IFC Films’ ‘The Wretched’ Is The ‘Avatar’ Of The Pandemic Box Office, Achieving A Rare Milestone

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorAfter making a strong debut in Japan last weekend, Sony’s Little Women this session crossed the $100M mark at the international box office. The Greta Gerwig-directed update on the classic tale now has an offshore cume of $101M and a global haul of $209M to date.The current frame was worth $475K from 12 overseas markets and on 472 screens.

Bella Thorne’s new movie Infamous is number one in the box office and she is celebrating with some gorgeous selfies.  Though Hollywood is currently shut down due to Coronavirus, Bella had a movie in the works that is now playing on streaming sites like Amazon, Fandango, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play, and more. Bella Thorne stars as Arielle in the crime film and also serves as one of the movie’s co-executive producers.

While the coronavirus pandemic stifled film production in its traditional sense, two filmmakers found a way to make a movie with a zero-dollar budget that became the No. 1 film in America all because they exploited a loophole.

Unsubscribe, a 29-minute horror movie shot entirely on video-conferencing app Zoom, made $25,488 (£20,510) in ticket sales on one day, securing the US box office top spot above films The Wretched and Becky.That’s thanks to filmmakers Eric Tabach and Christian Nilsson, who told BBC News how they managed to get their film to number one on June 10.Tabach, an actor and YouTuber from Philadelphia, and Nilsson, a filmmaker from New York, used the ‘four-walling’ sales technique and took advantage of

Imax CEO Richard Gelfond cooled speculation about major box office for Hollywood tentpoles when they help reopen the movie theater chains in July when he appeared at an investors conference on Tuesday. "I'm concerned that people are focused on the opening weekend.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: IFC Films has acquired the North American rights to Blithe Spirit starring Leslie Mann (This is 40, The Other Woman), Dan Stevens (Beauty and the Beast, Legion), Isla Fisher (The Beach Bum, Confessions of a Shopaholic) and Judi Dench (Philomena, Skyfall).Edward Hall (Downton Abbey, Restless) directs a script written by Nick Moorcroft, Meg Leonard and Piers Ashworth  which is based on the play of the same name by Noel Coward.

IFC Films has nabbed the North American rights to Shithouse, the coming-of-age college romancer from Cooper Raiff. Raiff wrote, directed and stars in his feature debut that IFC Films will release in fall 2020.

Also Read: How IFC Films' Bet on Drive-In Theaters Paid Off During the PandemicRaiff stars in “S—house” alongside Dylan Gelula, Amy Landecker, Logan Miller and Olivia Welch and is the story of Alex, a friendless college freshman who is seriously contemplating transferring to a college closer to his mom (Landecker) and sister (Welch), to whom he is still extremely tethered.

Dave McNary Film ReporterIFC Films is acquiring North American rights to the college comedy “Shithouse,” which won the grand jury prize for narrative feature at the virtual 2020 SXSW Film Festival.The film stars Cooper Raiff, who directed from his own script, along with Dylan Gelula, Amy Landecker, and Logan Miller.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerIFC Films has secured the North American distribution rights to Shithouse, the SXSW entry that picked up the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorEXCLUSIVE: Looking at the international box office over the past few weekends, if there’s one trend that’s beginning to emerge from the smattering of cinemas back in operation, it’s that audiences are responding to new product — and fresh re-releases. Exhibitors are getting the job done with what’s available to them, but it’s still slim pickings out there.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: From what we’ve been able to pull together, Universal/Dreamworks Animation’s Trolls World Tour continues to reign with $300K in its 9th weekend at the domestic box office from a theatrical marketplace that remains largely shutdown coast to coast.Our sources believe that the sequel has made just over $3M from theatrical ticket sales since Easter weekend outside of the $100M-plus from the pic’s PVOD release.Deadline exclusively

Sonia Kil For the first time since coronavirus struck South Korea in January, theatrical box office in the keenly cinema-going nation showed a significant sign of recovery.

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"Sonic the Hedgehog" will race into theaters again in an upcoming sequel. Following the success of Paramount Pictures’ adaptation of the popular Sega video game, the studio is reportedly forging ahead with a sequel that will see the original creative team reunite for another go.

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