It was a fairly sleepy weekend at the international box office as summer draws to a close in many of the majors. Still, there were some strong holds out there and one big new milestone.  Marvel/Disney's The Fantastic Four: First Steps crossed the five-century mark globally, reaching $505.1M in…

When the third season of HBO’s The White Lotus began, there was no mention that Sam Rockwell was among the cast. That all changed in Episode 5, when Rick (Walton Goggins) travels to Bangkok and sees old friend Frank (Rockwell), who tells him in…

Updated:  It's been largely a holdover weekend for the studios at the global and international box office, with results for some that will soon translate to big milestones. It was also a notable frame for local titles from India and Japan. Studio-wise, last weekend's champ, New Line/Warner Bros'…

Updated: Two new studio movies entered the marketplace this weekend, and both exceeded expectations.  To wit: New Line/Warner Bros' Weapons led the charge for the studios at the international box office with the well-reviewed horror from Zach Cregger grossing $27.5M from 72 markets. Combined…

Updated: There were a lot of moving parts at the global and international box office this weekend which was led for the studios by the sophomore frame of Marvel/Disney's The Fantastic Four: First Steps.  Amid a 54% dip from opening (-52% excluding China), the second overseas session added $39.6M…

SUNDAY AM WRITETHRU after Friday and Saturday updates: There’s a bit of a calm spell at the box office before the Freakier Friday–Weapons double bill happening next weekend; that’s the frame everyone is excited about with a potentially over-indexing female millennial title and an enigmatic original…

DC Studios/Warner Bros’ Superman from James Gunn is passing the $300 million mark at the domestic box office Thursday. It’s the first DC movie to cross that threshold since Matt Reeves’ The Batman pulled off the feat in 2022. Overall, Superman is the ninth DC movie to cross the three-century…

The first Bad Guys (2022) stood out for several reasons, primarily for a voice cast that sounded like the most stellar Sundance movie ever. The reason it worked, however, is that it capitalized on parent fatigue, replacing the black-and-white lecturing…

The U.S./Canada summer box office still has a shot at hitting $4 billion, per Comscore, which would be the second time post-pandemic to cross that benchmark, and here’s how it’s expected to go down. Disney is expected to ring in the last $100M+ opener of the season — from the first weekend of…

The Bad Guys 2 director Pierre Perifel and co-director JP Sans touched down at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on Wednesday to unveil 35 high-octane minutes of the animated heist comedy movie ahead of its theatrical launch in July. The sequel opens with former heist maestro Mr…

Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation are readying a sequel to their $250M-grossing 2022 hit, The Bad Guys, which will release on Aug. 1, 2025. Uni already had the date reserved for an untitled DreamWorks Animation title. The Bad Guys 2 follows the crackerjack criminal crew of animal…