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Scott Derrickson is opening up about his favorite films of the year which includes the Greta Gerwig-directed film Barbie and why it deserves to win Best Picture at the Oscars. “I think Barbie is the best film I've seen this year—well, maybe that's not true; I saw this horror film, When Evil Lurks at…

Benedict Cumberbatch is seemingly not done playing Doctor Strange in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The actor recently hinted at his return in a new movie next year. “There are some Marvel capers in the making next year,” Cumberbatch said while being a guest in the JW3 Speaker Series. It’s not…

Deadline's Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament took a hiatus during the pandemic as movie theaters closed for the majority of 2020-2021 and theatrical day-and-date titles on both the big screen and studios' respective streaming platforms became more prevalent. Coming back from that brink, the studios have…

Strengthened by the worldwide release this past weekend of Disney/Marvel's Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the Walt Disney Studios has crossed the $3B mark globally for the year so far, with a split just above $1.3B domestic and $1.7B from the international box office. This is the 14th year that Dis…

Ailing exhibition giant Cineworld Group, which is currently finalizing a reorganization plan having filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. earlier this month, has released encouraging interim results for the six months to June 30, 2022. Overall revenue rose to $1.5b against $292.8m in the same…

The Umbrella Academy edged fellow Netflix title Stranger Things in a crowded week on Nielsen’s streaming chart for June 20 to 26. With new Season 3 episodes landing in the middle of the week, Umbrella managed almost 2.5 billion minutes of streaming, about 100 million more than Stranger Things in its final full week…

The season one finale of Disney+/Lucasfilm’s Obi-Wan Kenobi drew a five-day Wednesday through Sunday audience of 1.8 million U.S. households, which is 20% higher than the Wednesday through Sunday five-day pull for The Book of Boba Fett finale, which clocked 1.5M U.S. households. The data comes from Samba TV, which…

The CineEurope conference kicks off here in Barcelona on Monday with distribution and exhibition expected to be in fine spirits, coming off a series of mega-drivers in the first part of the year and heading into a lucrative second half. There's reason for backslapping and high-fiving, but there are also concerns that…

UPDATE, writethru: Disney/Pixar's Lightyear was no match for dinosaurs or Tom Cruise at the international box office this weekend. The Toy Story spinoff came in below projections with a $34.6M offshore bow in 43 material markets. That landed it third among Hollywood movies for the overseas session, behind holdovers Jur…

More box office milestones here as the theatrical business bounces back and the pandemic eases: Disney/Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness crossed $400M yesterday at the domestic box office during its 41st day of release. The movie is still the second highest grossing film of 2022 to date behind Top Gu…

UPDATE, with Sunday actuals: Jurassic World Dominion came in slightly higher in the global and international box office actuals with a $178M second frame across 72 overseas markets, down 47% in the 15 holdovers that debuted the previous weekend. The offshore total through Sunday is $247.4M with global jumping to $392.4…

MONDAY UPDATE, with actuals: Top Gun: Maverick hit even higher altitude at the global and international box office this weekend with Sunday's actuals now included. Tom Cruise's return as the eponymous flying ace notched a confirmed $85.8M in 64 markets this session, bringing the overseas cume to $261.6M. Along with dom…