18 h. ago As Avatar makes $1 billion in 3 weeks here are the top 10 billionaire blockbuster films

James Cameron's latest sci-fi adventure Avatar: Fire and Ash is one of 60 films to have become billion-dollar blockbusters. We look at the top 10 films that have made nine-figures.

Economics

3 d. ago Netflix removes hit films and TV series this week – watch before they're gone

Netflix UK is removing blockbuster films including Oppenheimer and Paddington in Peru this week, alongside popular TV series including all Star Trek shows.

Culture

3 d. ago ‘It was overwhelming’: Katie Leung on Harry Potter, sudden fame, insecurity – and starring in Bridgerton

As a teenager, the actor landed her first ever job in the blockbuster film series. The experience was fun – but also led to horrendous online abuse. Now she’s back, playing a tough and surprising matriarch in the Regency smash hitSome actors might have been a little put out to audition for the role of the beautiful young romantic lead, and instead be cast as her mother, but not Katie Leung. “Absolutely not,” she says with a laugh. “I look young for my age – as most people in the west think Asians do – but I felt really seen to finally get to play the role of a mother.” She is a mother, she points out, and anyway, the role of Lady Araminta Gun, the steely aristo who is about to rock the new series of Netflix’s Regency behemoth Bridgerton, is so delicious, who could be insulted?Araminta, widowed, has seen off two husbands, and now she’s trying to marry off her two teenage daughters, ideally to a Bridgerton, while keeping her stepdaughter, Sophie, in her place – as a Cinderella-style s...

Events

1 week ago 'Perfect' blockbuster called 'the best spy film' on TV today and it's not James Bond

The 1996 blockbuster starring Tom Cruise airs for free on BBC One tonight at 8:30pm and is available on iPlayer

Culture

1 week ago Twelve major film and TV productions in 2025 that used amazing Welsh locations

From Netflix blockbusters to BBC dramas, there were several impressive productions filmed in Wales this year

Culture

2 w. ago From epic love stories to blockbuster franchises: The films to watch in 2026

A look at some of the most anticipated films of 2026.

Politics

2 w. ago The London borough where a growing number of Hollywood blockbusters are filmed

The London borough where a growing number of Hollywood blockbusters are filmed  London Evening Standard

Culture

2 w. ago The south London borough that has become a popular filming location for Hollywood blockbusters

Area has seen the likes of Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway and Paul Mescal filming on its streets

Culture

3 w. ago 'Ultimate blockbuster' is 'perfect in all aspects' and on Film 4 tonight

An action thriller starring a British actor who has made it big in Hollywood had fans on the edge of their seat and ‘blows other blockbusters out the water’

Politics

3 w. ago Could Wicked be coming to Universal Studios Orlando? All the clues that the blockbuster film is set to be the next Epic Universe

From pop-up experiences inside Universal parks, to Wicked director Jon M. Chu's appearance in an Epic Universe doc, read all the clues that signal a Wicked land at Universal.

Politics

3 w. ago Why insiders fear Netflix's blockbuster battle to buy Hollywood's most powerful film studio will lead to the death of the big screen

Warner Bros has accepted his $83billion (£63 billion) bid - which has still to be approved by the US government - to buy most of the company.

Events

4 w. ago Giant Avatar sculpture lights up London's Thames ahead of Fire and Ash premiere

Fans will instantly recognise the 'A' emblem from the blockbuster films

Politics