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(From Left) Dylan Leiner of Sony Pictures Classics, Jakob Abrahamsson of NonStop Entertainment, Frank L. Stavik of Fidalgo, and Antonella Canturi of Rai Cinema's 01 Distribution and moderator Davide Abbatescianni during a Buyers In Focus session on 6 September 2025 at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival

Distribution Around the World: Buyers at TIFF Share Lessons for Theatrical’s Next Chapter

At the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival’s Buyers In Focus sessions, industry leaders from six territories revealed how they’re navigating streaming pressure, changing audiences, and TIFF’s rise as a market hub. This year’s Toronto International Film Festival (September 4–14) hosted sev…

Its Elemental Pixar Is Not Floundering

It’s Elemental: Pixar Is Not Floundering

In fact, Pixar remains one of the most successful studios in Hollywood. It’s official: Pixar’s “Elio” is a flop. The politely reviewed film cost more than US $200 million and grossed a dismal $152 million as of 27 August 2025. Pundits drew two lessons from this. (Yes, “drew;” I did that.) First, ori…

Animated Movies Are Still Box Office Gold

Looney Tunes: Animated Movies Are Still Box Office Gold

Why original animated films are no riskier—and just as rewarding—as live action flicks With the unfortunate collapse of Pixar’s “Elio” at the box office, the industry was quick to declare the death of the original animated feature. “Audiences aren’t interested,” goes the refrain. They’re expensive,…

Disney to Tailor DCP Delivery for “Avatar: Fire and Ash” Based on Global Screen Survey

One of the highlights at the recently concluded CineEurope 2025 in Barcelona was the presentation of footage from “Avatar: Fire and Ash” shown by Disney in both CINITY and 3D. Indeed, as anticipation builds for the December release of James Cameron’s latest film, Disney is calling…

Cannes Film Festival - Marche du Film 2025 - Defining and Designing European Film Success - Panel - Maja Cappello, Huub Roelvink, Peter Fornstam, Valeska Neu, Mati?ss Kaz?a, Agnieszka Moody, Gilles Fontaine

Cannes 2025: Defining the Success of European Films

The European Audiovisual Observatory’s traditional Saturday panel at Cannes’ Marché du Film, held this year on 17 May, returned to a timely and contentious question: what makes a European film successful—and how can we create more success stories? Moderated by Maja Cappello and Gilles Fontaine of th…

Trump Foreign Movie Tariffs

President Trump’s 100% Tariff on Foreign Films Will Harm The Very Industry It Was Meant To Help

As a motion picture trade publication, most of the stories published by Celluloid Junkie that delve into politics focus on programs to assist the industry at large. We have, for the most part, been able to avoid covering any kind of politically polarizing subjects. However, there are times when wadi…

April 2025 Historic Weekend Box Office Milestones thanks to Sinners, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, A Minecraft Movie and The Accountant 2

CJ Analysis: Movie Theatres Outdated? A Historic Box Office Weekend Says Otherwise

Seriously, how many times does moviegoing have to stare down those endless cries that it’s doomed? Doomed! Doomed because of radio or television or the VCR or DVD or video games or TikTok or streaming! Or doomed because the industry pundits and mainstream media decides the pandemic magically changed…

Bart Layton, Chris Hemsworth, Timur Bekmambetov, Chris Pratt, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Jon Bernthal, Daniella Pineda, Gavin O'Connor, Ben Affleck, Vivica A. Fox, Kara Young, Chris Miller, Ayo Edebiri, Mallori Johnson, Ryan Gosling and Luca Guadagnino pose on stage during CinemaCon 2025 – Amazon MGM Studios Invites you to an Exclusive Presentation of its Upcoming Slate at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon, the official convention of Cinema United, on April 2, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

CinemaCon 2025: Amazon MGM Studios Remains A Question Mark

A week or so prior to CinemaCon the presence of Amazon MGM Studios on the schedule was being hailed as the first time the studio was appearing at the conference to present its slate on the big Colosseum stage. Technically speaking that’s a bit of a stretch since, (1) Amazon MGM Studios is only…

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy - Theatrical Release Strategy

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Theatrical Release Strategy

The fourth and latest installment in the Bridget Jones Universe (BJU) has surpassed a global box office gross of USD $110 million in just over three weeks across 78 countries, save for the United States, where the film is skipping movie theatres in lieu of a direct-to-streaming release. With a repor…

Tim Richards of Vue

Tim Richards On Venturing Into Film Distribution with Vue Lumière

As 2024 wound down, Tim Richards, CEO of Vue, used the final few weeks to formalize an initiative he’d been openly discussing all year; Europe’s largest privately held cinema operator is launching a film distribution company titled Vue Lumière. The new entity will be wholly owned and fun…