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Why Sundance Film Buyers Are Bracing for Red-Hot Sales After Last Year’s Record Deals
“There’s only more aggressive worldwide buyers and studios than there were last year,” Bleecker Street’s Kent Sanderson says of the 2022 market
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Will ‘Scream’ Scare ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Off the Box Office Throne?
Paramount’s horror revival seeks to stop Sony’s runaway hit from earning its fifth No. 1 weekend spot
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This Year’s Box Office Faces a Brutal Start, Made Worse by Omicron
While a winter slate light on big-budget tentpoles, theaters might be stuck waiting for “The Batman” to arrive
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Inside Disney’s Wild 2021 Box Office: Hybrid Releases, New Marvel Heroes and ScarJo Feud
2021 Box Office Report Card: Disney used its status as Hollywood’s top dog to experiment with releasing strategies — but not without some major pushback
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Sony Struck Box Office Gold With Spider-Man in 2021 – But Not Much Else
2021 Box Office Report Card: Sequels to “Spider-Man,” “Venom” and “Ghostbusters” made up nearly all of the studio’s $1.1 billion year
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Inside Paramount’s Quiet Place at the Box Office, Sidelined in Hopes of a 2022 Rebound
2021 Box Office Report Card: Aside from “A Quiet Place — Part II,” Paramount chose not to release any major films as theaters reopened
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How Universal Mined Sequels and Flexibility on Streaming to Survive at 2021 Box Office
2021 Box Office Report Card: Universal scored hits with theatrical exclusives like “F9” while experimenting with streaming with “Halloween Kills” and “Boss Baby 2”
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How Warner Bros.’ HBO Max Experiment Led to Mixed Box Office Results
2021 Box Office Report Card: Warner’s top execs stand by their day-and-date experiment that saw a surge in streaming subscribers but little success in theaters
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Can ‘Matrix Resurrections’ (or Any Movie) Compete With ‘Spider-Man’ at Christmas Box Office?
Lana Wachowski’s fourth “Matrix” film leads a handful of wide and limited releases competing against both “No Way Home” and the COVID surge
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How ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Swung to a Record $600 Million Debut Despite the Pandemic
Spidey topped the opening weekend of “Avengers: Infinity War” by promising fans what the “Avengers” films provide: an epic crossover
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‘West Side Story’: Gee, Officer Krupke, Why Was It a Flop?
Steven Spielberg’s remake had every reason to succeed — only it wasn’t ready to rumble
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Spider-Man vs. COVID: Can ‘No Way Home’ Hit $1 Billion in Global Box Office During a Pandemic?
Presales are through the roof worldwide, but multiple major countries are facing COVID surges
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Will ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Swing to a $150 Million-Plus Opening?
Sony’s MCU film will be a huge hit, but because of COVID-19 we don’t know how huge
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Why Sundance Film Festival Director Won’t ‘Go Back’ on Progress Made With Virtual Event
“We don’t have to think about what is going to play well on a small screen or big screen because we’ve got both,” Tabitha Jackson says
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Can ‘West Side Story’ Break the Box Office Curse for Big-Screen Musicals?
Steven Spielberg’s remake has advantages that “In the Heights” and “Dear Evan Hansen” didn’t… but will that be enough?
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