Welcome to the second Insider of 2026, sports fans. Jesse Whittock here with the big headlines from the international film and TV worlds. Sign up to the newsletter here and let’s begin. Banijay & All3 Cozy…

Exhibitors in the U.S. like to cry about the encroachment of streaming on theatrical attendance but they’ve never been to Italy, where moviegoing has more or less been in a funk post-Covid without any multi-national circuits in the country. That makes the latest success of the comedy Buen Camino…

Updated: James Cameron's Avatar: Fire and Ash has reached an estimated $760.4M through Sunday globally. Within that, this return to Pandora is now at $542.7M from the international box office.  The sophomore session added $181.2M overseas amid just a 25% dip (-15% excluding China), and increases…

SUNDAY UPDATE: James Cameron's Avatar: Fire and Ash has fired up a $345M global opening. Of that, $257M is from the international box office. This is the 2nd highest studio opening globally of the year, behind only Zootopia 2. The three Avatar films have now earned over $5.6B to date. Both the…

Getting out early with a projection for global box office in 2026, Gower Street Analytics is forecasting the upcoming year at $35 billion. This would mark a second consecutive year of worldwide growth, +5% against current estimates for 2025.  "We predict 2026 will be the highest grossing…

Updated: Three weekends in and the animals are still running wild. Disney's Zootopia 2 has now zoomed to an estimated $1.137B ($1,136.7M precisely) worldwide, including $877.7M from the international box office — of which a little over $500M comes from China. With weekend three, Zoo 2 surpasses the…

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Zootopia 2 will hop past the $1B mark worldwide with today's business included. The global box office total through Thursday is $986.1M. Of that, $232.7M is from domestic and $753.4M is from the international box office. The Jared Bush/Byron Howard-directed sequel will…

UPDATED: After just two weekends, Disney's Zootopia 2 has already reached $915.8M worldwide, including $695.3M from the international box office. The $1B threshold will be crossed within the next week. After setting a number of records last weekend, the continued runaway performance for the…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal's Wicked: For Good has crossed the $400M mark globally, now with more than $407M through Wednesday worldwide. Of that, $278.1M is from domestic and $129M from the international box office. The Jon M. Chu-directed pic is the 15th movie of 2025 to reach the four-century…

Disney's Zootopia 2 easily hopped past the $600M mark globally this week after a record-breaking opening this past weekend. The international box office reached $446.9M through Tuesday, including $20.5M on the day, and leading to a worldwide running total of $616.7M. Tuesday's worldwide take…

SUNDAY UPDATE: Disney's Zootopia 2 has continued its wild ride throughout this weekend, landing the biggest global launch for any movie in 2025 at an estimated $556.4M through Sunday. The international box office portion of that is $400.4M.   There is a lot to unpack here, including many records…

Sang-il Lee's kabuki drama Kokuho has set a new record in Japan, becoming the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film ever in the market with over $111M at the local box office. The Ken Watanabe-starrer is Japan's entry for the International Feature Oscar and was released for one-week qualifying…