The global box office saw some encouraging rebound in 2023, and is off to a better than expected start in the first quarter of this year, but there’s been concern about a downward trend in per capita admissions, and not just because of the strikes’ disruption to the Hollywood theatrical pipeline, but audiences’ moviegoing tendencies have changed coming out of Covid. How to solve?
It takes two to tango, specifically between exhibitors and studios in order to rally moviegoing back to pre-pandemic heyday levels; last year’s near $34 billion global box office was still 15% behind the 2017-2019 average.
It all comes down to both studios and theater chains “working together to share information” said Paramount SVP, International Distribution, Helen Moss, “to elevate something new you can’t get at home.”
Moss’ remarks were made today during the CinemaCon Las Vegas session “Changing Tastes and Changing Landscapes” moderated by Deadline International Box Office Editor Nancy Tartaglione.
It takes two to tango, specifically between exhibitors and studios in order to rally moviegoing back to pre-pandemic heyday levels; last year’s near $34 billion global box office was still 15% behind the 2017-2019 average.
It all comes down to both studios and theater chains “working together to share information” said Paramount SVP, International Distribution, Helen Moss, “to elevate something new you can’t get at home.”
Moss’ remarks were made today during the CinemaCon Las Vegas session “Changing Tastes and Changing Landscapes” moderated by Deadline International Box Office Editor Nancy Tartaglione.
- 4/8/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
BAFTA revealed a lively film nominations list this morning full of talking points.
Among major surprises were the omissions of Killers Of The Flower Moon actress Lily Gladstone, who last week won a Golden Globe for her performance, and Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig and Yorgos Lanthimos from the Best Director category.
Killers Of The Flower Moon still scored an impressive nine nominations — though Leonardo DiCaprio did not make the cut — but Barbie fared less well. After garnering nine Golden Globe noms and converting in two categories, Warner Bros’ box office juggernaut made the cut in only five BAFTA categories today.
The picture is perhaps slightly less surprising given the context of a push BAFTA has made in recent years to foreground a greater diversity of content, including more British films. The organization has faced criticism from some that its film nominees in recent years have too closely mirrored the Oscars...
Among major surprises were the omissions of Killers Of The Flower Moon actress Lily Gladstone, who last week won a Golden Globe for her performance, and Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig and Yorgos Lanthimos from the Best Director category.
Killers Of The Flower Moon still scored an impressive nine nominations — though Leonardo DiCaprio did not make the cut — but Barbie fared less well. After garnering nine Golden Globe noms and converting in two categories, Warner Bros’ box office juggernaut made the cut in only five BAFTA categories today.
The picture is perhaps slightly less surprising given the context of a push BAFTA has made in recent years to foreground a greater diversity of content, including more British films. The organization has faced criticism from some that its film nominees in recent years have too closely mirrored the Oscars...
- 1/18/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Monday Am writethru: Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and he’s delivering the motion picture industry a $9 billion-plus year at the domestic box office, a feat many thought was unimaginable with the lack of a mega-tentpole over the holiday, coupled by a Q4 impacted by the double strikes. The numbers were compiled from Comscore data and Deadline calculations. Comscore called 2023 at $9.03 billion yesterday.
It was a diversified crop of family and adult films over the holidays that got us there, including Warner Bros’ trifecta of Wonka (which is leading the four-day New Year’s box office with $30M), Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (4-day $23.5M), and The Color Purple ($15M 4-day), as well as adult movies like The Boys in the Boat ($11.2M 4-day) and even YA romantic comedy Anyone But You ($11M 4-day).
As we told you a few days ago, 2024 is bound to shed about $1 billion...
It was a diversified crop of family and adult films over the holidays that got us there, including Warner Bros’ trifecta of Wonka (which is leading the four-day New Year’s box office with $30M), Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (4-day $23.5M), and The Color Purple ($15M 4-day), as well as adult movies like The Boys in the Boat ($11.2M 4-day) and even YA romantic comedy Anyone But You ($11M 4-day).
As we told you a few days ago, 2024 is bound to shed about $1 billion...
- 1/1/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Howdy, Insiders. Jesse Whittock with you to run through another week in international film and TV news.. Don’t forget to sign up to the newsletter here. And a fair warning here, this newsletter does include The Crown season 6 spoilers.
‘The Crown’ Arises A Final Time ‘The Crown’
The build up: It’s the television event of the year and it was always going to come with controversy. The sixth and final season of The Crown began yesterday on Netflix, with four episodes dropping. Final warning: Here’s where the spoilers really begin — turn away/scroll past this block if you want to remain innocent. For those still with me, there’s been plenty of trepidation around screeners, spoilers and early reviews at the Netflix end, understandably so for the most part, as the season deals with the untimely deaths of Diana Princess of Wales and her boyfriend, Dodi Al-Fayed,...
‘The Crown’ Arises A Final Time ‘The Crown’
The build up: It’s the television event of the year and it was always going to come with controversy. The sixth and final season of The Crown began yesterday on Netflix, with four episodes dropping. Final warning: Here’s where the spoilers really begin — turn away/scroll past this block if you want to remain innocent. For those still with me, there’s been plenty of trepidation around screeners, spoilers and early reviews at the Netflix end, understandably so for the most part, as the season deals with the untimely deaths of Diana Princess of Wales and her boyfriend, Dodi Al-Fayed,...
- 11/17/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s no stopping Warner Bros. Barbie as sources tell us the Greta Gerwig movie has a shot at hitting the billion mark this Sunday worldwide, if not Monday. Stateside she’s eyeing a third weekend around $55M, -41%, give or take, and she’ll cross the $400M stateside mark by Thursday, her 14th day of release.
That’s faster than The Super Mario Bros Movie and Top Gun: Maverick, which took 18 days to hit that domestic B.O. benchmark. Those pics finaled their stateside results respectively at $574.1M and $718.7M. Where does the Mattel doll stop her trail? Somewhere around $600M U.S. Through yesterday, Barbie stands at $850M WW.
At $15M, Barbie‘s Monday was the best second non-holiday Monday ever, and her Tuesday of $15.25M is the best non-holiday Tuesday as well (meaning for films that didn’t play through the Christmas or post Christmas holiday breaks...
That’s faster than The Super Mario Bros Movie and Top Gun: Maverick, which took 18 days to hit that domestic B.O. benchmark. Those pics finaled their stateside results respectively at $574.1M and $718.7M. Where does the Mattel doll stop her trail? Somewhere around $600M U.S. Through yesterday, Barbie stands at $850M WW.
At $15M, Barbie‘s Monday was the best second non-holiday Monday ever, and her Tuesday of $15.25M is the best non-holiday Tuesday as well (meaning for films that didn’t play through the Christmas or post Christmas holiday breaks...
- 8/2/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
International cinema chain Vue says it has recorded its “best ever week” in large part due to the Barbie and Oppenheimer releases ten days ago.
The company says it surpassed its weekly admissions record by 40% across its eight European markets. Vue UK and Ireland beat its previous highest admissions week by 20%, besting the previous mark set during Skyfall’s opening week in 2012. The company declined to reveal admission totals.
The momentum of the two movies has continued over their second weekend. The offshore take from this weekend was $122.2M in 69 markets, just 32% off opening. The international cume is $423.1M. Domestic was $93M this weekend for a running North America cume of $351.4M and a $774.5M global total.
The Greta Gerwig-directed pic maintained its No. 1 slot in 57 markets with exceptional holds in numerous markets including Taiwan (+37%), Germany (+29%), Hong Kong (+19%), Holland (+11%), Singapore (+10%), China (-11%), Australia (-11%), France (-20%), Argentina (-25%), Indonesia...
The company says it surpassed its weekly admissions record by 40% across its eight European markets. Vue UK and Ireland beat its previous highest admissions week by 20%, besting the previous mark set during Skyfall’s opening week in 2012. The company declined to reveal admission totals.
The momentum of the two movies has continued over their second weekend. The offshore take from this weekend was $122.2M in 69 markets, just 32% off opening. The international cume is $423.1M. Domestic was $93M this weekend for a running North America cume of $351.4M and a $774.5M global total.
The Greta Gerwig-directed pic maintained its No. 1 slot in 57 markets with exceptional holds in numerous markets including Taiwan (+37%), Germany (+29%), Hong Kong (+19%), Holland (+11%), Singapore (+10%), China (-11%), Australia (-11%), France (-20%), Argentina (-25%), Indonesia...
- 7/31/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
As Regal parent Cineworld prepares to exit Chapter 11 this month, rumors are heating up over who will emerge as the giant theater chain’s new chief executive, with reports Monday pointing to Eduardo Acuna of Cinepolis.
Longtime Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger has a consulting contract during a transition period but isn’t likely to stay in the top job. Speculation on potential candidates escalated during the CineEurope trade show and Deadline understands that the new owners – who are now Cineworld lenders – have contacted the heads of a number of global exhibitors. Sky News reported today that Acuna of Cinepolis is one.
Other industry players have heard there’s been outreach to former Regal executives.
Amy Miles and Gregg Dunn were CEO and COO, respectively, of the company until 2018, when Cineworld acquired the Knoxville, Tn.-based chain. Mike Campbell was CEO previously.
Cineworld filed for bankruptcy in U.S. District Court...
Longtime Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger has a consulting contract during a transition period but isn’t likely to stay in the top job. Speculation on potential candidates escalated during the CineEurope trade show and Deadline understands that the new owners – who are now Cineworld lenders – have contacted the heads of a number of global exhibitors. Sky News reported today that Acuna of Cinepolis is one.
Other industry players have heard there’s been outreach to former Regal executives.
Amy Miles and Gregg Dunn were CEO and COO, respectively, of the company until 2018, when Cineworld acquired the Knoxville, Tn.-based chain. Mike Campbell was CEO previously.
Cineworld filed for bankruptcy in U.S. District Court...
- 7/3/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Marion Cotillard is encouraged by the progress made by the #MeToo movement, but believes, “We still have a long way to go.” The Oscar winner stopped by the American Pavilion in Cannes today to chat with me about her latest film, Little Girl Blue, which is an Official Selection Special Screening here at the festival and which deals with themes of sexual abuse.
Director Mona Achache plays herself in the film, a woman trying to understand why her mother committed suicide and who discovers a stash of thousands of letters and photographs that provide insight into a person she doesn’t recognize. Enter Cotillard, as herself, taking on the role of the mother and bringing her, in a way, back to life in order to retrace her journey.
Cotillard said she felt very close to these women because, “a lot of women in this world had experienced this relationship to men.
Director Mona Achache plays herself in the film, a woman trying to understand why her mother committed suicide and who discovers a stash of thousands of letters and photographs that provide insight into a person she doesn’t recognize. Enter Cotillard, as herself, taking on the role of the mother and bringing her, in a way, back to life in order to retrace her journey.
Cotillard said she felt very close to these women because, “a lot of women in this world had experienced this relationship to men.
- 5/21/2023
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
It has been apparent in talking to Oscar voters across many branches that the one title that keeps coming up at the top of their lists is Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front, which is the German entry for International Feature Film. That it has strength across the board though is borne out with the Oscar shortlists in 10 categories released Wednesday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Netflix’s ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
All Quiet was named on five of them — in every category it could have been eligible, and is tied with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever to lead the lists.
From director Edward Berger, the German film is the first major theatrical featureof the Erich Maria Remarque World War I classic since Lewis Milestone’s 1930 Best Picture Oscar winner. Based on the...
Netflix’s ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
All Quiet was named on five of them — in every category it could have been eligible, and is tied with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever to lead the lists.
From director Edward Berger, the German film is the first major theatrical featureof the Erich Maria Remarque World War I classic since Lewis Milestone’s 1930 Best Picture Oscar winner. Based on the...
- 12/21/2022
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome back, Insiders. Jesse Whittock here. Christmas is just around the corner now but the news doesn’t let up. Let’s begin.
Way Of The Box Office
Coming to a cinema near you: Much has been said of people’s propensity to return to cinemas as the world has stepped out of the Covid-19 pandemic and this is being put to the test this coming weekend with Avatar: The Way of Water’s global opening. Per a string of analysis pieces from our Box Office gurus Nancy Tartaglione and Anthony D’Alessandro, James Cameron’s sequel 13 years on from its record-breaking predecessor is on track for 525M in what is Disney’s widest global release ever at 52K screens, surpassing Avengers: Endgame. A reminder: The first Avatar took 2.9B worldwide, which to this day remains the highest-grossing release of all time. Things are very different nowadays and Anthony points out...
Way Of The Box Office
Coming to a cinema near you: Much has been said of people’s propensity to return to cinemas as the world has stepped out of the Covid-19 pandemic and this is being put to the test this coming weekend with Avatar: The Way of Water’s global opening. Per a string of analysis pieces from our Box Office gurus Nancy Tartaglione and Anthony D’Alessandro, James Cameron’s sequel 13 years on from its record-breaking predecessor is on track for 525M in what is Disney’s widest global release ever at 52K screens, surpassing Avengers: Endgame. A reminder: The first Avatar took 2.9B worldwide, which to this day remains the highest-grossing release of all time. Things are very different nowadays and Anthony points out...
- 12/16/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Call it a holiday tradition as common as sweet potatoes on the Thanksgiving table, but Disney is going to rule the five-day holiday stretch again after wins in 2016 (Moana), 2017 (Coco), 2018 (Ralph Breaks the Internet), 2019 (Frozen 2) and last year (Encanto), as Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘s third weekend looks to do 40M over Wednesday-Sunday and Disney Animation’s Strange World hopes to squeeze out 30M+. All of this occurs as Bob Iger is re-installed as the CEO of Disney and the studio’s distribution czar Kareem Daniel exits.
That’s not exactly the best result for a Disney family film launching over the 5-day frame, a figure that’s under last year’s Encanto which did 40.5M. Part of the dilemma with Strange World is the fact that it’s original animation, which is also a tough sell. The movie follows a family of explorers, the Clades, as they venture into an uncharted,...
That’s not exactly the best result for a Disney family film launching over the 5-day frame, a figure that’s under last year’s Encanto which did 40.5M. Part of the dilemma with Strange World is the fact that it’s original animation, which is also a tough sell. The movie follows a family of explorers, the Clades, as they venture into an uncharted,...
- 11/21/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here. Our crack team of reporters and editors brought you the news from Zurich to Singapore to London this week, and I’m here to help you digest. Read away.
Tales From Zurich
Marquee attendees: Diana Lodderhose reporting from the Zurich Film Festival where the indie film confab Zurich Summit, the marquee industry event, took place last Saturday and saw more than 100 of the film industry’s top execs take part in an all-day session that drilled down into the state of the industry. Attendees included the likes of former Lionsgate film chief Patrick Wachsberger, Sony Pictures Classics co-head Michael Barker and Tom Bernard, Killer Films’ Christine Vachon, Neon CEO Tom Quinn, CAA Media Finance co-head Roeg Sutherland and Le Grisbi Production founder and president John Lesher.
‘Coda’, Oscars and youth: And there was plenty going on. Wachsberger, who was a producer on Oscar-winning film Coda,...
Tales From Zurich
Marquee attendees: Diana Lodderhose reporting from the Zurich Film Festival where the indie film confab Zurich Summit, the marquee industry event, took place last Saturday and saw more than 100 of the film industry’s top execs take part in an all-day session that drilled down into the state of the industry. Attendees included the likes of former Lionsgate film chief Patrick Wachsberger, Sony Pictures Classics co-head Michael Barker and Tom Bernard, Killer Films’ Christine Vachon, Neon CEO Tom Quinn, CAA Media Finance co-head Roeg Sutherland and Le Grisbi Production founder and president John Lesher.
‘Coda’, Oscars and youth: And there was plenty going on. Wachsberger, who was a producer on Oscar-winning film Coda,...
- 9/30/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Jean-Luc Godard, a leading figure of the French New Wave, has died. He was 91. The French newspaper Liberation first reported the news which was confirmed to Deadline by a source close to the filmmaker.
Best known for his radical and politically driven work, Godard was among the most acclaimed directors of his generation with classic films such as Breathless (À bout de souffle), which catapulted him onto the world scene in 1960. The film was from a treatment by his contemporary and former friend François Truffaut and followed the story of a young American woman in Paris, played by Hollywood star Jean Seberg, and her doomed affair with a young rebel on the run, played by Jean-Paul Belmondo.
Hollywood & Media Deaths 2022: A Photo Gallery
President Emmanuel Macron of France paid tribute to the director with a statement on Twitter, calling him the “iconoclastic of New Wave filmmakers.”
Born in Paris...
Best known for his radical and politically driven work, Godard was among the most acclaimed directors of his generation with classic films such as Breathless (À bout de souffle), which catapulted him onto the world scene in 1960. The film was from a treatment by his contemporary and former friend François Truffaut and followed the story of a young American woman in Paris, played by Hollywood star Jean Seberg, and her doomed affair with a young rebel on the run, played by Jean-Paul Belmondo.
Hollywood & Media Deaths 2022: A Photo Gallery
President Emmanuel Macron of France paid tribute to the director with a statement on Twitter, calling him the “iconoclastic of New Wave filmmakers.”
Born in Paris...
- 9/13/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The Netflix film “Blonde” has received its first reviews, and critics are celebrating Ana de Armas’ commitment to the role while questioning the techniques of the film itself.
Directed by Andrew Dominik and rated Nc-17, the film adapts Joyce Carol Oates’ novel of the same name. Alongside de Armas, cast members include Bobby Cannavale, Adrien Brody, Garret Dillahunt, Julianne Nicholson, Sara Paxton, Lucy DeVito and Scoot McNairy.
Some critics appreciate the different approach to the biopic of the woman born Norma Jeane Mortenson. Others find the mostly black and white film devoid of any resonance as to the bigger picture of who Marilyn Monroe actually was as a person.
Also Read:
Brad Pitt Praises Ana de Armas’ ‘Phenomenal’ Performance as Marilyn Monroe in ‘Blonde,’ Despite Accent Backlash
Sophie Monks Kaufman of IndieWire writes that Dominik doesn’t quite give enough effort in saying or showing something about the pop culture icon.
Directed by Andrew Dominik and rated Nc-17, the film adapts Joyce Carol Oates’ novel of the same name. Alongside de Armas, cast members include Bobby Cannavale, Adrien Brody, Garret Dillahunt, Julianne Nicholson, Sara Paxton, Lucy DeVito and Scoot McNairy.
Some critics appreciate the different approach to the biopic of the woman born Norma Jeane Mortenson. Others find the mostly black and white film devoid of any resonance as to the bigger picture of who Marilyn Monroe actually was as a person.
Also Read:
Brad Pitt Praises Ana de Armas’ ‘Phenomenal’ Performance as Marilyn Monroe in ‘Blonde,’ Despite Accent Backlash
Sophie Monks Kaufman of IndieWire writes that Dominik doesn’t quite give enough effort in saying or showing something about the pop culture icon.
- 9/8/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
I never start a review commenting on whatever the so-called Film Twitter Mafia have to say about it, sight unseen. Starting back at CinemaCon in April when its directo/co-star Olivia Wilde was served legal papers onstage regarding her custody hearings with ex Jason Sudeikis, there has been non-stop gossip about her movie Don’t Worry Darling. There has been so much of it, right up to today’s Venice Film Festival press conference (covered by my colleague Nancy Tartaglione) that you almost have to address the elephant in the room. Others can do that, but let us not forget there is also a movie here, one I was able to preview as just that a few weeks ago in Burbank. As a reviewer, to quote Being There’s Chauncey Gardner, “I like to watch,” and that means only what is on the screen.
That said, on its own terms Don’t Worry Darling...
That said, on its own terms Don’t Worry Darling...
- 9/5/2022
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here with your weekly runthrough of the biggest news as prequels launch and Venice gets underway. Do read on.
Rings Vs Thrones Goes Global
One prequel to rule them all: Two of the biggest tentpoles of all time are about to lock horns and this is going to be fun. It’s hard to tell if Amazon Prime Video and HBO set out to do this but when the highly-anticipated most expensive TV show of all time, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, drops in dozens of territories today it will come just a fortnight after Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon debuted episode one. Both of the U.S. conglomerates have been busy stressing their global credentials and their international premieres were even at the same place, London’s Leicester Square Odeon Luxe, with Amazon’s taking place Tuesday night and yours truly in attendance.
Rings Vs Thrones Goes Global
One prequel to rule them all: Two of the biggest tentpoles of all time are about to lock horns and this is going to be fun. It’s hard to tell if Amazon Prime Video and HBO set out to do this but when the highly-anticipated most expensive TV show of all time, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, drops in dozens of territories today it will come just a fortnight after Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon debuted episode one. Both of the U.S. conglomerates have been busy stressing their global credentials and their international premieres were even at the same place, London’s Leicester Square Odeon Luxe, with Amazon’s taking place Tuesday night and yours truly in attendance.
- 9/2/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Our own Nancy Tartaglione was on hand this week when Bill Kramer, new chief executive of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, set his sights on the whole wide world.
“I think our future is as much with international cinema as much as with American cinema,” Kramer said, as reported by Tartaglione, during a discussion of the “Values of Cinema in a Global Society” at the Venice Film Festival.
Twenty-five percent of the Academy’s membership now comes from outside the U.S. Fully half of the latest group of new members are deemed international.
So Hollywood’s film Academy has officially gone global. If only the Oscar audience—and attendant television revenue—would catch up.
By and large, the Academy has concealed the exact split between domestic and foreign revenue for its awards broadcast, which...
“I think our future is as much with international cinema as much as with American cinema,” Kramer said, as reported by Tartaglione, during a discussion of the “Values of Cinema in a Global Society” at the Venice Film Festival.
Twenty-five percent of the Academy’s membership now comes from outside the U.S. Fully half of the latest group of new members are deemed international.
So Hollywood’s film Academy has officially gone global. If only the Oscar audience—and attendant television revenue—would catch up.
By and large, the Academy has concealed the exact split between domestic and foreign revenue for its awards broadcast, which...
- 9/1/2022
- by Michael Cieply
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated: An autopsy report obtained by the Associated Press today regarding country music superstar Naomi Judd’s death earlier this year confirmed Ashley Judd’s assertion that her mother died after she shot herself with a gun.
The report also indicated the presence of prescription drugs in the Judd matriarch’s system. Those medications are used to address post-traumatic stress and bipolar disorders.
“We have always shared openly both the joys of being family as well as its sorrows, too. One part of our story is that our matriarch was dogged by an unfair foe,” the family said in a statement to AP. “She was treated for Ptsd and bipolar disorder, to which millions of Americans can relate.”
A few weeks ago Ashley Judd, sister Wynonna and Naomi’s husband Larry Strickland petitioned authorities to seal the police reports related to her death, with Strickland indicating he did not know the interviews were being recorded.
The report also indicated the presence of prescription drugs in the Judd matriarch’s system. Those medications are used to address post-traumatic stress and bipolar disorders.
“We have always shared openly both the joys of being family as well as its sorrows, too. One part of our story is that our matriarch was dogged by an unfair foe,” the family said in a statement to AP. “She was treated for Ptsd and bipolar disorder, to which millions of Americans can relate.”
A few weeks ago Ashley Judd, sister Wynonna and Naomi’s husband Larry Strickland petitioned authorities to seal the police reports related to her death, with Strickland indicating he did not know the interviews were being recorded.
- 8/26/2022
- by Greg Evans and Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Liz Shackleton has joined Deadline as Contributing Editor, Asia, based in Hong Kong.
Shackleton joins Deadline’s growing international team after almost three decades at UK trade Screen International, where she served as Asia Editor for more than 15 years.
Shackleton is known as one of the most respected trade journalists and editors to have covered the Asian business, breaking hundreds of exclusive stories, building a large network of contacts and attending most major international festivals.
She first joined Screen in 1993 as a reporter after studying journalism on London’s prestigious City course. She became news editor, before spending a year in Sydney working for Australian trade publications. She returned to the UK trade in 2000 then moved to Hong Kong in 2001 where she started working as Greater China correspondent. She was appointed Asia Editor in 2005.
She oversaw Screen’s Asia news, features, analysis and festival dailies, and has also worked separately with consulting clients including Bafta,...
Shackleton joins Deadline’s growing international team after almost three decades at UK trade Screen International, where she served as Asia Editor for more than 15 years.
Shackleton is known as one of the most respected trade journalists and editors to have covered the Asian business, breaking hundreds of exclusive stories, building a large network of contacts and attending most major international festivals.
She first joined Screen in 1993 as a reporter after studying journalism on London’s prestigious City course. She became news editor, before spending a year in Sydney working for Australian trade publications. She returned to the UK trade in 2000 then moved to Hong Kong in 2001 where she started working as Greater China correspondent. She was appointed Asia Editor in 2005.
She oversaw Screen’s Asia news, features, analysis and festival dailies, and has also worked separately with consulting clients including Bafta,...
- 7/11/2022
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s Friday and that can mean only one thing, folks: another edition of International Insider. Jesse Whittock here to take you through another week in film and TV.
Pouncing On Cannes Lions
Climate chaos: Our intrepid Weekend Editor Caroline Frost braved the travel chaos in Europe to make her way to the mega ad confab Cannes Lions in France this week. While she was there to hear from the likes of Ryan Reynolds, Ted Sarandos and Regina Hall, the week was dominated by a series of stunts pulled by climate cmpaigners Greenpeace. After ad man-turned-activist Gustav Martner stormed the stage to protest against fossil fuel ads, a group of protestors stormed the Wpp beachfront before Caroline was herself caught up in an incident as a pair of campaigners scaled the roof of the Palais des Festivales and halted delegates from entering the building. Police eventually retrieved them and our...
Pouncing On Cannes Lions
Climate chaos: Our intrepid Weekend Editor Caroline Frost braved the travel chaos in Europe to make her way to the mega ad confab Cannes Lions in France this week. While she was there to hear from the likes of Ryan Reynolds, Ted Sarandos and Regina Hall, the week was dominated by a series of stunts pulled by climate cmpaigners Greenpeace. After ad man-turned-activist Gustav Martner stormed the stage to protest against fossil fuel ads, a group of protestors stormed the Wpp beachfront before Caroline was herself caught up in an incident as a pair of campaigners scaled the roof of the Palais des Festivales and halted delegates from entering the building. Police eventually retrieved them and our...
- 6/24/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here. Cannes is wrapping and we have the very latest from the Croisette, plus a hell of a lot more in this week’s deep dive. Read on.
Au Revoir, Cannes
Cautious optimism: Diana Lodderhose here, back with week two of our Cannes roundup. For most, this year’s festival will be remembered as a hopeful one, filled with optimism for the business in a post-pandemic world. In the run up to the event, a record number of packages were announced – most of which were broken here at Deadline – but deal-making is seemingly not as fast-paced as one might expect, suggesting some cautious optimism amongst buyers. Andreas Wiseman noted in his halfway temperature check of the festival that there are some record-asking prices being offered up for buyers this year, such as a German ask for Lionsgate’s Hunger Games prequel coming in at a whopping 30M.
Au Revoir, Cannes
Cautious optimism: Diana Lodderhose here, back with week two of our Cannes roundup. For most, this year’s festival will be remembered as a hopeful one, filled with optimism for the business in a post-pandemic world. In the run up to the event, a record number of packages were announced – most of which were broken here at Deadline – but deal-making is seemingly not as fast-paced as one might expect, suggesting some cautious optimism amongst buyers. Andreas Wiseman noted in his halfway temperature check of the festival that there are some record-asking prices being offered up for buyers this year, such as a German ask for Lionsgate’s Hunger Games prequel coming in at a whopping 30M.
- 5/27/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Like something out of a hackneyed Hollywood plot, the mysterious envelope picked up by Don’t Worry Darling director and star Olivia Wilde during her CinemaCon presentation last night for the New Line movie were legal documents from Ted Lasso star Jason Sudeikis.
It is our understanding that the manila envelope marked “personal and confidential,” which was placed onstage, were custody papers from the Emmy winner.
Separated since late 2020, Wilde and Sudeikis share two children. The couple was engaged but never formally tied the knot.
Deadline has reached out to reps for both Wilde and Sudeikis and will update if we receive statements.
While reps are quiet, what happened on Tuesday was a very loud display, at least figuratively.
During the Warner Bros. CinemaCon session at Caesars Palace’s The Colosseum, Wilde was briefly interrupted when an unidentified person approached from the front rows and slid a manila envelope across...
It is our understanding that the manila envelope marked “personal and confidential,” which was placed onstage, were custody papers from the Emmy winner.
Separated since late 2020, Wilde and Sudeikis share two children. The couple was engaged but never formally tied the knot.
Deadline has reached out to reps for both Wilde and Sudeikis and will update if we receive statements.
While reps are quiet, what happened on Tuesday was a very loud display, at least figuratively.
During the Warner Bros. CinemaCon session at Caesars Palace’s The Colosseum, Wilde was briefly interrupted when an unidentified person approached from the front rows and slid a manila envelope across...
- 4/27/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Disruption will continue to weigh on the international theatrical system as the Russia-Ukraine war drags on and well over half of China’s theaters are shuttered in the latest Covid crackdown.
Andrew Cripps, president, international theatrical distribution, Warner Bros Pictures, said that Russia — which is currently being boycotted by studios — makes up about 5 of international annual box office on average, indexing higher or lower depending on the year. The war “is a tragedy that’s happening. Over the last couple of years, we’ve all learned to live with uncertainty. Including theaters being shut around the world. This is for a different reason, and we have to hope there is some semblance of a solution,” he said during an appearance at CinemaCon.
“I don’t know – is it ceasefire, and a pullout? I just don’t know at this point. Only that there are no Hollywood releases at all going into the country.
Andrew Cripps, president, international theatrical distribution, Warner Bros Pictures, said that Russia — which is currently being boycotted by studios — makes up about 5 of international annual box office on average, indexing higher or lower depending on the year. The war “is a tragedy that’s happening. Over the last couple of years, we’ve all learned to live with uncertainty. Including theaters being shut around the world. This is for a different reason, and we have to hope there is some semblance of a solution,” he said during an appearance at CinemaCon.
“I don’t know – is it ceasefire, and a pullout? I just don’t know at this point. Only that there are no Hollywood releases at all going into the country.
- 4/25/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Happy Friday International Insiders, Tom Grater here with your weekly round-up of our top international headlines.
Ukraine Crisis Intensifies
Covering conflict: It has been another week of tough news from the embattled nation of Ukraine, with Russia’s military assault on the country intensifying and no sign of a peace accord being reached. Here’s a rundown of our coverage of the conflict over the past five days:
Foreign Affairs Correspondent Hollie McKay was back with another special report for Deadline from on-the-ground. Her interviews with people sheltering from the war in Kyiv, including Ukrainian actor-musician Roman Matsyuta, are powerful.
Bekmambetov speaks: It has been difficult for Russians to speak out against the invasion, particularly since a new censorship law was passed, but some have been able to lodge protests. Russian-Kazakh director Timur Bekmambetov spoke to Deadline from Israel this week, condemning the “tragedy” in Ukraine and announcing he is...
Ukraine Crisis Intensifies
Covering conflict: It has been another week of tough news from the embattled nation of Ukraine, with Russia’s military assault on the country intensifying and no sign of a peace accord being reached. Here’s a rundown of our coverage of the conflict over the past five days:
Foreign Affairs Correspondent Hollie McKay was back with another special report for Deadline from on-the-ground. Her interviews with people sheltering from the war in Kyiv, including Ukrainian actor-musician Roman Matsyuta, are powerful.
Bekmambetov speaks: It has been difficult for Russians to speak out against the invasion, particularly since a new censorship law was passed, but some have been able to lodge protests. Russian-Kazakh director Timur Bekmambetov spoke to Deadline from Israel this week, condemning the “tragedy” in Ukraine and announcing he is...
- 3/11/2022
- by Tom Grater and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Afternoon Insiders. It’s been a big week in the world of international film and TV but we’ve got you covered. Read on for all the in-depth news and analysis.
BAFTA Noms Split The Crowd
Leading the pack: The 2022 BAFTA Film Awards nominations are in, with this year’s crop topped by Dune with 11 nominations, followed by The Power Of The Dog (pictured) on eight and Belfast on six. See them in full here. Overall, it was a varied and interesting selection, with a particularly eye-catching Best Director field that did not entirely line up with the Best Film category. That also happened last year, notably after BAFTA introduced a new voting system that sees nominations for particular categories, including Director, decided by jury rather than the wider voting pool.
The diversity question: Last year’s BAFTAs were all about whether the org would be able to address pressing diversity concerns,...
BAFTA Noms Split The Crowd
Leading the pack: The 2022 BAFTA Film Awards nominations are in, with this year’s crop topped by Dune with 11 nominations, followed by The Power Of The Dog (pictured) on eight and Belfast on six. See them in full here. Overall, it was a varied and interesting selection, with a particularly eye-catching Best Director field that did not entirely line up with the Best Film category. That also happened last year, notably after BAFTA introduced a new voting system that sees nominations for particular categories, including Director, decided by jury rather than the wider voting pool.
The diversity question: Last year’s BAFTAs were all about whether the org would be able to address pressing diversity concerns,...
- 2/4/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home grossed $31.4 million on Tuesday, off 15% from Monday’s $37.1M at 4,336 locations. All in, Spider-Man: No Way Home counts $328.7 million at the domestic box office through five days, the second-best five-day gross of all time after Avengers: Endgame ($427M) and the highest December five-day gross of all time beating Star Wars: Force Awakens ($325.4M).
Global for No Way Home, as Deadline’s Nancy Tartaglione reports, is closing in on the highest-grossing total of the pandemic, which for now is No Time to Die‘s $774M. The latest Spider-Man crossed $700M worldwide Tuesday with a cume that now stands at $751.3M. Many analysts believe $1 billion is a feasible target for the latest MCU title even without China in the mix; Sony is still awaiting a date for that market.
Spidey’s Tuesday ranks fifth on the all-time domestic box office list for the day after...
Global for No Way Home, as Deadline’s Nancy Tartaglione reports, is closing in on the highest-grossing total of the pandemic, which for now is No Time to Die‘s $774M. The latest Spider-Man crossed $700M worldwide Tuesday with a cume that now stands at $751.3M. Many analysts believe $1 billion is a feasible target for the latest MCU title even without China in the mix; Sony is still awaiting a date for that market.
Spidey’s Tuesday ranks fifth on the all-time domestic box office list for the day after...
- 12/22/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The glitterati was out in full force in Jeddah on Monday night as the inaugural Red Sea International Film Festival kicked off with the Middle Eastern premiere of Joe Wright’s musical romance Cyrano.
Stars such as Catherine Deneuve, Saudi helmer Haifaa Al-Mansour, Anthony Mackie, Clive Owen, Hilary Swank, Vincent Cassel and Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Frémaux all graced the red carpet at the specially constructed Red Sea Gala Theatre, in the city’s Unesco World Heritage Site old town (Al Balad). Additional Arab stars and filmmaking talent included Hany Abu-Assad, Amira Diab, Mohamed Henedy and Egyptian actress Laila Eloui. Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Culture Prince Badr bin Farhan Al-Saud was also in attendance.
Before the film commenced, Mohammed Al-Turki, chairman of the Red Sea International Film Festival committee, told delegates that the country’s first ever film festival was a watershed moment, as the country begins “embracing...
Stars such as Catherine Deneuve, Saudi helmer Haifaa Al-Mansour, Anthony Mackie, Clive Owen, Hilary Swank, Vincent Cassel and Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Frémaux all graced the red carpet at the specially constructed Red Sea Gala Theatre, in the city’s Unesco World Heritage Site old town (Al Balad). Additional Arab stars and filmmaking talent included Hany Abu-Assad, Amira Diab, Mohamed Henedy and Egyptian actress Laila Eloui. Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Culture Prince Badr bin Farhan Al-Saud was also in attendance.
Before the film commenced, Mohammed Al-Turki, chairman of the Red Sea International Film Festival committee, told delegates that the country’s first ever film festival was a watershed moment, as the country begins “embracing...
- 12/6/2021
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
In the wake of Sony’s attempt to reboot Ghostbusters in 2016 with a female leading cast, the studio hasn’t given up on the IP and finally is releasing an all-new Jason Reitman-directed sequel, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which it has protected for a theatrical release throughout the pandemic.
Exhibition bosses went nuts at CinemaCon for the movie, which has been described as having a Steven Spielberg-esque sensibility in its cast of kids — one of whom is the descendent of Harold Ramis’ Dr. Egon Spengler from the original 1980s movies. Franchise vets Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver and Annie Potts are back as well.
There’s been a fervent response to Ghostbusters: Afterlife from local press out of recent screenings, and Sony is betting that the feature, which is also produced by original Ghostbusters filmmaker Ivan Reitman, will be a holiday sleeper. If the pic comes up...
Exhibition bosses went nuts at CinemaCon for the movie, which has been described as having a Steven Spielberg-esque sensibility in its cast of kids — one of whom is the descendent of Harold Ramis’ Dr. Egon Spengler from the original 1980s movies. Franchise vets Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver and Annie Potts are back as well.
There’s been a fervent response to Ghostbusters: Afterlife from local press out of recent screenings, and Sony is betting that the feature, which is also produced by original Ghostbusters filmmaker Ivan Reitman, will be a holiday sleeper. If the pic comes up...
- 11/17/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Of course, any kind of day-and-date release puts exhibitors in competition with the studios’ streaming services, and no doubt there’s a loss of cash in the collapse of the theatrical and PVOD window.
However, the worst takeaway from dynamic windows is piracy, plain and simple.
Such was the message from CinemaCon’s first panel today “Globally Speaking: A Look at the International Market” moderated by Deadline’s own International Box Editor and Senior Contributor Nancy Tartaglione. Joining her were Cineworld Group CEO Mooky Greidinger, Universal Pictures International President Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, CEO Cinépolis Alejandro Ramírez Magaña, and Paramount Pictures International Theatrical Distribution President Mark Viane.
Citing a local film journalist’s media poll, Magaña said that of 25K-plus respondents, close to a third watched Black Widow on a pirated site, to 13% on Disney+ and 28% in movie theaters. The exhibition boss mentioned that while previous forms of theatrical piracy entailed...
However, the worst takeaway from dynamic windows is piracy, plain and simple.
Such was the message from CinemaCon’s first panel today “Globally Speaking: A Look at the International Market” moderated by Deadline’s own International Box Editor and Senior Contributor Nancy Tartaglione. Joining her were Cineworld Group CEO Mooky Greidinger, Universal Pictures International President Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, CEO Cinépolis Alejandro Ramírez Magaña, and Paramount Pictures International Theatrical Distribution President Mark Viane.
Citing a local film journalist’s media poll, Magaña said that of 25K-plus respondents, close to a third watched Black Widow on a pirated site, to 13% on Disney+ and 28% in movie theaters. The exhibition boss mentioned that while previous forms of theatrical piracy entailed...
- 8/23/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello, and welcome to International Insider! Jake Kanter here, guiding you through another busy week in global film and TV. To get this delivered every Friday, sign up here.
Scarlett Takes Aim At Disney
Leading the day: A potentially game-changing lawsuit pitting Black Widow herself Scarlett Johansson against Disney. Johansson is suing the mighty House of Mouse, claiming that releasing Black Widow on Disney+ as well as in theatres breached her contract and deprived her of box office earnings. Disney lashed back, saying the legal writ is “sad and distressing in its callous disregard for the horrific and prolonged global effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.” The company, not known for backing down from legal battles, also took the unusual decision to reveal Johansson’s $20M pay packet for the Marvel feature. Our full story.
A bellwether case: The Black Widow beef is kinda unique given that Johansson’s character is...
Scarlett Takes Aim At Disney
Leading the day: A potentially game-changing lawsuit pitting Black Widow herself Scarlett Johansson against Disney. Johansson is suing the mighty House of Mouse, claiming that releasing Black Widow on Disney+ as well as in theatres breached her contract and deprived her of box office earnings. Disney lashed back, saying the legal writ is “sad and distressing in its callous disregard for the horrific and prolonged global effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.” The company, not known for backing down from legal battles, also took the unusual decision to reveal Johansson’s $20M pay packet for the Marvel feature. Our full story.
A bellwether case: The Black Widow beef is kinda unique given that Johansson’s character is...
- 7/30/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello, and welcome to International Insider. Jake Kanter here, as usual, bringing you everything worth knowing from the past seven days in global film and TV. It’s been a memorable week, with the film biz reuniting for a little-known event by the French seaside and football fever gripping Europe. Apologies to readers in Italy, but Come On England!
- 7/9/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello, and welcome to International Insider — happy Euro 2020 day! Jake Kanter with you, as usual, bringing you all the news, views, and analysis from the world of film and TV. Please do get in touch with feedback or stories on jkanter@deadline.com. And to get this delivered directly to your inbox every Friday, sign up here.
Cannes Market Heats Up
Cooking up a storm: The online Cannes market doesn’t get underway until July 21, but things are already heating up ahead of the superbowl of movie sales. My colleagues have been hoovering up scoops on some of the hot packages hitting the French Riviera. Here are a few of note:
Andreas Wiseman got the skinny on Marlowe, the Storyboard Media and CAA Media Finance-backed noir thriller about Raymond Chandler’s iconic detective Philip Marlowe, which is set to star Liam Neeson. Oscar-winner Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) will...
Cannes Market Heats Up
Cooking up a storm: The online Cannes market doesn’t get underway until July 21, but things are already heating up ahead of the superbowl of movie sales. My colleagues have been hoovering up scoops on some of the hot packages hitting the French Riviera. Here are a few of note:
Andreas Wiseman got the skinny on Marlowe, the Storyboard Media and CAA Media Finance-backed noir thriller about Raymond Chandler’s iconic detective Philip Marlowe, which is set to star Liam Neeson. Oscar-winner Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) will...
- 6/11/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello! Welcome to International Insider, I’m Jake Kanter. It’s been a short week both in the UK and America, but there’s still been a glut of news. Keep scrolling for all the headlines you need to read. As always, I’m on jkanter@deadline.com if you want to send comments, feedback or stories. And to get this delivered directly to your inbox every Friday, sign up here.
UK TV’s #MeToo Moment
Triggered: The question I’ve been asking this week: have the allegations of sexual misconduct against Noel Clarke opened the floodgates to the UK television industry’s #MeToo moment? Time’s Up UK chair Dame Heather Rabbatts certainly thinks that the actor and producer’s high-profile status in the British biz has “helped to act as an accelerator for others to come forward” with further claims, she tells me. Alex Pumfrey, the CEO of The Film & TV Charity,...
UK TV’s #MeToo Moment
Triggered: The question I’ve been asking this week: have the allegations of sexual misconduct against Noel Clarke opened the floodgates to the UK television industry’s #MeToo moment? Time’s Up UK chair Dame Heather Rabbatts certainly thinks that the actor and producer’s high-profile status in the British biz has “helped to act as an accelerator for others to come forward” with further claims, she tells me. Alex Pumfrey, the CEO of The Film & TV Charity,...
- 6/4/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
International Insider: Britain Reopens; Golden Globes Reckoning; Sky Studios CEO; ‘365 Days’ Returns
Hello and welcome to International Insider, your weekly dose of film and TV analysis from Deadline’s Euro team. Jake Kanter here to guide you through our usual glut of headlines in the week Disney+ blasted past 100 million subs. Want to get in touch? I’m on jkanter@deadline.com. And sign up here to get this delivered every Friday.
Britain Reopens
Pull up the popcorn: Rejoice! From Monday, Brits can take their seats in cinemas once again as coronavirus restrictions continue to be rolled back across England. It will be a chance for people to watch Oscar winners Nomadland and Minari on the big screen for the first time, with both films debuting in theaters on May 17. Another draw will be Lionsgate’s Spiral: From The Book Of Saw (pictured), which features Samuel L Jackson and Chris Rock as father and son cops. Saw films have grossed almost $1 billion to date.
Britain Reopens
Pull up the popcorn: Rejoice! From Monday, Brits can take their seats in cinemas once again as coronavirus restrictions continue to be rolled back across England. It will be a chance for people to watch Oscar winners Nomadland and Minari on the big screen for the first time, with both films debuting in theaters on May 17. Another draw will be Lionsgate’s Spiral: From The Book Of Saw (pictured), which features Samuel L Jackson and Chris Rock as father and son cops. Saw films have grossed almost $1 billion to date.
- 5/14/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Disney’s Jungle Cruise will debut in theaters and Disney+ Premier on July 30.
We were hearing whispers yesterday that this was bound to happen before Disney’s earnings call. The Dwayne Johnson-Emily Blunt movie based on the Disney theme park attraction is a big tentpole and franchise starter for the studio.
Disney+ Premier means that the movie will be available for in-home purchase to Disney+ subscribers for $29.99 in those territories which have the streaming service. Previously, it looked like the Jaume Collet-Serra directed movie was destined strictly for theaters.
Johnson also made the news official this Am before Disney’s earning call today at 4:30pm Est.
I hear from those close to the filmmaking team that Disney presented them with options for the release of the movie. The decision to go theaters and in homes at the same time stemmed from the continued closure of offshore...
We were hearing whispers yesterday that this was bound to happen before Disney’s earnings call. The Dwayne Johnson-Emily Blunt movie based on the Disney theme park attraction is a big tentpole and franchise starter for the studio.
Disney+ Premier means that the movie will be available for in-home purchase to Disney+ subscribers for $29.99 in those territories which have the streaming service. Previously, it looked like the Jaume Collet-Serra directed movie was destined strictly for theaters.
Johnson also made the news official this Am before Disney’s earning call today at 4:30pm Est.
I hear from those close to the filmmaking team that Disney presented them with options for the release of the movie. The decision to go theaters and in homes at the same time stemmed from the continued closure of offshore...
- 5/13/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Here’s something nobody was expecting during the pandemic at the global box office: An event film which is bound to profit.
Film finance sources have been telling us that as Legendary’s Godzilla vs. Kong hits $357.8M WW today, the pic is already set to bring cash back to Warner Bros. — an estimated $96.4M currently — even with the controversial HBO Max line item in the mix, though that portion is a bit opaque. That’s an impressive feat when you consider that major B.O. offshore markets Europe (except Spain) and Brazil are still closed by Covid-19, and the Adam Wingard-directed fourthquel is only collecting an estimated 25% from China’s box office.
Breaking the numbers down from those in the know, Godzilla vs. Kong‘s net production cost was $160M. Now, remember, as part of the HBO theatrical day-and-date deal, Warners paid Legendary back its 75% share of the...
Film finance sources have been telling us that as Legendary’s Godzilla vs. Kong hits $357.8M WW today, the pic is already set to bring cash back to Warner Bros. — an estimated $96.4M currently — even with the controversial HBO Max line item in the mix, though that portion is a bit opaque. That’s an impressive feat when you consider that major B.O. offshore markets Europe (except Spain) and Brazil are still closed by Covid-19, and the Adam Wingard-directed fourthquel is only collecting an estimated 25% from China’s box office.
Breaking the numbers down from those in the know, Godzilla vs. Kong‘s net production cost was $160M. Now, remember, as part of the HBO theatrical day-and-date deal, Warners paid Legendary back its 75% share of the...
- 4/11/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
This very unusual eight-month movie-awards season is winding down as BAFTA and DGA virtual ceremonies take place this weekend and Oscar final voting is set to begin Thursday. What better time for Deadline’s first-ever Contenders Film: The Nominees to take place? The final countdown starts here beginning at 10 a.m. Pt with a total of 18 films from 11 studios featuring 45 nominated filmmakers and stars, all giving us the lowdown on the movies that are bringing them all to the end of a long journey that culminates on Hollywood’s biggest night of the year, April 25 (the latest date ever for an Academy Award show).
To watch the livestream of today’s event, click here.
In January, over the course of two weekends, we presented separate Contenders Film events for Documentary, International and then a big two-day look at all the movie hopefuls in this pandemic-affected year. Now, for the first time,...
To watch the livestream of today’s event, click here.
In January, over the course of two weekends, we presented separate Contenders Film events for Documentary, International and then a big two-day look at all the movie hopefuls in this pandemic-affected year. Now, for the first time,...
- 4/10/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
A sterling final lineup of talent, filmmakers and stars will be participating in Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees virtual event on Saturday. Among nominated actors appearing are Leslie Odom Jr., Riz Ahmed, Paul Raci, Sacha Baron Cohen, Maria Bakalova, Carey Mulligan, Andra Day, Amanda Seyfried, BAFTA nominee Mads Mikkelsen, as well as stars from International Film contender The Man Who Sold His Skin including Monica Bellucci, Yahya, Mahayni and Dea Liane.
Filmmakers include all five directors of the International Film nominees, Kemp Powers, Darius Marder, Garrett Bradley, Tomm Moore, Maite Alberdi, Alexander Nanau, Skye Fitzgerald, Aaron Sorkin, Emerald Fennell, Thomas Vinterberg and many other artisans poised to possibly receive the film industry’s highest honors.
A total of 18 Oscar-nominated films from 11 studios and distributors will be highlighted in Deadline’s first-ever nominees Contenders Film for the movie awards season. The all-day livestreamed event is Saturday beginning at 10 a.m.
Filmmakers include all five directors of the International Film nominees, Kemp Powers, Darius Marder, Garrett Bradley, Tomm Moore, Maite Alberdi, Alexander Nanau, Skye Fitzgerald, Aaron Sorkin, Emerald Fennell, Thomas Vinterberg and many other artisans poised to possibly receive the film industry’s highest honors.
A total of 18 Oscar-nominated films from 11 studios and distributors will be highlighted in Deadline’s first-ever nominees Contenders Film for the movie awards season. The all-day livestreamed event is Saturday beginning at 10 a.m.
- 4/6/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
A total of 18 Oscar-nominated films from 11 studios and distributors will be highlighted in Deadline’s first-ever nominees Contenders Film event for the movie awards season. The all-day livestreamed event takes place Saturday, April 10 beginning at 10 a.m. Pt, and comes on the heels of our two-day Contenders Film weekend in phase one of this very unusual pandemic-affected year.
Although we have been doing our popular Contenders Film events for the past decade, this is the first time we will be doing a phase two, where voters from AMPAS, the guilds and BAFTA get to experience close-up conversations with many of the actual nominated stars and filmmakers before casting those final ballots. Because the TV awards season also was virtual last year, we were able to do a nominees edition for that as well and it was a huge success.
Among the studios/distributors participating will be Amazon Studios, Apple Original Films,...
Although we have been doing our popular Contenders Film events for the past decade, this is the first time we will be doing a phase two, where voters from AMPAS, the guilds and BAFTA get to experience close-up conversations with many of the actual nominated stars and filmmakers before casting those final ballots. Because the TV awards season also was virtual last year, we were able to do a nominees edition for that as well and it was a huge success.
Among the studios/distributors participating will be Amazon Studios, Apple Original Films,...
- 3/25/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Well, that didn’t take too long.
About 18 months after Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame assailed to become the top grossing moving of all-time at the worldwide box office with $2,789.2 billion in July 2019, word is that James Cameron’s Avatar, which the Russo Brothers-directed Marvel movie defeated, will once again bounce back to reclaim that title.
Avatar was re-released in China over the weekend, the country experiencing a massive boom at the B.O. post Covid there, and made $3.5M in the No. 1 spot on Friday or Rmb22.5M. That result puts the Prc gross for Avatar at an estimated $209.9M. Nancy Tartaglione informs me that currently on Saturday in China, Avatar has reached $5.8M in its running weekend total. She first told you about how Avatar pre-sales were doing this weekend.
Heading into Avatar’s re-release this weekend, Avengers: Endgame stood at $858.37M domestic, $1.939 billion overseas for a total $2.797 billion total.
About 18 months after Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame assailed to become the top grossing moving of all-time at the worldwide box office with $2,789.2 billion in July 2019, word is that James Cameron’s Avatar, which the Russo Brothers-directed Marvel movie defeated, will once again bounce back to reclaim that title.
Avatar was re-released in China over the weekend, the country experiencing a massive boom at the B.O. post Covid there, and made $3.5M in the No. 1 spot on Friday or Rmb22.5M. That result puts the Prc gross for Avatar at an estimated $209.9M. Nancy Tartaglione informs me that currently on Saturday in China, Avatar has reached $5.8M in its running weekend total. She first told you about how Avatar pre-sales were doing this weekend.
Heading into Avatar’s re-release this weekend, Avengers: Endgame stood at $858.37M domestic, $1.939 billion overseas for a total $2.797 billion total.
- 3/12/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Deadline has made a pair of staff moves as it continues its editorial expansion. London-based reporter Diana Lodderhose is returning to the site’s fold as International Features Editor, while Alexandra Del Rosario, currently Associate Editor, Nights & Weekends, has shifted to TV Reporter.
“We are thrilled to have Diana back at Deadline and excited about giving Alex this new opportunity,” Deadline Co-Editors-In-Chief Nellie Andreeva and Mike Fleming Jr. said Monday in announcing the hires.
Lodderhose, who has been working in global film journalism since 2005, will focus on features related to the international film and television industries. Based in London, she has frequently covered the major film festivals and markets including Cannes, Berlin, AFM, Toronto and Sundance. Prior to joining Deadline, Lodderhose was a UK correspondent for Variety and covered film news and box office at Screen.
She joins the International team that includes International Editor Andreas Wiseman, International TV Editor Jake Kanter,...
“We are thrilled to have Diana back at Deadline and excited about giving Alex this new opportunity,” Deadline Co-Editors-In-Chief Nellie Andreeva and Mike Fleming Jr. said Monday in announcing the hires.
Lodderhose, who has been working in global film journalism since 2005, will focus on features related to the international film and television industries. Based in London, she has frequently covered the major film festivals and markets including Cannes, Berlin, AFM, Toronto and Sundance. Prior to joining Deadline, Lodderhose was a UK correspondent for Variety and covered film news and box office at Screen.
She joins the International team that includes International Editor Andreas Wiseman, International TV Editor Jake Kanter,...
- 3/9/2021
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Happy Friday all, and welcome to International Insider, your weekly guide to everything that’s worth knowing in film and TV outside of America. Jake Kanter with you this week. Got feedback or a story? I’m on jkanter@deadline.com or my DMs are open on Twitter. And sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox every Friday.
EFM Wrap
Early concerns clear: This week’s EFM kicked off amid drama behind-the-scenes, with rumblings from some buyers about kill fee clauses and streamer domination. However, the clouds moved off as buyers got down to business with a healthy slate of movies to choose from and a growing hope of widespread cinema re-openings later this year.
Buzzy business: Sellers we spoke to reported a solid level of transactions and an online platform that was more user-friendly than at other markets over the past 12 months. Some of the EFM...
EFM Wrap
Early concerns clear: This week’s EFM kicked off amid drama behind-the-scenes, with rumblings from some buyers about kill fee clauses and streamer domination. However, the clouds moved off as buyers got down to business with a healthy slate of movies to choose from and a growing hope of widespread cinema re-openings later this year.
Buzzy business: Sellers we spoke to reported a solid level of transactions and an online platform that was more user-friendly than at other markets over the past 12 months. Some of the EFM...
- 3/5/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello, and welcome to International Insider, Jake Kanter here. In the week that Jeff Bezos announced that he is stepping down as the CEO of Amazon, scroll on for the biggest headlines from global film and TV. Want to get in touch? I’m on jkanter@deadline.com, or my DMs are open on Twitter. And sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox every Friday.
The Big Bounceback
Putting a price on the pandemic: £774 million ($1 billion). That’s how much less was spent on UK film and TV production last year compared with 2019, per the BFI. For a booming industry, that might seem like a gut punch, but zoom out, and it’s an utterly remarkable show of resilience. Remember, filming was basically shut down for around four months last year (there were zero high-end TV shoots in Q3). Running with this maths, spending should theoretically have...
The Big Bounceback
Putting a price on the pandemic: £774 million ($1 billion). That’s how much less was spent on UK film and TV production last year compared with 2019, per the BFI. For a booming industry, that might seem like a gut punch, but zoom out, and it’s an utterly remarkable show of resilience. Remember, filming was basically shut down for around four months last year (there were zero high-end TV shoots in Q3). Running with this maths, spending should theoretically have...
- 2/5/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
If there are any milestones worth noting this week, it’s that the Focus Features thriller Promising Young Woman crossed the $3 million in its fourth week in theaters. This weekend the Emerald Fennell-directed pic starring Carey Mulligan played in 1,333 theaters and added an estimated $430K to its box office till this weekend and is on track to earn $518K for the four-day Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend to bring its cume to about $3.4 million. The film, which landed at #6 in the top 10 this weekend, continues to garner buzz as it became available for rental on-demand this weekend. Promising Young Woman has earned numerous accolades from various critics associations across the country including Best Actress and Best Screenplay from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards.
New titles for the weekend include Nate Parker’s drama American Skin which quietly opened in 51 theaters this weekend to earn an estimated...
New titles for the weekend include Nate Parker’s drama American Skin which quietly opened in 51 theaters this weekend to earn an estimated...
- 1/17/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello International Insider readers, and welcome to 2021. Jake Kanter here with you to reflect on a week when the industry was well and truly woken from its Christmas slumber. Got a story you want to share? You can contact me on jkanter@deadline.com, or my DMs are open on Twitter.
Capitol Carnage
Fearless reporting: If you watch one thing from the chaotic scenes in Washington on Wednesday, make it this extraordinary report from ITV News correspondent Robert Moore, who surfed the Trump mob all the way into the Capitol building. As colleagues joked about him becoming the first Brit to storm the Capitol in 200 years, Moore’s despatch went viral and won widespread praise from broadcast journalists on both sides of the pond. It should scoop prizes come awards season here in the UK. You can read Deadline’s full coverage on events in Washington right here.
Comcast Tightens...
Capitol Carnage
Fearless reporting: If you watch one thing from the chaotic scenes in Washington on Wednesday, make it this extraordinary report from ITV News correspondent Robert Moore, who surfed the Trump mob all the way into the Capitol building. As colleagues joked about him becoming the first Brit to storm the Capitol in 200 years, Moore’s despatch went viral and won widespread praise from broadcast journalists on both sides of the pond. It should scoop prizes come awards season here in the UK. You can read Deadline’s full coverage on events in Washington right here.
Comcast Tightens...
- 1/8/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello and welcome to International Insider, Jake Kanter here. We’re with you every week bringing you the biggest bites of news from the global film and TV biz. Any tips or stories can be sent to jkanter@deadline.com, or my DMs are open.
Netflix’s New Look
TV queen sets team: Bela Bajaria (pictured) became arguably the most powerful woman in television last month when she was crowned global head of the genre at Netflix. Now, Bajaria has set her top team and redoubled her commitment to combing the globe for the world’s best TV series. While there was plenty of movement on her U.S. bench, including around 10 job cuts, her international team was merely fine-tuned. Here’s how it now shapes up:
Larry Tanz, VP of Emea originals, will become head of Emea local language original series Kelly Luegenbiehl, head of Emea local language original series,...
Netflix’s New Look
TV queen sets team: Bela Bajaria (pictured) became arguably the most powerful woman in television last month when she was crowned global head of the genre at Netflix. Now, Bajaria has set her top team and redoubled her commitment to combing the globe for the world’s best TV series. While there was plenty of movement on her U.S. bench, including around 10 job cuts, her international team was merely fine-tuned. Here’s how it now shapes up:
Larry Tanz, VP of Emea originals, will become head of Emea local language original series Kelly Luegenbiehl, head of Emea local language original series,...
- 10/30/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Bonjour, and congratulations on making it to Friday. As usual, International Insider is here to bookend your week with some must-reads and analysis from recent days. Jake Kanter with you in the saddle this week.
Cinemas In Crisis
Shutting up shop: Major global exhibitor Cineworld sent shockwaves through the biz this week when it made the surprise move to temporarily re-close all 127 of its sites in the UK and Ireland as well as its 536 Regal theatres in the U.S. The move came after Bond pic No Time To Die (pictured) delayed its release by six months, with the exhibitor citing a lack of high-profile titles on the slate. Some 45,000 staff are affected, and no timeframe has been given for reopening.
The context: After months of closures, things had started to look up for the theatrical exhibition business after Warner Bros pulled the trigger and released Tenet, grossing $300M+ globally.
Cinemas In Crisis
Shutting up shop: Major global exhibitor Cineworld sent shockwaves through the biz this week when it made the surprise move to temporarily re-close all 127 of its sites in the UK and Ireland as well as its 536 Regal theatres in the U.S. The move came after Bond pic No Time To Die (pictured) delayed its release by six months, with the exhibitor citing a lack of high-profile titles on the slate. Some 45,000 staff are affected, and no timeframe has been given for reopening.
The context: After months of closures, things had started to look up for the theatrical exhibition business after Warner Bros pulled the trigger and released Tenet, grossing $300M+ globally.
- 10/9/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
In the wake of Cineworld’s decision to shutter its UK venues and Regal U.S. theaters, AMC, the No. 1 exhibitor in the world, will remain open. AMC joins No. 3 exhibitor Cinemark in staying open during the pandemic, despite Cineworld and Regal’s plans to close this Thursday.
More than 80% of AMC’s U.S. circuit is open and an even higher share of the chain’s international theatres across Europe and the Middle East are open, with more than 90% of its Odeon Cinemas Group across Europe and 100% of the chain’s locations in the Middle East in operation. In addition, AMC is actively planning to open more of its theatres, especially in New York and California, when authorized to do so by state and county officials.
Yes, business is tough for exhibition, especially as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo stands firm on not reopening cinemas, but AMC is planning to weather the storm,...
More than 80% of AMC’s U.S. circuit is open and an even higher share of the chain’s international theatres across Europe and the Middle East are open, with more than 90% of its Odeon Cinemas Group across Europe and 100% of the chain’s locations in the Middle East in operation. In addition, AMC is actively planning to open more of its theatres, especially in New York and California, when authorized to do so by state and county officials.
Yes, business is tough for exhibition, especially as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo stands firm on not reopening cinemas, but AMC is planning to weather the storm,...
- 10/6/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Happy Friday and welcome to the latest edition of International Insider. Jake Kanter here, bringing you everything that’s worth knowing about the past week in global film and TV.
Riding The Second Wave
Déjà vu: If there was any lingering optimism that the UK could avoid a second wave of coronavirus, events this week will surely have washed away these hopes. With daily cases rising to more than 6,000, the government has renewed social restrictions, encouraged Brits to work from home where possible, and devised a replacement for the furlough scheme. Strap in for another six months, we’re being told.
What does it mean for production? Well, very little at this point, according to Pact CEO John McVay. TV and film shoots can continue under new government rules and McVay says producers are fastidiously observing industry safety protocols. “People want to get back to work, and they’re working...
Riding The Second Wave
Déjà vu: If there was any lingering optimism that the UK could avoid a second wave of coronavirus, events this week will surely have washed away these hopes. With daily cases rising to more than 6,000, the government has renewed social restrictions, encouraged Brits to work from home where possible, and devised a replacement for the furlough scheme. Strap in for another six months, we’re being told.
What does it mean for production? Well, very little at this point, according to Pact CEO John McVay. TV and film shoots can continue under new government rules and McVay says producers are fastidiously observing industry safety protocols. “People want to get back to work, and they’re working...
- 9/25/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Happy Friday readers, Tom Grater here with your weekly rundown of news from around the world. This week, we’ve been on the ground at the Venice Film Festival learning about what it’s like to attend a major international fest in the Covid era, covering controversy around the Netflix movie Cuties, and looking at Tenet‘s international roll out.
Life On The Lido
Roll out the red carpet: Venice Film Festival got underway this week, marking the first major international film event to hold a physical edition in the pandemic era. From walls erected alongside red carpets to masks in venues, it’s a very different looking fest this year.
Boots on the ground: Deadline is bringing you all the news as it happens, with my colleagues Andreas Wiseman and Nancy Tartaglione reporting from Venice. Theaters were sparsely populated on day one, while on day two, bottlenecks caused by...
Life On The Lido
Roll out the red carpet: Venice Film Festival got underway this week, marking the first major international film event to hold a physical edition in the pandemic era. From walls erected alongside red carpets to masks in venues, it’s a very different looking fest this year.
Boots on the ground: Deadline is bringing you all the news as it happens, with my colleagues Andreas Wiseman and Nancy Tartaglione reporting from Venice. Theaters were sparsely populated on day one, while on day two, bottlenecks caused by...
- 9/4/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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