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2015 – The Best or Worst Year At The Box Office?

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This week, Neil Calloway asks whether 2015 has been a good year or a bad one at the box office… 2015 is looking to be the best year ever for box office. As things stand, two films released this year – Jurassic World and Avengers: Age of Ultron – are in the all time US […]

Looking Back on the Summer Blockbusters of 2015

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Matthew Lee takes a look back at the summer blockbusters of 2015… Last year, Forbes reported that last summer’s box office was down by a whopping $1.223 billion. Hollywood executives were undoubtedly shitting themselves. This was significantly more problematic considering last year’s summer held a number great critical surprises; Guardians of the Galaxy was a […]

Universal becomes first studio to have three billion-dollar films in a single year as Minions hits the milestone

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It’s been a fantastic year for Universal Pictures at the box office; having already pulled in the record highest-grossing year for a studio, it has now become the first to have three films hit a billion dollars worldwide in a single year, with Minions hitting the milestone today. The Despicable Me spinoff has pulled in […]

Fantastic Four tops the UK box office chart

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 7th August to Sunday 9th August 2015… It may have failed to dethrone Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation in the States, but 20th Century Fox’s Fantastic Four has had a modicum of good new here in the UK, with the reboot shaking off […]

Universal sets record highest-grossing year for a studio

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2015 has certainly been an incredible year at the box office for Universal Pictures, spearheaded by the likes of Fast & Furious 7 and Jurassic World. In just seven months, Universal has pulled in $5.53 billion around the globe, setting an industry record the the highest-grossing year for a studio, which was previously held by […]

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation tops the UK box office

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 31st to Sunday 2nd August 2015… Tom Cruise returned to the top of the UK box office this past weekend, with Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation claiming first place with an opening haul of £5,351,344. Despite claiming top spot, Rogue Nation couldn’t overtake […]

Colin Trevorrow talks Jurassic World sequel, suggests it will be heading off-island

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Last week it was announced that Universal Pictures has set a release date of June 2018 for the follow-up to this year’s blockbuster Jurassic World. Although he’s stepped down as director, Colin Trevorrow remains involved as scriptwriter along his writing partner Derek Connelly, and the filmmaker has shared a few thoughts on where the sequel […]

Inside Out topples Ant-Man at the UK box office

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 24th to Sunday 26th July 2015… It was Joy at the UK box office for Disney this past weekend, as Pixar’s Inside Out topped the chart with an opening weekend of £7,376,513, while Marvel’s Ant-Man enjoyed a healthy second weekend of £2.52 million […]

IMAX posts record second quarter revenue thanks to massive summer box-office

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IMAX has today stated (via The Hollywood Reporter) that the company has posted record numbers of their second-quarter revenue, thanks to a massive year at the global box-office with four films helping them reach their record totals. For the second quarter, IMAX Corp have reported net income attributable to shareholders of $24.3 million, $10 million […]