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Weekend Box Office Results: Summer Bound For $4.2B After Record $322M Memorial Day Weekend: ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Dancing To $180M Holiday High, ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ $77M

By |2025-05-27T08:52:48-04:00May 26, 2025|News|

It appears that $180M is within range for Disney’s Lilo & Stitch after an estimated $47M, -15% from Friday. Even if Lilo finally files in the high $170Ms, big deal.

Missi Pyle, William Jackson Harper & Elizabeth Marvel Among New Additions To Tim Blake Nelson’s Feature in Columbus, Georgia

By |2025-05-22T14:47:09-04:00May 22, 2025|News|

The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd, the new prison break thriller written and directed Tim Blake Nelson, has added six to its cast, including Nelson himself.

Weekend Box Office Results: ‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ Coursing To Franchise-Best $51M Bow; Nobody Is Rushing To ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’

By |2025-05-21T13:41:03-04:00May 19, 2025|News|

Interesting to note that the last two Final Destination movies have had a history of holding from their Friday to Saturday, 2009’s previous opening record holder, The Final Destination dipped 6%, while 2011’s Final Destination 5 inched down by 15%.

Film Columbus GA Takes Global Stage at Cannes Film Festival

By |2025-06-13T09:59:30-04:00May 18, 2025|News|

Film Columbus GA, played a prominent role as a presenting partner for Georgia Entertainment's "From Script to Screen" event series at the 78th Cannes International Film Festival. The prestigious partnership put Columbus, Georgia in the spotlight at the world's largest film festival, which ran from May 13 to May 24, 2025, and attracted over 350,000 filmmakers, financiers and entertainment executives globally.

Weekend Box Office Results: ‘Thunderbolts*’ Simmers $33M 2nd Frame; ‘Sinners’ Strong $21M 4th Weekend

By |2025-05-12T00:21:14-04:00May 12, 2025|News|

It feels like, particularly with Memorial Day weekend coming up, and the summer moviegoing of it all that this MCU title can catapult past that pic’s $200.7M final. Thunderbolts* is $10.3M ahead of Eternals at the ten-day point, which ended its run at $164.8M. Remember, Disney movies have long theatrical windows. Deadpool & Wolverine had a 67-day window to PVOD.

IATSE on President Trump Movie Tariff Announcement: ‘U.S. Needs Balanced Federal Response to Return Film and TV Jobs’

By |2025-05-08T12:37:55-04:00May 6, 2025|News|

IATSE continues to pursue all policy measures that can be implemented to return and maintain U.S. film and television jobs, while not disadvantaging our Canadian members. Federal policymakers must act to level the playing field and make the U.S. film and television industry more competitive on the global stage.

Trump orders a 100% tariff on foreign movies

By |2025-05-08T12:49:46-04:00May 5, 2025|News|

President Donald Trump on Sunday extended his trade war to the cinema. Trump, in an evening post on his social media platform Truth Social, said he has instructed the Commerce Department and US Trade Representative to place a 100% tariff on films that are produced outside the United States and imported into America.

Weekend Box Office Results: ‘Sinners’ Heaven-Sent $45M Second Weekend, ‘Accountant 2’ $24M+As Moviegoing Bounces Back

By |2025-04-27T21:06:36-04:00April 27, 2025|News|

We caught up with AMC CEO Adam Aron last night at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award for Francis Ford Coppola and he’s over the moon about how turnstiles are clicking, seeing April upticks in overall revenues and concessions. There’s a sense out there that the box office is finally on a roll.

Weekend Box Office Results: ‘Sinners’ Finds Salvation At Easter Box Office With $45M+ No. 1 Opening Win

By |2025-04-20T16:41:48-04:00April 21, 2025|News|

Since 2000, this weekend reps the eighth time that Warner Bros has led the Easter weekend box office with an event title. Let the record show that Warner Bros contributed 64% of the entire weekend’s box office. Among all Easter weekend openings, Sinners ranks 9th.

Entertainment Ready: Georgia Communities Rally Locally, Recruit Globally

By |2025-04-22T15:14:56-04:00April 18, 2025|News|

If there was a theme for Georgia's creative industries in 2024, it would surround the convergence of tourism and entertainment. Communities all over the state are recognizing the power of adjoining local creative organizations while recruiting entertainment productions to the region.

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