International Box Office: Some Active Markets See Weekend Increases; ‘Onward’ Journeys To Taiwan

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentRussian actor Chulpan Khamatova is known internationally for key roles in “Good Bye, Lenin!,” and more recently Aleksei Alekseivich German’s drama “Under Electric Clouds,” and Ralph Fiennes-directed Rudolf Nureyev biopic “The White Crow.” Last month, as Russia was deep in lockdown, Khamatova found herself embroiled in controversy sparked by TV series “Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes” in which she plays a young woman deported to Siberia during the Stalin-era

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.

Tim Dams Veteran Studiocanal TV executive Rola Bauer is to join MGM as president of international television productions.Bauer will oversee development, production and co-productions for MGM’s International Television division, reporting in to MGM Television Group chairman Mark Burnett.Based in Munich, she will split her time between MGM’s European and US offices.Bauer announced she was departing earlier this month after Studiocanal acquired a 100% stake in its German subsidiary Tandem

Little Big Town was among the numerous country acts to offer virtual performances on Wednesday night as part of “CMT Celebrates Our Heroes: An Artists of the Year Special”.

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We are now officially into June and in any normal year, we would have already had about a month’s worth of “summer movies” at the box office. Typically, the first weekend in May (or last weekend in April) is the unofficial start to Summer Movie Season, with the release of a Marvel Studios feature.

Kelly Clarkson is getting us ready for summer with a classic cover.

Christopher Nolan’s new movie “Tenet” is slated to be the first big-budget film to hit theaters since the coronavirus shutdown, but will there be enough people in the seats in July for the movie to turn a profit?

"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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This week on “TheWrap-Up,” hosts Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt discuss President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting social media companies, Jimmy Fallon’s apology for donning blackface 20 years ago and “America’s Got Talent” completing their investigation into allegations made by former judge Gabrielle Union.

CBS and the Recording Academy on Thursday announced plans for a two-hour special, hosted by Harry Connick Jr., honoring essential workers.The event — titled United We Sing: A Grammy Tribute to the Unsung Heroes — will see Connick and his filmmaker daughter, Georgia, taking a road trip in an RV from Connecticut to New Orleans, during which they will meet with essential workers and hear their stories fighting on the frontlines of the novel coronavirus pandemic.Along with the Connicks, more notable

"Everyone was at a boiling point"

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