Overseas

“Making hay while the sun shines” is how John Sullivan of cinema advisers The Big Picture characterizes the current state of theatrical exhibition in Saudi Arabia—a market that, bucking current worldwide cinema trends, is continuing to grow in the latter...

In operation since 1907, the Kino Pionier 1907 in Szczecin, Poland has been through wars, regime changes, the 1918 Spanish flu… and now, Covid-19. It has, to put it lightly, been a year of struggle for the theater. The initial...

This article originally appeared in French on Boxoffifce Pro France. French President Emmanuel Macron announced a potential mid-December re-opening date for the country’s cinemas during a televised address on Tuesday evening, contingent on public health benchmarks being met ahead of...

The worldwide theatrical market remains in flux, with cinemas domestically and internationally re-closing and re-opening in response to rising Covid-19 numbers and their attendant government restrictions. When cinemas are open, one of the major concerns is what to play—namely, how...

Universal’s body swap horror-comedy Freaky failed to break the curse of sub-$5 million openings at the domestic box office this weekend, grossing an estimated $3.7 million from 2,472 theaters – still good enough for No. 1, but considerably less than...

Press Release Russian chains Karo Cinemas and Kinomax have announced a joint venture to further develop their combined cinema advertising market.  The cinema advertising venture will reach Karo and Kinomax’s combined 530 screens, spread across Karo’s 32 cinemas and Kinomax’s...

Last weekend, Focus Features had the No. 1 film in North America with horror newbie Come Play, which opened to $3.15 million over the Halloween frame. This weekend, the studio enjoyed its second No. 1 film in a row with...

Showcase Cinemas kicked off the Christmas season early, Home Alone-style—bringing the Christmas classic to their locations for a special event on Sunday, October 25.  Visitors to the 18 Showcase U.K. locations where Home Alone was screening—the only Showcase location to...

In a quarterly earnings call held Thursday, October 29, Imax CEO Richard Gelfond cited a “resurgent Asian box office, particularly in China and Japan” as one of the factors making Imax “among the best positioned companies in the industry to...

Malaysia has become the latest country to re-close cinema operations as a result of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic.

Japan’s animated Demon Slayer the Movie: Infinite Train set a new opening weekend record for the country on the October 16 frame, with $43.8 million. But would the phenomenon fall fast, or prove longlasting? Turns out the latter. On the...

It took 17 years, but the Japanese box office opening record was crushed this past weekend—during a pandemic, no less. Demon Slayer the Movie: Infinite Train started with 4.62 billion yen, equivalent to approximately $44 million USD. That was the...