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Nov 9, 2023 · Several studios have pushed their 2024 releases to 2025 or removed them from the calendar altogether, sparking concern among distributors and exhibitors about voids in next year’s film slate.
- christi.carras@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
- How to Reverse A 30% Decline at The Global Box Office
- The Growth of Saudi Arabia
- Don’T Count Out China
- Changing Priorities For The Us Streamers…
- …As They Face Greater Legislation in Europe
- The Emergence of The International Mega-Players
- Indie Producers Facing Another Difficult Year
- Women to Keep on Talking
- The Rise and Rise of K-Content
The global box office is forecast to reach $29bn this year, up 12% on 2022. That may seem welcome news for cinemas but is not where they want to be. In the three most-recent pre-pandemic years of 2017-2019, the global total averaged $41.7bn, and the $29bn estimate for 2022 is a troubling 30% below that number. One challenge is China, which averaged...
Saudi Arabia is the only country where box office has more than doubled since the Covid-19 pandemic and box office revenues are predicted to surpass $1bn by 2030, placing it in the top 20 of global cinema markets. Cinemas are rapidly being built to meet the demand from a growing young audience that is becoming increasingly exposed to global cinema ...
Both the Chinese industry and Hollywood studios heaved a sigh of relief with the arrival of Avatar: The Way Of Waterwhich grossed $14.3m (RMB100m) on its opening day on December 16. It was the first film to cross the RMB100m mark since the National Day holiday week on October 7 and delivered a much-needed final push to the under-performing Chinese ...
This time last year, the high-spend model was revered as an evergreen business. Now the talk is about bottom linefollowing a chastening 2022 triggered by Netflix’s first net subscriber loss in over a decade, staff layoffs and that bruising 60% stock plunge. Will Universal Pictures owner Comcast snap up the now much more affordable house that Reed H...
European governments are looking to bring the European Audiovisual Media Service (EAMS) directive into law and the US streamers are finding themselves increasingly subject to either levies or investment obligations. EAMS requires VoD services to have at least 30% of European works in their catalogues, but it’s up to each EU country to determine how...
Corporate acquisitions a go-go by the likes of Fremantle (Element Pictures, 72 Films, Lux Vide, Wildstar), Banijay (Beyond, Mam Tor), Mediawan (Plan B), The North Road (Kinetic Content), Mubi (The Match Factory), Cohen Media Group(Hanway Films) and Candle Media (Faraway Road) has meant film and TV sector consolidation has not been limited to the US...
Everything is hard for independent film producers right now. Demand for crews and talent shows no sign of slowing in the big territories, particularly the UK, keeping prices high and shooting space at a premium. Increased energy costs, high inflation figures and the ongoing complexities of the fall-out from Brexit in Europe are adding to spiralling...
After Sian Heder and Jane Campion triumphed at the Oscars in 2022, progress in Hollywood seemed tangible. This year’s awards race, however, may be a different story. The Golden Globe nominations saw not a single woman nominated in best picture or best director, with only Sarah Polley picking up a screenplay nod forWomen Talking. It is a similar sto...
Audience tastes are becoming ever more diverse and international and that can only be a good thing. Netflix says more than 60% of its global subscribers watched Korean titles in 2022 and K-content made its weekly top 10 in more than 90 countries. Korean films and series have long had their followings and niche fandoms, but Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite b...
- Sundance Film Festival, US – January 19-29. FIPADOC Documentary Film Festival, France – January 20-28. Ostend Film Festival, Belgium - January 27-February 4.
- International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands – January 25-February 5.
- Goteborg Film Festival, Sweden – January 27-February 5. DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland – January 31-February 5. SCAD TVFest, US – February 9-11.
- European Film Market, Germany – February 16-22.
The 2023/2024 film awards calendar will be updated throughout the year as new dates for film’s biggest and best events, festivals, nominations and awards are announced. [2024/2025 Calendar here]
Market Share for Each Creative Type in 2023. Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam). The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office ...
Film lookahead: 23 highlights to look out for in 2023. Films such as Top Gun: Maverick, Jurassic World: Dominion and, more recently, Avatar: The Way of Water have seen huge box office figures...
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Dec 20, 2023 · From Barbenheimer, to Everything Everywhere's Oscar sweep, to Taylor Swift's box office dominance, Empire looks over the biggest film news of the year.
