To anyone who said that 2017 was a dire year for cinema, I beg to differ. Yes, the studio fare is becoming more tiresome but the vibrant international scene delivered a bevvy of gems for […]
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U.S. Weekend Box Office Round Up Fri 17 Mar – Sun 19 Mar, 2017
Please welcome the new opening weekend record holder for March Beauty and the Beast (4,210 screens) which stormed the U.S. box office for a predicted $173.5m weekend. That puts the screen average at $41,211 which, […]
U.S. Weekend Box Office Round Up Fri 10 Mar – Sun 12 Mar, 2017
There is absolutely no doubt that the people at Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures will be breathing a sort-of collective sigh of relief as their $185m Kong: Skull Island (3,846 screens) stormed into first position […]
U.S. Weekend Box Office Round Up Fri 3 Mar – Sun 5 Mar, 2017
It was all about two films in the U.S. over the weekend with Wolverine’s last hurrah Logan scoring a massive opening (a record for a March R rated release) and the astounding hold of Jordan […]
U.S. Weekend Box Office Round Up Fri 24 Feb – Sun 26 Feb, 2017
It’s one of the provocative, thematically relevant releases of the year and, not surprisingly, the low budget horror flick Get Out (2,781 screens) has blitzed the box office to take the gold with a $29m […]
U.S. Weekend Box Office Round Up Fri 17 Feb – Mon 20 Feb, 2017 (Preliminary)
It’s President’s Day Weekend in the U.S. (Which, given the current climate, I wonder how most people will interpret it this year?) and the box office is being led by holdover titles that are too […]
In Cinemas 16 Feb, 2017
HIDDEN FIGURES THE GREAT WALL SILENCE TRESPASS AGAINST US THE COMING WAR ON CHINA SOME LIKE IT HOT SLEEPLESS LO AND BEHOLD, REVERIES OF THE CONNECTED WORLD PARIS OPERA BALLET: NUREYEV’S SWAN LAKE (Feb 17) […]
Review: Hidden Figures
Rousing crowd-pleaser balances the political and the comic to excellent effect. A fitting tribute to three remarkable women. This time of year brings out the big guns as hopeful movies jostle with each other in […]
U.S. Weekend Box Office Round Up Fri 10 – Sun 12 Feb, 2017
Not even that tantalising might of a Fifty Shades sequel was enough to stop the mas market appeal of The Lego Batman Movie (4,088 screens) which blasted its way into the top spot with a […]
U.S. Weekend Box Office Round Up Fri 3 Feb – Sun 5 Feb, 2017
It’s a threepeat for M. Night Shyamalan as Split (3,373 screens) remains in the top spot! The stunning performance of a horror film spending 3 weeks at the top of the box office is something […]