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South American Box Office - January 2017

South America’s January Box Office Gets 2017 Off to a Good Start

If the month of January proves to be a bellwether, than South America could be in for a banner year both in cinema attendance and box office. Though obtaining accurate figures is not always easy, based on preliminary numbers from the countries surveyed, it would seem that cinema attendance is up ove…

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Can Anything Other Than Batman and Bondage Break the February Blues? This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice (Plus Oscar Picks!)

I remember a time way back in the day (like last year) when President’s Day weekend was an absolute treasure trove for moviegoers. Studios jammed their winter tentpoles on that long weekend looking to take advantage of the Monday holiday and kids being out of school. Well, fast forward to 2017 and…

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Fox International Productions Ventures Into Emerging Indonesian Movie Market

While the film industry has been preoccupied with the growth of monolithic movie markets in China and India over the last decade, another country in Asia, Indonesia, has quietly emerged as a territory worthy of cinematic investment. Last week Fox International Productions (FIP) positioned itself wel…

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“My Mom is a Character 2” Becomes Brazil’s Highest Grossing Domestic Film

On Tuesday of last week a new box office record holder for domestically produced films was crowned in brazil. The BRL R$117.2 million (USD $37.7 million) earned by the comedy “Minha Mãe é uma Peça 2: O Filme” (“My Mom is a Character 2”) surpassed the BRL R$116.8 million (USD $37.5 million) brought…

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Ice Cube, Matt Damon and a Creepy Resort in the Alps (Fist) Fight it Out for Presidents Day Weekend at the Boxoffice

As expected, “LEGO Batman” emerged victorious from this past weekend but with a slimmer margin than expected. Whether the snow in the Northeast was to blame or not, the movie came in at a somewhat lower than expected USD $55 million over the three-day period. That’s still a strong number and holdove…

Batman, Bondage and a Man Named Wick: Three New Titles Look To Avoid Becoming The Lesser Of All Sequels. This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

To paraphrase Herman’s Hermits, third verse same as the first for M. Night and the “Split” gang. Universal’s creep-fest pulled a three-peat in winning its third consecutive weekend with a take of USD $14.8 million. “Split” edged out Paramount’s “Rings”, which could only muster USD $13 million (clos…

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2016 = Four Box Office Quarters = USD $11.372 billion

Guest columnist Patrick Corcoran, Vice President and Chief Communications Officer of cinema trade body NATO, reviews the North American box office year 2016 and finds that for the first time it was a year of four equal quarters, amongst other notable highlights. As the calendar pages flipped from 20…

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Teen Titles Look to Derail the “Split” Freight Train on Super Bowl Weekend: This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

Even as late as a month ago we never thought we’d be asking the question, “gosh, can anyone stop ‘Split’”. M. Night’s latest held in nicely in its second week, dropping only 34% on its way to a repeat #1 spot at the boxoffice this past weekend. The film’s cumulative gross is USD $78 mill…

The End of “Evil”, Doggie Downers and McConaughey Goes for the “Gold”: This Coming Weekend at the Box Office

To the astonishment of everyone not named M. Night Shyamalan, Universal’s “Split” doubled up poor defenseless Vin Diesel and claimed this past weekend’s box office crown. The movie’s USD $40 million opening was the director’s best since 2004’s “The Village”. “XXX: Retur…

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The Problem of Ranking German Cinema Admissions

'What is the biggest German cinema hit of all time' is a surprisingly difficult question to answer.