89 m. ago Hugh Bonneville says he is unlikely to return to the Paddington films

The movies were released in 2014, 2017 and 2024 and performed well at the box office.

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7 h. ago Box Office: ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ opens behind ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’

James Cameron’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” continues to dominate the North American box office, topping charts for the fifth weekend with $13.3 million in sales

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36 h. ago Indiana Jones officially dead (for now) following flop fifth movie

‘S*** happens,’ star Harrison Ford said last year when asked about the miserable box office for 2023’s ‘Dial of Destiny’

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59 h. ago ‘Hollywood has stopped making films for adults’: Sentimental Value and Sirāt contend for European Film Awards – with Oscars set to take note

Films by Joachim Trier, Óliver Laxe, Mascha Schilinski and Jafar Panahi will jostle for recognition at tomorrow’s event – which has repositioned itself as a major tastemaker during awards seasonThe European Film Awards (EFAs) have long styled themselves as “Europe’s answer to the Oscars”, even if, in terms of boosting commercial successes at the box office, their impact has been negligible. But as American studios increasingly prioritise franchise sequels over serious drama, and European films vie for major trophies outside the “best international feature” silo, the EFAs are feeling emboldened about becoming a major tastemaker for grownup cinema.This year, the European Film Academy has for the first time moved its annual jamboree from December to the middle of the US awards season, right between the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Timothee Chalamet topples Leonardo DiCaprio at the box office after thrashing him during awards season

The actors' competitive game just got a little more hectic with Chalamet's Marty Supreme knocking DiCaprio's One Battle After Another out of the park in gross revenue.

Sport

6 d. ago Chalamet a smash, Sinners shut out: the key Golden Globes snubs and surprises

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another looks unstoppable ahead of the Oscars, despite Timothée Chalamet’s triumph over Leonardo DiCaprio for best actorThe biggest backlash brewing concerns Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, lauded by critics and embraced – especially in the US – by audiences as one of 2025’s key cultural landmarks. The thriller did win two Globes – for cinematic and box office achievement and original score – but both wound up not really counting. The first is the Globes’s consolation prize (it was won by Barbie in 2023 and Wicked last year); the second wasn’t even broadcast on the telecast. Coogler missing out on screenplay to One Battle After Another was perceived by some as a slap in the face – the Oscars and Baftas separate the category into original and adapted, however, so a corrective could come. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' tops box office for fourth straight week with newcomer 'Primate' second

“Avatar: Fire and Ash” continues to dominate the box office, holding the top spot for a fourth consecutive week

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7 d. ago Denzel Washington film is 'a joy to watch' and on Film4 tonight

This Denzel Washington action thriller was a box office smash hit back when it was released and impressed both fans and critics — it airs on Film4 tonight at 9pm.

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8 d. ago Golden Globes 2026: who will win and who should win the film awards?

This weekend promises a Hollywood showdown with films including Sinners, Marty Supreme and One Battle After Another up for major awardsAfter a year that was notoriously close to call (did anyone initially see Anora emerging as the ultimate victor?), this awards season feels a little easier to scope out. Paul Thomas Anderson’s idiosyncratic activism caper One Battle After Another has so far dominated, becoming only the fourth film ever to win best film at both the New York and Los Angeles film circles then the National Board of Review and the National Society of Film Critics. But how far can it go?It leads this weekend’s Golden Globes with nine nominations but the comedy categories also feature Marty Supreme, now riding high at the box office, and its inescapable leading man Timothée Chalamet. Then on the drama side we have Sinners and Hamnet, two very different films solidifying two very different awards narratives. Here’s how I think it might all play out on Sunday: Continue readin...

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9 d. ago Washington National Opera to move out of Kennedy Center after Trump ‘takeover’

Artistic director of US’s national opera also cites ‘shattered’ donor confidence and box office revenueThe Washington National Opera (WNO) announced on Friday it is moving its performances out of the John F Kennedy Center, where it has been performing since 1971, according to a New York Times report.Francesca Zambello, WNO’s artistic director, had said in November that the move was a possibility as a result of the “takeover” of the center by Donald Trump. Trump declared himself the chair of the institution in February and quickly thereafter fired and replaced its board and leadership. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Rangers in double Sunderland transfer swoop as Danny Rohl closes in on FOUR box office signings

The Ibrox side have 'enquired' about Romaine Mundle and Dan Neil as the recruitment drive ramps up

Sport

1 week ago Disney finally confirms Rapunzel and Flynn Rider casting for live action Tangled remake

The House of Mouse first announced plans to adapt Tangled in 2024, but it was quietly shelved after the disappointing box office performance of Snow White

Politics

1 week ago With Venezuela, Trump has achieved his dream of making his own 80s action movie

Given his rise during the ego joyride of the 1980s, it’s no shock that Trump’s foreign policy is to emulate that decade’s belligerent cinemaThe box office barnstormer of 2026 arrived early this year. A sleazy banana-republic dictator flooding the American streets with blow. The over-the-border Delta Force extraction squad sent to pluck this schmo out of his impregnable fortress. The bronzed tough-talker who’s firing an RPG up the tailpipe of the international rules-based order – but who gets the job done. Call it: Caracas Thunder.Sounds like a bit of a throwback, you might be thinking. But, judging by his press conference after the US military’s abduction of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump seemed to have finally achieved his dream of directing his own 80s action movie. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Sydney Sweeney film is getting sequel after ‘strong, audible’ response from viewers

The psychological thriller has proven a holiday box-office sensation

Politics

1 week ago The strangest thing: is the future of cinema not new movies?

Netflix’s big-screen release of the Stranger Things finale is estimated to have made over $25m at the US box office, the latest example of event cinema proving popularIt was a lucrative holiday period at the North American box office these past two weeks, with titles like Avatar: Fire and Ash, The Housemaid, Marty Supreme, Anaconda, and Zootopia 2 bringing a welcome diversity of hit movies after an underwhelming fall. But during that period, the biggest single-day gross posted by any release wasn’t really a gross – or a movie. It was the series finale of the Netflix TV show Stranger Things.Netflix made a deal to put the feature-length episode in theaters simultaneously with its streaming debut, and estimates put the numbers for the 24 hours’ worth of shows, beginning at 8pm on New Year’s Eve and continuing throughout New Year’s Day, around $25m. That’s bigger than any single day of Avatar: Fire and Ash after its opening weekend. In fact, if the Stranger Things release banked over $3...

Culture

1 week ago How far can James Cameron’s Avatar saga go after its billion

Cameron warned that Avatars 4 and 5 might end up as novels if third instalment Fire and Ash bombed. But noise about its slow start is beginning to look like a ritual movies in the series must go through before the money pours inFor a movie saga that is, on paper at least, the world’s most popular fantasy trilogy of all time, Avatar doesn’t half have its sceptics. Maybe it’s James Cameron’s po-faced belief that he’s making the sort of films that could save planet Earth from future environmental apocalypse. Or perhaps it has simply become the kind of cultural behemoth that invites opposition merely by existing. Either way, it’s fair to say not everyone has exactly been sobbing over the idea that Fire and Ash might be the final time we get to see an Avatar film for the foreseeable future.Until recently, this had seemed like a genuine likelihood. The Hollywood trades have been filled with reports that the saga would be done and dusted if the new instalment fell short of expectations at ...

Economics

2 w. ago Leonardo DiCaprio questions if 'people still have appetite' for the cinema amid rise of streaming after his critically lauded film One Battle After Another failed to break even at box office

The actor, 51, has starred in some of the biggest and most acclaimed movies in his career, and is widely expected to pick-up yet another Oscar nomination later this month, for One Battle After Another.

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2 w. ago Sydney Sweeney's box office flop streak officially ends as her new film The Housemaid pulls in millions during its first three days

The actress, 28, stars in thriller The Housemaid alongside Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar, Elizabeth Perkins, Michele Morrone and Indiana Elle.

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2 w. ago 'Spectacular' war film will 'grab you by the heart' but fans have only days to watch

The film bagged seven Oscars, shattered box-office records, and is widely considered to be a stunning masterpiece by this legendary director — but it's leaving this streaming platform in days.

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2 w. ago Demon Slayer economics: how the anime juggernaut became a saviour

Once underground art form now props up slumped box office sales and is used by governments to build soft powerAn animated drama featuring hordes of carnivorous fiends might not sound like classic box office fodder, but that’s exactly what Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle proved to be in September.The film set new records for anime – Japanese animated films and series – making more than $70m (£52m) on its opening weekend in the US and £535m so far globally. To put that in context, Ghost in the Shell – an anime classic released in 1995 – made about £2m worldwide. Continue reading...

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