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Following the disappointing debuts of both In the Heights and Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway last weekend, the North American box office remained rather subdued this frame with the release of The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, which narrowly secured the No....

Last week marked the return of in-person moviegoing to Belgium, which—like many of its European counterparts—has been subject to two different waves of lockdown since the arrival of the Coronavirus in March 2020. It’s a long stretch of time to...

Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II returned to the No. 1 spot this weekend ahead of new releases In the Heights and Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway — a surprising result given that the former title had been widely expected...

This weekend could rightly be called the Battle of the Horror Sequels, as newcomer The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It faces off with previous champ A Quiet Place Part II, which wowed with a pandemic-best $47.55M 3-day and...

The summer movie season is here, welcoming mass audiences back to the movies and launching a recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic for the domestic box office.  The weekend’s debut of Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II and Disney’s Cruella introduced...

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway led the UK market’s box office in its first weekend since cinemas once again reopened on May 17. The family title brought in $6.4 million in the reopening despite major territories like Ireland and Glasgow—representing...

F9 clocked in the biggest international debut for a Hollywood title during the pandemic, earning $162.4 million from only 8 overseas markets in its first weekend in release—nearly doubling Godzilla vs. Kong‘s debut in thosemarkets. Imax screenings contributed $14 million of...

Last weekend was another encouraging one at the domestic box office with the dual releases of Mortal Kombat and Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train, both of which grossed north of $20 million and injected new life into theaters. Those...

On this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Rebecca Pahle and Daniel Loria sit down with Moses Babatope, Group Executive Director of Nigeria’s leading cinema chain, Filmhouse Cinemas. Honored with CinemaCon’s Emerging Market Award in 2019, Nigeria saw its...

A lack of new wide openers meant little change in the top films at the domestic box office this weekend, with Godzilla vs. Kong once again taking the crown ahead of the release of Warner Bros.’ highly-anticipated Mortal Kombat reboot...

Universal’s Fast & Furious 9 will launch in China on May 21, over a month ahead of its domestic release. Chinese cinemas are currently accounting for 30 percent of the global box office as several top territories remain closed or...

“We were called crazy!,” recalls CEO Oleg Tronik, reflecting on the 2014 birth of Silver Screen Cinemas. What is now, in 2021, four theaters—with one opened in March 2021, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic—was then just one, but...