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Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorThere was further good news from the international box office this weekend, even as it continues to be clear that markets need fresh titles to keep the reopening momentum going — be they local, from Hollywood or even reissues of older event pictures.We remain in uncharted waters around the globe.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorChina’s third Friday back to the movies scored a slight increase on last week’s comparable day at $4.38M. It’s short of the $7.6M generated last Sunday which was boosted by Warner Bros’ reissue of Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, but still a jump on last Friday, while midweeks were solid.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorWhile Universal’s Dolittle and Warner Bros’ reissue of Interstellar were the big kahunas in China this weekend, Russell Crowe-starrer Unhinged hit the road in 19 new markets over the session. Among them, the UK, Australia, Netherlands and New Zealand where the Solstice Studios pic was No.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorSATURDAY UPDATE: Since cinemas reopened in China’s low-risk areas on July 20, the market today had its biggest day yet. Box office was $5.74M (RMB 40M) overall for the day, according to Maoyan figures.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorChina’s second Friday with cinemas back to business in low-risk areas rang up another $4M at local turnstiles, a 39% increase versus the same day last week. About 60% of movie theaters are now operating, with capacity limits and social distancing still in place, so all numbers are to be taken with a grain of salt, though they are encouraging.

Anthony D'Alessandro, Nancy Tartaglione EXCLUSIVE: Those in town assuming that one of the other big exhibition circuits will fall in line with AMC, and seek their own 17-day theatrical window-PVOD deal with Universal, will soon realize that it will be a cold day in hell.Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger, who oversees the world’s second largest chain, exclusively tells Deadline “We do not see any business sense in this model” when it comes to Universal and AMC’s agreement for a 17-day theatrical

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorThe full lineup for the Venice Film Festival will be announced tomorrow morning in Rome, but today it was unveiled that Chloé Zhao’s upcoming feature Nomadland has been set to world premiere on September 11 on the Lido.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorEXCLUSIVE: Lots of movement on the international box office front this past weekend, and into the beginning of the week. Korean zombie sequel Peninsula, as we reported Sunday, made a meal of five overseas markets with a $21M Wednesday-Sunday frame.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorYeon Sang-ho’s Peninsula, the follow-up to his 2016 zombie smash, Train To Busan, made a meal of the international box office this weekend, in Korea and four other markets. The thriller sequel (aka Train To Busan Presents: Peninsula) already logged the biggest opening day score of the year in its home market on Wednesday and went on to rule the weekend with what Kobiz estimates is a $13.2M Korea bow.

Anthony D'Alessandro, Nancy Tartaglione In the wake of the China Film Administration announcing yesterday the reopening of cinemas on July 20, there’s been several questions as to what China is determining to be a low or high risk COVID-19 area.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorPeninsula, Yeon Sang-ho’s follow-up to his 2016 zombie smash, Train To Busan, is off to a thrilling start at the international box office where it kicked off in three markets beginning yesterday. In the home hub of Korea, Peninsula (aka Train To Busan Presents: Peninsula) had a Wednesday take of $2.4M on 2,338 screens to log the biggest opening score of the year.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorEXCLUSIVE: As the international box office slowly limps back to life, the tendency for audiences to lean into fresh and local titles continues. France, for example, saw a 23% increase in ticket sales across the Top 10 over the most recent weekend, led by Gaumont’s new local comedy Tout Simplement Noir and followed by Warner Bros’ Scoob!, also a new entry, which did $900K in the Hexagon – and $1.8M total in five markets.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorKorean hit #Alive kicked up another $2.2M this weekend, holding well throughout the mid-weeks, but with an overall 63% Friday-Saturday-Sunday dip from the comparable weekend days last session. The timely thriller that’s set against the backdrop of a city in lockdown due to a virus has now grossed $11M.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorThe international box office this weekend was again led by Korea, with major local release #Alive taking a 70% share of the market. The zombie horror thriller from Spackman Entertainment’s Zip Cinema sold 1.06M tickets in its first five days for a gross of $7.4M through Sunday, again demonstrating the strength of new offerings, particularly in Korea which has been at the forefront of comebacks.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorA few weeks after it acquired rights to 12 notable author estates, London/New York management outfit International Literary Properties has set a first-look deal with BBC Studios. Under the pact, both BBC Studios Production and its portfolio of independent producers will have the opportunity to explore the intellectual property owned and managed by ILP for screen adaptation.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorThe big international box office news this week isn’t actually from the weekend — which was again led by Korea and saw continued ups and downs versus last session as moviegoers await new product. Instead, after 100 days of closure, French cinemas re-opened beginning Monday this week, and with at least 40 films programmed for the post-coronavirus walk-up of the nation’s theaters.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorWe Are UK Film hosted a Cannes Market panel today with participants from far and wide speaking about their experiences on international co-productions amid the coronavirus pandemic, and what the future holds for projects that were suspended as well as the disparity in government aid that has been made available.Producer and former Protagonist Pictures CEO Mike Goodridge recounted how his next film, Oscar nominee Ruben Ostlund’s

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.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorWomen In Animation has set its program for the first-ever Women In Animation Virtual Summit which will run in collaboration with the Annecy International Animation Film Festival’s 2020 online edition.

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.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorBREAKING: In a surprising turn of events, longtime Universal President of International Distribution and 41-year industry veteran, Duncan Clark, is to step down from his position in August, transitioning to a consulting role with the studio.

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