As CinemaCon gets under way, Gower Street Analytics has increased its 2025 global box office forecast by a bit more than $1B. After an original projection of $33B last December, Gower Street now sees 2025 coming in at $34.1B.
The higher 2025 projection is based on actual totals for the first quarter. More specifically, it moved higher due to the unexpected performance of Chinese blockbuster Ne Zha 2. That animated phenom over the weekend crossed the RMB 15 billion mark in China ($2.1B using today’s exchange rates), while it has also amassed an estimated $50M+ outside of the home market.
Gower has therefore upped its China 2025 forecast by $1B to $7.6B. That revised estimate would see China finish 30% ahead of 2024, and (give or take) would be a 1% shift on 2023 (still 6% behind the average of 2017-2019 at today’s rates). >>>Domestic Estimate Down |
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Fake Movie Trailer Fallout - YouTube has stopped two major fake movie trailer channels from being able to monetize their AI-fueled videos. The Google-owned video-hosting giant has turned off ad revenue on Screen Culture and KH Studio trailers after a Deadline investigation chronicled the scale and sophistication of their output. >>>Suspended
AMPAS Apologizes - After Deadline reported that the Academy’s board of governors met in an extraordinary session on Friday to confront a deepening crisis over its response to the beating and detention of Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal, AMPAS issued an apology for not mentioning the No Other Land co-director or the film by name in its initial response to a West Bank attack and his detention last week. >>>"We Regret That We Failed" Jason Statham Puts 'Snow White' To Sleep - Like a huntsman lurking in the woods, Jason Statham’s A Working Man scared Disney’s Snow White into second place at the box office, $15.2M to $14.2M. >>>66% Plummet For Pricey Disney Pic What's Up, Doc? - Signs of protest have popped up outside the single-story Looney Tunes building that is scheduled to be razed. As Deadline reported earlier this week, the building’s demolition has been in the works for some time so the studio can create more space for all the HBO shows that are shooting on the Warner Bros. lot. >>>Save 131
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Taylor Sheridan certainly has a reputation for killing off characters to help juice his stories but did his Yellowstone prequel really need this kind of kick in the butt?
In the penultimate episode of 1923, titled “The Mountain Teeth of Monsters,” not one but seven characters meet their demise.
Here, four victims of Sheridan’s Sunday massacre – Jeremy Gauna (Pete Plenty Clouds), Michael Spears (Runs His Horse), Sebastian Roché (Father Renaud) and Darren Mann (Jack Dutton) – talk about the end of their Dutton run. >>>Read The Interview |
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"Absurd" - 'Adolescence' co-creator Jack Thorne denouncing insinuations that knife crime in the UK “is only committed by Black boys,” after unsubstantiated online claims - amplified by Elon Musk - that he changed the ethnicity of the main character |
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BY THE NUMBERS
882M - Minutes viewed for Universal's 'Wicked' from March 17-23, making it the No. 1 movie across all streamers for the frame |
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💥 The BBC faces an “unprecedented content funding challenge” in the year to come, the corporation’s Annual Plan setting out priorities for the next 12 months has said. 🧨 Warner Bros has completed the Coyote Vs Acme sale that was first reported by Deadline. Ketchup Entertainment today their deal for worldwide rights to the live-action/animated hybrid film that brings the iconic Looney Tunes character Wile E. Coyote to the big screen.
🔍 The Walt Disney Co. is the latest media conglomerate to be targeted by Donald Trump's FCC chairman over its DEI practices. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said that he sent a letter to Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger announcing that the agency had opened an investigation into whether Disney and ABC “have not been violating FCC equal employment opportunity regulations."
⛰️ Utah’s governor moved on quickly from the news that the Sundance Film Festival is leaving the state for Boulder, Colorado in 2027. Gov. Spencer Cox said plans are being drawn up to create a new film festival in Utah — and he’s going to use Sundance allocated cash to kick start it.
✍️ Comedian Chris Rock signed with WME for representation in all areas including acting, directing, comedy touring, books and more. |
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Obituaries
Richard Chamberlian, the actor known for such shows as Dr. Kildare, Shōgun and The Thorn Birds, has died. He was 90. 🕯️ ‘Mama’ Mary Schmucker, the Breaking Amish and Return to Amish star, has died. She was 65. 🕯️ LJ Smith , the author whose bestselling Vampire Diaries novels were adapted into a hit TV show, has died aged 66. 🕯️ Richard Norton, a legendary Hollywood trainer and bodyguard, fight choreographer, stuntman and actor in the Mad Max franchise, has died at the age of 75. 🕯️ Young Scooter, the Atlanta rapper who has worked with Future and Gucci Mane, has died. He was 39. 🕯️ 2025 Deaths Photo Gallery: Hollywood & Media Obituaries |
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On the Radar
Mon - CinemaCon begins
Tue - IAB PlayFronts; We Love LA concert at the Bowl
Sat - Final Four games |
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More Than Gaming - Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers, Sebastian Hansen, Jennifer Coolidge, Jack Black and Jason Momoa at the world premiere of A Minecraft Movie in London. |
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