Box Office

6:40 AM PST 3/8/2018 by Pamela McClintock Ava DuVernay is the first African-American woman to direct a $100 million Hollywood movie; look for ‘Black Panther’ to bound past $1 billion globally by the end of […]

3:45 PM PST 3/5/2018 by Pamela McClintock Disney veteran Cathleen Taff will assume Hollis’ job, becoming the only female to currently run theatrical distribution at a major Hollywood studio. Longtime Disney distribution chief Dave Hollis […]

Black Panther has most of the world at its feet. Only one country has yet to submit to Ryan Coogler’s afro-futuristic box-office sensation: China. The Disney-Marvel tentpole finally opens March 9 in the world’s second-largest film market, […]

At nearly $900 million worldwide and counting, Marvel’s latest is a certified historic hit, but Ryan Coogler’s blockbuster faces a final challenge to “conventional wisdom” in the world’s second-largest film market. Black Panther has most […]

10:02 PM PST 3/4/2018 by Pamela McClintock Guillermo del Toro’s adult fairy tale has earned $57.4 million to date in the U.S. For the better of two decades, many of the Oscars best picture winners […]

‘Red Sparrow’ stars Jennifer Lawrence, while Bruce Willis leads the cast of the ‘Death Wish’ remake; at the specialty box office, best picture nominees hope for a final burst before Sunday’s show. Disney and Marvel’s […]

Jennifer Lawerence’s ‘Red Sparrow’ debuts to $17 million, while Bruce Willis-starrer ‘Death Wish’ takes in an estimated $13 million; select Oscar nominees enjoy a last-minute surge before Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony. Movies from Jennifer Lawrence […]

5:39 PM PST 3/1/2018 by Patrick Brzeski Although a legend in the U.S., Steven Spielberg hasn’t been a huge box-office force in China — but ‘Ready Player One’ could change that. Steven Spielberg’s much anticipated sci-fi […]

2:00 PM PST 3/1/2018 by Pamela McClintock Universal also reveals that two other films from Packer — the prolific producer behind ‘Girls Trip’ — are in the works. The Will Packer-produced comedy Little, starring Black-ish […]

The movie stars Chinese actress Liu Yifei, also known as Crystal Liu. Director Niki Caro’s live-action Mulan is getting a new release date: March 27, 2020, Disney announced on Thursday. The movie was originally set […]