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Charles Gant

London

Film Journalist and Critic at Freelance

Swimming in numbers, but not staying in my lane. Screen International/freelance film journalist and critic. BAFTA & BIFA voter. Opinions my own.

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  • 5 days ago | screendaily.com | Charles Gant

    Source: Disney / Paramount Title Film (distributor) 3-day (world Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) Cume (int’l) Territories 1 Lilo & Stitch (Disney) $176.1m $610.8m $113.1m $330.7m 52 2 Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (Paramount) $103.4m $353.8m $76.1m $231.2m 67 3 Karate Kid: Legends (Sony) $33m $47m $12m $26m 44 4 Final Destination Bloodlines (Warner Bros) $25.2m $229.3m $14.4m $117.6m 76 5 Bring Her Back (Sony) $8.1m $8.1m $1m $1m 9 6 Thunderbolts* (Disney) $7.6m $369.6m $2.8m $187.7m...

  • 1 week ago | screendaily.com | Charles Gant

    Source: Disney / Paramount TitleFilm (distributor) 3-day (worldCume (world)3-day (int’l)Cume (int’l)Territories 1 Lilo & Stitch (Disney) $304.2m $304.2m $158.7m $158.7m 53 2 Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (Paramount) $190m $190m $127m $127m 65 3 Final Destination Bloodlines (Warner Bros) $42.6m $182.2m $23m $92.5m 76 4 Thunderbolts* (Disney) $14.7m $353m $5.6m $181.7m 53 5 Sinners (Warner Bros) $10.7m $336.5m $2m $80m 64 6 A Minecraft Movie (Warner Bros) $6.8m $939.9m $4.6m $519.1m...

  • 2 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Charles Gant

    Source: Warner Bros / Black Bear UK TitleFilm (distributor) 3-day (world)Cume (world)3-day (int’l)Cume (int’l)Territories 1 Final Destination: Bloodlines (Warner Bros) $102m $102m $51m $51m 75 2 Thunderbolts* (Disney) $32.2m $325.7m $15.7m $170.3m 53 3 Sinners (Warner Bros) $19.2m $316.7m $3.8m $76m 71 4 A Minecraft Movie (Warner Bros) $14.1m $928.6m $8.3m $512m 79 5 The Accountant 2 (Warner Bros) $7.1m $93.8m $2.2m $34.8m 74 6 The Dumpling Queen (various) $4.4m $47.2m $4.4m $47m 7 7 Hurry Up...

  • 2 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Charles Gant

    Source: Picturehouse Entertainment Harry Lighton’s Pillion, which premieres in Un Certain Regard on Sunday (May 18), may be termed a queer drama whose time has come. Freely adapted from Adam Mars-Jones’ 2020 novella Box Hill, and set in the outer-London suburb of Bromley, the film depicts an at-times tender relationship between a submissive traffic warden (Harry Melling) and the dominant leader of a gay motorcycling club (Alexander Skarsgard).

  • 3 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Charles Gant

    Cannes Film Festival is celebrated not just for its high-calibre auteur curation, but increasingly for audience impact. Screen assesses the worldwide box-office success of titles from the last two Competition lineups. Source: ALFONSO CATALANO / Shutterstock For decades, Cannes Film Festival’s Competition and Out of Competition sections were viewed by the industry as representing two distinct strands in filmmaking.

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Charles Gant
Charles Gant @charlesgant
13 May 25

Seven films from the past two Cannes Competitions have grossed $40m-plus globally, and five received best picture Oscar nominations. We look at global box office outcomes for all 43 films from Cannes' 2024 & 2023 Competitions, with thanks to @CsMoviesUK: https://t.co/IC78syx1f1

Charles Gant
Charles Gant @charlesgant
30 Jan 25

Eleven days in, and it's clearer than ever that Trump is mentally ill, right? JD Vance is going to be the 48th President, and I don't mean in four years' time!

Charles Gant
Charles Gant @charlesgant
11 Dec 24

OK, yes, it's true, I did assign the Glen Powell interview to myself for Screen International. Here's what happened when I met Glen and his dog Brisket: https://t.co/QqLEjqZJwT