Last weekend saw a variety of new films open at the box office: Bollywood gangster drama 'Animal', 'Trolls Band Together', two concerts in 'Andre Rieu's White Christmas' and 'Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce', and Japan's Godzilla Minus One. Yet it was 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes', in its third frame, that drew the largest audience, surpassing last weekend's no. 1, 'Napoleon'.
Last weekend proved relatively quiet at the box office, with 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds' and Snakes enjoying yet another round at no. 1, while 'The Boy and the Heron' was the best performing new title.
Exhibitors are optimistic about the summer prospects for 'Wonka' after Timothée Chalamet's take on Roald Dahl's chocolatier got off to a strong start at the box office last weekend.
More international territories are set to share in the adventures of Windmill Pictures''Beep and Mort', with ABC Commercial securing deals for the series across Canada, the UK, the Middle East, and North Africa.
AppleTV+'s latest $US200 million blockbuster 'Argylle' was declared a flop in the US after a $US18 million start at the box office, but Australian audiences were a little warmer towards the film.
'Force of Nature', Robert Connolly's much anticipated follow up to 2021's 'The Dry', led the box office last weekend, marking the first time an Australian film has hit no. 1 since 'Elvis' in June 2022.
A Queensland-shot fantasy horror from Tristan Barr will be launched for sales at this month's European Film Market after being boarded by SC Films International.
At the Australian International Movie Convention late last year, filmmaker Christopher Amos noted there was one genre that seemed to be absent from the distributor presentations: documentary. The observation prompted him to acquire the Academy Award-nominated 'Four Daughters', due in cinemas this Thursday.