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TUESDAY UPDATE, writethru after Sunday AM post: Warner Bros/Legendary's Godzilla Vs Kong has reached a new global benchmark, crossing $400M with a confirmed cume through Sunday of $406.5M worldwide. Of that, $320M comes from the international box office in 41 markets. The monster mash, already the biggest Hollywood…

After breaking all-time box office records in Japan late last year, the anime adaptation Demon Slayer – Kimetsu No Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train hits North American cinemas on Friday via Aniplex of America and Funimation. Based on the Shonen Jump manga and Ufotable/Aniplex 2019 anime TV series, it picks up where the…

MONDAY UPDATE, writethru after Sunday AM post: Warner Bros/Legendary's Godzilla Vs Kong is approaching the $400M global mark, as it topped $300M at the international box office this weekend. Adding $12.2M from 41 overseas markets (a good -49% hold), the monsters have cumed an estimated $309.7M offshore for $390.2M…

Fuel-injecting some mega-muscle into the international box office landscape, Universal's F9 has been set for a May 21 release date in China, a full five weeks before it is due to speed out domestically on June 25. But China won't be the only overseas market to release early, as I hear several other key hubs are also…

With a confirmed, and late-breaking, re-release date, Peter Jackson's The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring has been scheduled to hit China's movie theaters tomorrow (April 16). The second film, The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers, will follow next Friday, April 23. The Oscar-winning New Line trilogy…

UPDATE, writethru: Warner Bros/Legendary's Godzilla Vs Kong continues to dominate the global and international box office, now with an estimated $288.3M offshore cume for $357.8M worldwide through Sunday. It will soon cross Tenet globally and overseas. Domestically, it has overtaken Tenet to become the No. 1 grossing…

After logging the best pandemic-era start for a Hollywood movie at the international box office last weekend, Warner Bros/Legendary's Godzilla Vs Kong has punched up $285.4M worldwide through Sunday. The overseas running total, which added $76.1M (a great -39% hold) this weekend, is $236.9M, giving GVK bragging rights…

MONDAY UPDATE, writethru with actuals after Sunday 8:20AM post: This weekend saw Warner Bros/Legendary's Godzilla Vs Kong set a new benchmark for the biggest international box office debut by a Hollywood film during the pandemic era with $123.1M from 38 overseas markets. That’s slightly higher than the Sunday estimate…

UPDATE, writethru with more detail: Cineworld Group today reported a $2.258B operating loss for the year ended December 31, 2020. This is the company’s first-ever annual profit loss and includes asset impairments of $1.34B as the exhibition industry has been severely impacted by the Covid pandemic. The figure compares…

Warner Bros/Legendary's Godzilla Vs Kong will slug it out in 38 offshore markets this weekend beginning Wednesday in such hubs as Mexico, Taiwan, Indonesdia and India; followed by Russia, Korea and Australia among others on Thursday and China notably on Friday. The Adam Wingard-directed pic is releasing abroad ahead…

UPDATE, writethru: James Cameron's Avatar held the top spot at the global and international box office this weekend with $14.1M in China for the Friday-Sunday frame. The 2009 sci-fi epic re-released in the Middle Kingdom last weekend — when it reclaimed the title of all-time highest-grossing movie worldwide from Avenge…

Japanese box office phenomenon Demon Slayer – Kimetsu No Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train has been set for a North American theatrical release on April 23. Aniplex of America and Funimation are distributing the anime adaptation which in December became the highest-grossing film in Japanese history, dethroning Spirited Aw…