Updated: There are some things to celebrate during a Halloween weekend that's been a little bit boo-ring… Let's start with the milestones. Overseas audiences answered the call for Blumhouse/Universal's Black Phone 2 during the third session with a Halloween weekend pushing global across the century…

Family movie Kangaroo has become the highest-grossing Australian film of the year to date at the local box office. Since premiering in September via Studiocanal Australia, the comedy about an unlikely friendship and a group of the titular marsupials has grossed A$5.2M ($3.4M USD). Including releases…

Updated: Continuing their success with anime fare, Sony/Crunchyroll's release of Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, has pushed the film across the century mark globally, reaching $108M worldwide this weekend. From director Tatsuya Yoshihara, this feature sequel to the first season, Chainsaw Man…

Updated: Blumhouse's Black Phone 2 dialed up a $42M start globally, including $15.5M from the international box office – the latter above The Black Phone and Sinners in the same markets. The Universal release of the Scott Derrickson-directed Ethan Hawke-starrer is playing in 71 offshore markets…

Updated: Riding in lower than pre-weekend projections, Disney's Tron: Ares cycled to a $60.5M worldwide debut, including $27M from the international box office.  While the team was out and about on an overseas promotional tour, the latest in the 43-year-old cyber saga just didn't pop wheelies at…

Updated: Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another had a fantastic hold in the sophomore session, dropping only 22% at the international box office. The Warner Bros title added $21.7M in 77 overseas markets this weekend to lift the international running cume to $58.9M with global passing the…

Updated: Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another came out swinging with a $48.5M global start, the biggest of the iconic filmmaker's career. Included in the worldwide total, the Leonardo DiCaprio-starrer from Warner Bros grossed $26.1M in 74 international box office markets, slightly higher…

Updated: Continuing its ascendance, Japanese juggernaut Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle has slashed its way to further milestones. With an estimated $555M+ globally, it is not only the highest grossing anime movie ever worldwide, but also the biggest Japanese film of all time at a…

Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group has entered into a licensing agreement with Japan's Toho-Towa Group which will see the latter's Towa Pictures subsidiary handle theatrical distribution of the Warner Bros slate of Hollywood features in Japan. The multi-year pact begins in 2026, kicking off with…

UPDATED: It was only a matter of time, and what a time it is. After making record-breaking waves in Japan this summer, and rolling out in staggered fashion elsewhere, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle finally reached a big suite of overseas markets, and the U.S., this weekend via…

EXCLUSIVE: Celine Song's Materialists has crossed the $100M mark globally, with $101.3M through today. Of that, $64.8M is from the international box office. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions boarded offshore rights on the A24 original out of the 2024 European Film Market in Berlin, and staggered…

MONDAY UPDATE, with actuals…: New Line/Warner Bros' The Conjuring: Last Rites had some extra divine intervention between Sunday's estimates and today's actuals, with the global bow ascending to $194M. This makes the Michael Chaves-directed installment the biggest horror opener of all time worldwide…