Fresh from its world premiere in the Midnight Screenings section of the Cannes Film Festival, Yeon Sang-ho’s action-horror zombie extravaganza “Colony” re-energized the South Korean box office during the weekend of May 22–24. According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the big-budget feature grossed a spectacular $9.4 million […]

Below in all its glory is this weekend’s top 10 at the global box office, courtesy of Comscore. Note that domestic figures are Memorial Day weekend 4-day. As we continue to propel through summer, a reminder of what the top 5 films are so far this year around the globe: 2. Michael (Universal/Lionsgate) $55.1M WW […]

The U.K. and Ireland box office found its force over the weekend as Disney’s “Star Wars” spinoff “The Mandalorian and Grogu” captured the top spot, debuting to £5.2 million ($7.1 million). Universal’s musical biopic “Michael” moved to second place in its sixth week of release but sustained momentum, taking $2.4 million for a robust cumulative […]

EXCLUSIVE: It’s finally happened, and as Michael and Janet Jackson would have sang, ‘it makes ya wanna scream’. The Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody has been caught in a landslide as the King of Pop’s biopic, Michael, is now the highest grossing musical biopic ever with $911.9M worldwide. It’s a feat that Lionsgate and Universal […]

Backrooms wasn’t just a stateside sensation, rather the top A24 opening in over 30 countries across Latin America, the UK, Australia/New Zealand, South Korea, Middle East, Scandinavia, Taiwan, Israel and Turkey. As we told you, global came in at $118M for the Kane Parsons movie, of which $36M came from abroad. In regards to that […]

SUNDAY AM UPDATE: Before the Michael Jackson biopic conquers Japan next weekend, global box office numbers this morning show that Lionsgate’s highest grossing movie ever stands at $897.9M after a $23.1M global seventh weekend. That $897M includes non Universal territories handled by Volga. Volga is handling Russia where the pic has done close to $10M. […]

“Michael” is nearing another major box office milestone. The musical biopic about Michael Jackson has generated $788 million globally and will soon eclipse the $800 million mark. Over the weekend, “Michael” added $28.5 million overseas in another strong showing. The crowd-pleaser, distributed by Universal internationally and Lionsgate domestically, has grossed $468 million overseas and $319 […]

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate’s highest-grossing movie in its history is even more so as expected: the Michael Jackson biopic Michael is crossing $900 million at the worldwide box office, we hear. The film is within $11M of overtaking Michael producer Graham King’s previous top-grossing movie, Bohemian Rhapsody ($911M WW). Once that happens, Michael will be the highest-grossing […]

Lionsgate Studios Motion Picture Chair Adam Fogelson said the company is “really excited about the progress we’re making” on a second Michael film. “All the conversations that we’ve been having with all of the appropriate parties continue to go exceptionally well, and I would say that there is a ton of incredibly entertaining Michael Jackson […]