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‘Venom: The Last Dance’ licks the competition at UK-Ireland box office with £4.3m start

‘The Room Next Door’ opens with £240,000; ‘The Substance’ sets Mubi record.

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Foreign markets boost ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ to $175m global opening – but film soft in North America

The third ‘Venom’ feature was a huge hit in China, grossing $46m over five days.

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‘Venom: The Last Dance’ tops Korea box office with 60% of takings

Further titles in the top 10 included ‘A Normal Family’ and ‘Love In The Big City’.

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Which international indie films are engaging with Spanish audiences - and why?

Spanish distributors met this week in Valladolid to test upcoming release on local audiences -  and exhibitors.

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UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ swings into 622 sites

Further new releases this weekend include ’The Room Next Door’, ’Emilia Perez’ and ’Dahomey’

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‘Smile 2’ cracks grin at top of worldwide box office; ‘The Wild Robot’ nears $200m total

Paramount horror ‘Smile 2’ opened with an estimated $46m globally.

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‘Anora’ scores highest per-screen average of 2024, ‘Smile 2’ tops North American box office

‘We Live In Time’ climbs to number five. ‘The Substance’ crosses $13m.

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UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Wild Robot’, ‘Smile 2’ and ‘The Apprentice’ launch

Universal animation ‘The Wild Robot’ leads the releases in 675 cinemas.

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‘Terrifier 3’ slashes to strong box office in France despite rare under-18s ban

The slasher sequel sold 244,000 tickets during its opening weekend.

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‘Transformers One’ dethrones ‘Joker: Folie À Deux’ at UK-Ireland box office with £1.6m start

New titles ‘Terrifier 3’, ‘Salem’s Lot’ also make the top five.

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‘The Wild Robot’ tops global box office as ‘Joker: Folie À Deux’ crashes in second session

Universal animation ‘The Wild Robot’ is now just shy of $150m. 

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German box office falls 16% for first nine months of 2024

Disney’s Inside Out 2 is the most successful release of 2024 to date.

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UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Transformers One’ leads openers, ‘Terrifier 3’ is unleashed

Further releases include Warner Bros horror ’Salem’s Lot’ and Alice Lowe’s ‘Timestalker’.

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‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ tops UK-Ireland box office with £5.7m opening, down over 50% on first film

Warner Bros blockbuster is tracking on a similar level to ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’.

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‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ opens lower than initial estimates on $37m at North American box office

YouTube draw ‘Sam And Colby: The Legends Of Paranormal’ earns $1.8m.

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UK-Ireland box office up year-on-year in September; Q4 slate gives cause for optimism

While still down 10% on 2023, the current year improved from -15% at the start of August.

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UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ dances into 725 cinemas

Sebastian Stan comedy ‘A Different Man’ also opens.