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2017 U.S. Box Office Set to Fall to Three-Year Low [Box-Office]

The final number for the 2017 North American box office haul will decline by about 2.5% from last year’s record-setting $11.38 billion — even with “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” adding more than $400 million.

As of Christmas Day, the domestic total for the year was $10.68 billion, or 2.7% behind the same time frame a year ago. The final six days of 2017 are likely to generate somewhere between last…

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Box Office: 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' on Pace to Top $1 Billion by Year's End [Box-Office]

Box Office: ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ on Pace to Top $1 Billion by Year’s End [Box-Office]

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” has hauled $844.2 million worldwide in less than two weeks, earning $424 million in North America and $420.4 million internationally.

The Disney-Lucasfilm tentpole grossed $52.5 million worldwide on Tuesday, putting it on pace to top the $1 billion mark by year’s end — becoming the 32nd title ever to achieve the milestone. It’s currently the 61st-highest global grosser…

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Disney Becomes Box Office Champ for Second Year in Row [Box-Office]

For the second year in a row, Disney has nabbed the domestic box office crown, with $2.27 billion already banked in 2017 thanks to its one-two punch of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and “Beauty and the Beast.”

As of Dec. 25, Disney had a 21.3% market share compared with Warner Bros. at 18.9% and $2.02 billion, according to box office tracker comScore. That gap will widen during the final days of…

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Italian Box Office Drops 12.5% in 2017; Local Movies Suffer, While Hollywood Stays Strong [Box-Office]

ROME – Box office returns in Italy plunged 12.5% to €544 million ($645 million) through mid-December 2017 as Italian movies lost theatrical traction while Hollywood titles remained generally strong.

U.S. films grossed €360 million ($426 million) in Italian cinemas between Jan. 1 and Dec. 17, scoring a 4% rise in returns compared with the same period in 2016, according to figures from national…

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Movie Biz Banking on Big Franchises (Again) in 2018 to Reverse Box Office Slump [Box-Office]

At a time when the movie business is undergoing a massive disruption, an early glance at the 2018 schedule looks like there will be plenty of strong reasons for moviegoers to leave home in the next year — maybe even in August, which was a box office wasteland in 2017.

The best bets include four powerful franchise films opening in May and June — “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Solo: A Star Wars…

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'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Nears $1 Billion at Worldwide Box Office [Box-Office]

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Nears $1 Billion at Worldwide Box Office [Box-Office]

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” is inching closer to the $1 billion milestone, with worldwide grosses set to hit the mark before New Year’s Eve.

Disney-Lucasfilm’s “The Last Jedi” earned $934.2 million worldwide after pulling in $42.1 million globally on Thursday to reach $464.6 million domestically in two weeks along with $469.6 internationally.

“The Last Jedi” is now the 11th highest-grossing…

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Box Office: 'Jumanji' Closes in on 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' [Box-Office]

Box Office: ‘Jumanji’ Closes in on ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ [Box-Office]

Sony’s “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” is catching up with Disney-Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” as both struggle to dominate the domestic box office of the last weekend of the year.

“The Last Jedi” pulled in about $19 million from 4,232 domestic sites on Friday, with “Jumanji” staking its claim with around $17.8 million from 3,765 locations. “Star Wars’” number marks a 23% drop in…

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Box Office: 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Tops $1 Billion Worldwide [Box-Office]

Box Office: ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Tops $1 Billion Worldwide [Box-Office]

Disney-Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” has cleared the $1 billion milestone in worldwide grosses in less than three weeks.

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” pulled in $120.4 million globally on the New Year’s Eve weekend with $52.4 million at 4,232 domestic venues and $68 million internationally during the Friday-Sunday period.

“The Last Jedi” is now the eighth highest-grossing domestic movie of…

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Daniel Day-Lewis’ ‘Phantom Thread’ Scores Stylishly at Box Office [Box-Office]

Daniel Day-Lewis’ fashion drama “Phantom Thread” has performed impressively in its platform release with a projected $616,000 at four locations in its first eight days.

“Phantom Thread,” which opened Christmas Day, grossed $305,000 over the four-day Friday-Monday New Year’s holiday weekend with a per-screen of $76,259. Focus Features plans to add two more screens on Jan. 5 and expand to more…

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'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Lifts 2017 Worldwide Box Office 3% to $39.9 Billion [Box-Office]

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Lifts 2017 Worldwide Box Office 3% to $39.9 Billion [Box-Office]

The 2017 worldwide box office has jumped 3% to a record $39.92 billion with “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” providing the final push.

Box office tracker comScore, which issued the number on Sunday, said the improvement was due to a variety of strong performances — including the Chinese blockbuster “Wolf Warrior 2,” which has grossed $870 million. The gain came despite a 2.3% slide at the U.S. box…

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China Box Office Expands by $2 Billion to Hit $8.6 Billion in 2017 [Box-Office]

Imported and local titles shared the bounty as China’s box office grew by 14% in local currency terms in 2017. In U.S. dollars the gain was 30%, and shows China continuing as the main driver of global box office expansion.

Data published on New Year’s Day by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television showed gross box office in China expanding from RMB45.7 billion…

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Subscription-Based VOD Nearly Doubles in France [Global]

Bolstered by Netflix, subscription-based VOD in France hit €173 million ($205 million) during the first nine months of 2017, nearly double that of the same period in 2016, while video-on-demand sales overall skyrocketed to €350 million ($415 million), a nearly 37% year-on-year increase, according to a new report.

The report by GfK Consumer Choices and NPA Conseil, released by France’s National…

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Jerry Greenberg, 'The French Connection' Editor, Dies at 81 [Obituaries]

Jerry Greenberg, ‘The French Connection’ Editor, Dies at 81 [Obituaries]

Jerry Greenberg, the film editor who created one of the most legendary car chase scenes in history, died Friday after a long illness. He was 81.

While Greenberg was best-known for his Oscar- and BAFTA-winning editing for “The French Connection,” which included an iconic car chase sequence, he worked on other notable films like “Apocalypse Now” and “The Untouchables.” His work on “Apocalypse Now”…

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'Sound of Music' Actress Heather Menzies-Urich Dies at 68 [Obituaries]

‘Sound of Music’ Actress Heather Menzies-Urich Dies at 68 [Obituaries]

Actress Heather Menzies-Urich, best known for portraying Louisa von Trapp in the 1965 film “The Sound of Music,” died Sunday night in Frankford, Ontario. She was 68.

Menzies-Urich, the widow of actor Robert Urich, had been recently diagnosed with cancer, according to her son Ryan Urich.

Urich said his mother died on Christmas Eve, surrounded by her children and family members.

“She was an…

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In Memoriam: Movie Stars We Lost in 2017 [Obituaries]

The past year saw the loss of some renowned character actors, including John Hurt,Bill Paxton and Harry Dean Stanton. We were both shaken and stirred by the death of Roger Moore, who played James Bond more than any other actor. On the other side of the camera, directors Jonathan Demmeas well as horror masters Tobe Hooper and George A. Romero died in 2017.

Here’s a month-to-month look at some of…

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Dan Talbot, Influential Art-House Exhibitor, Has Died [Obituaries]

Daniel Talbot, the renowned art-film exhibitor who ran New York’s Lincoln Plaza Cinema, and a longtime independent film distributor, died Friday morning in New York City. He was in his early 90s.

Ewneto Admassu, the longtime manager of the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, confirmed the death to Variety.

“He was like a father to me. It is a huge loss,” Admassu said.

Talbot’s death comes two weeks after it…

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TV Review: ‘Black Mirror’ Season 4 on Netflix [Entertainment]

“Black Mirror” creator & writer Charlie Brooker has his particular paranoias, and that has never been more clear than in Season 4 of the technological dystopia, which presents each story as a vignette in some part of our near future. By this point — for this viewer, anyway — the novelty of “Black Mirror’s” standalone episodes, like short stories in a pessimistic collection, has faded a bit. The…