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Lucasfilm has announced the return of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith to the big screen on April 25th to celebrate the film’s 20th anniversary. The film will run in U.S. theaters and select international territories for one week only...

The excitement surrounding the 2025 slate is perhaps nowhere more evident than the expanding reach and appeal of movie merchandise. As Captain America: Brave New World soars into cinemas, moviegoers are invited to channel their inner hero with all the latest...

Marvel Comics’ Fantastic Four have had a long history at the box office, but The Fantastic Four: First Steps marks the first time the property has been produced under the Disney banner. The first family of Marvel initially hit the...

Story of the Year Sony Buys Alamo Drafthouse Sony buying Alamo Drafthouse isn’t going to be the industry-changing story many reported it to be. I don’t think it will usher in a new era of studio ownership in exhibition. But...

Yesterday saw The Walt Disney Studios cross $2B in domestic box office, becoming the first studio to do so in 2024. This is the seventh time that Disney has grossed more than $2B domestically since 2010. Disney is the only...

Disney surprised exhibitors earlier this year when CEO Bob Iger announced that the project–originally developed as a series for Disney+–was pivoting to a theatrical sequel. The 2016 hit Moana ($248.7M domestic/$643.3M global) holds the record for the most-streamed filmed on...

Fandango announced today that Moana 2 is the best first-day ticket pre-seller for an animated film released in 2024, surpassing Inside Out 2, Despicable Me 4, and Kung Fu Panda 4. The film has also surpassed Moana (2016) in first-day...

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures has issued a release schedule update for titles on the schedule through 2031. Among the major announcements, Blade has been removed from the schedule and a theatrical Predator sequel, Predator: Badlands, has been announced for...

D23, Disney’s annual ultimate fan event, took place last weekend in Anaheim, CA. The event pays homage to the year 1923, when Walt Disney opened his first studio in Hollywood. The Disney Entertainment Showcase included exclusive first looks at upcoming...

SATURDAY UPDATE: Deadpool & Wolverine is on track to becoming the first $200M+ opening weekend for an R-rated title. A $96M domestic opening day (including $38.5M from previews) puts this title opening on the high end of our pre-release $180...

In this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Russ Fischer are joined by special guest Albert Lawrence to discuss the opening weekend for Deadpool & Wolverine, which is poised to have the largest opening...

Already the most successful worldwide theatrical release of 2024, Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2 has become the highest-grossing animated film of all time, with $1.462 billion to date at the global box office. In addition to surpassing Disney’s Frozen 2 (2019) on the animated chart, the film has also...