Charles Gant

4 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Charles Gant

The past year has seen significant activity in the UK cinema landscape, with changes in ownership and personnel. Screen talks to key players about a sector in flux. Among the three main pillars of the film industry — production, distribution and exhibition — the latter sector, rooted in bricks and mortar, has traditionally shown a fair amount of stability. In the UK, the past couple of decades has seen the three big multiplex chains — Odeon, Cineworld and Vue — jostle for top-dog status.

1 month ago | screendaily.com | Charles Gant

Source: Disney / Warner Bros Rank Film (distributor)  3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) Cume (int’l) Territories 1. Snow White (Disney)  $87.3m  $87.3m  $44.3m  $44.3m 52 2. Ne Zha 2 (various)  $15.4m  $2.10bn  $15.2m  $2.08bn 9 3. Mickey 17 (Warner Bros)  $12m  $110.0m  $8.1m  $69.8m 70 4. Black Bag (Universal)  $7.4m  $24.1m  $3.9m  $9.2m 43 5. Captain America: Brave New World (Disney)  $7.2m  $400.8m  $3.1m  $208.7m 53 6.

1 month ago | screendaily.com | Mona Tabbara |Charles Gant

Hope and optimism were in the air at the annual UK Cinema Association (UKCA) conference this week, attended by exhibitors buoyed by a strong start to the year thanks to the success of Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy. But after a challenging five years, it was agreed there was no time to be complacent. “All of us need to do more than ever,” said Phil Clapp at the two-day event, which took place under the theme of ‘innovation’ at London’s Picturehouse Central.

1 month ago | screendaily.com | Charles Gant

Source: Universal / Paramount RankFilm (distributor) 3-day (world)Cume (world)3-day (int’l)Cume (int’l)Territories 1. Ne Zha 2 (various)  $26.4m  $2.08bn  $26.1m  $2.05bn  8 2. Mickey 17 (Warner Bros)  $23.1m  $90.5m  $15.6m  $57.2m 70 3. Black Bag (Universal)  $11.8m  $11.8m  $4.3m  $4.3m 38 4. Captain America: Brave New World (Disney)  $11.5m  $388.6m  $6m  $203.2m 53 5. Novocaine (Paramount)  $10.5m  $10.5m  $1.8m  $1.8m 20 6.

1 month ago | screendaily.com | Charles Gant

Source: Warner Bros / Neon Rank Film (distributor)  3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) Cume (int’l) Territories 1. Mickey 17 (Warner Bros)  $43.6m  $53.3m  $24.5m  $34.2m  68 2. Ne Zha 2 (various)  $38.4m  $2.04bn  $37.7m  $2.03bn  6 3. Captain America: Brave New World (Disney)  $17.7m  $370.8m  $9.2m   $194.2m 53 4. Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy (various)  $8.4m  $111.3m  $8.4m  $111.3m 78 5. The Monkey (various)  $8m  $52.1m  $4.1m  $21.1m 59 6.