coursing through China, December is now heating up as a busy time at the Middle Kingdom box office — but, contrary to tradition, not necessarily for local films. Sony has just confirmed that sleeper hit Searching has secured a December 14 release, while anticipated animated family action adventure Spid…

UPDATE, writethru: Warner Bros' Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald cast a $191M spell at the international box office this weekend for a global launch of $253M. The opening in 79 overseas markets is within the range that we were seeing ahead of the bow and surpasses the start of Fantastic Beasts And Where To F…