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Dino Might, Muscle Cars Push Universal To Studio-Best Year Worldwide — In June
Consider this a “world” record for Universal Pictures. The studio said today that it has set a personal-best global take for a single year with $3.82 billion, wiping out its previous high of $3.69...
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‘Minions’ Mints $209M Overseas With 56 Markets Now Open – Saturday Update
UPDATE, SATURDAY AM: As the little yellow fellows head towards a possible $120M+ weekend Stateside, Minions‘ international box office has now officially passed the $200M mark. This comes after an...
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Paul Walker’s Brother &‘Furious 7’ Stand-In Cody Walker Gets First Film Role
EXCLUSIVE: Cody Walker, who helped Universal Pictures get Furious 7 back on the road following the tragic death of his brother Paul Walker, has landed his first significant feature film role as an...
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China Has ‘Monster’ Weekend As Blackout Continues To Boost Local Pics – Video
With China in the throes of an unofficial blackout period, when studio movies sit on the sidelines, multiplexes have been frontloaded with homegrown pics over the past month. In the past five frames, a...
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‘Monster Hunt’ Seizes China Record; Blackout Pics Begin To Close Gap With H’wd
China’s media authority, SAPPRFT, has been relatively quiet during the past blackout month at the box office, but piped up over the weekend to tout the monster returns of smash hit Monster Hunt. The...
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‘Monster Hunt’ Passes ‘Transformers 4’ In China; Now 2nd Highest-Grossing...
If Monster Hunt has its sights set on all-time Middle Kingdom box office champ, Furious 7, it will need to put another $62.6M in the tank. While that Universal title is still several laps ahead, the...
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Warner Bros Reportedly In Talks With China Media Capital To Launch Local...
Warner Bros is reportedly in talks with China Media Capital to launch a local language joint venture that will produce films for the Chinese market. The possible development comes as China experiences...
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‘Monster Hunt’ Overtakes ‘F7’ As All-Time China Box Office Champ In 2-Month Run
It took 58 days, but China’s local summer blockbuster, Monster Hunt, has now overtaken Universal’s Furious 7 to become the highest-grossing film ever at the Middle Kingdom box office. Furious 7‘s...
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‘Furious 7’ Puts The Pedal To The Metal In Home Entertainment Market
Universal’s Furious 7 isn’t out of gas. Though the film has finished its theatrical run, becoming the fifth highest grossing film worldwide at $1.5 billion, Universal is reporting that the domestic...
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Dubai Gets Some Love From Captain Kirk & Jackie Chan
For a city that has already been proclaimed as belonging to the future, Dubai sure is seeing the love from the crew of the USS Enterprise. Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Idris Elba tub-thumped for the...
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‘Star Wars’ Trailer Views Are Stellar But Haven’t Lapped Record-Holder...
It shouldn’t come as a shock considering how fans pretty much crashed several movie ticket websites trying to secure seats for the December premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but people have...
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‘Jurassic World’ Stomps On ‘Furious 7’& Industry Home Entertainment Records
After becoming the third-highest grossing film of all-time with $1.6B worldwide, Jurassic World is poised to roll over home entertainment records, becoming not only Universal Pictures Home...
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Universal Eyeing ‘Fast And Furious’ Shared Universe Of Prequels, Spinoffs
Universal’s biggest juggernaut franchise may soon get bigger, as the studio is in early talks with star Vin Diesel to make prequels and spinoff films set in the Fast and Furious universe. The spinoffs...
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Paul Walker’s Father Sues Porsche For ‘Fast And Furious’ Actor’s Death
Almost two years after his son’s death in a fiery car crash, the father of Fast & Furious star Paul Walker has followed his granddaughter’s lead and today filed a wrongful death suit against...
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Oscars: Visual Effects Shortlist Long On Action With ‘Star Wars’, ‘Mad Max’,...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled a list of 20 films in the running for the Best Visual Effects Oscar at the 88th Academy Awards. It’s the maximum number allowed for the VFX...
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Half Of Top-Grossing Films Worldwide Were Released In 2015
EXCLUSIVE: Given the number of tentpoles and sequels the studios were churning out, we predicted two years ago that 2015 was going to be a stellar box office year. And now, the industry is poised to...
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China Box Office Ends Year With $6.77B; On Way To Overtaking U.S. In 2017?
The Chinese government released official box office figures for the year late Thursday night, showing a 48.7% hike from 2014 to over 44B yuan ($6.77B). This is the highest percentage increase since...
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Global Box Office Hits Record $38B+ In 2015: Rentrak
For the first time ever, the worldwide box office crossed the $38B mark in 2015. The record-setting year globally comes at the same time as the domestic box office hit a new high of $11.01B. And, as...
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Top-Grossing Stars At 2015 International Box Office – Photo Gallery
Who were the top draws at the international box office in 2015 in terms of overall film grosses? Hint: a lot of them came from a single franchise. But there are some surprises in the mix. The data for...
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Vin Diesel Chokes Up Over Paul Walker During People’s Choice ‘Furious 7’...
Vin Diesel has long been the public face of Universal’s enormous Fast and Furious franchise, and that’s been especially true since the tragic death of Paul Walker over Thanksgiving weekend 2013. So it...
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