Sony Pictures Entertainment Posts Strong Q1 Revenue And Profit Growth Despite Fewer Film Releases

the legal wrangling between the Hollywood stars starting in 2016 and still going strong. Progressing over the course of years, the not-so-amicable split has seen some twists and turns, involving everything from a bitter winery dispute to allegations of domestic abuse on the part of Brad Pitt. It’s that last accusation that has come up in the news yet again, as a newly released FBI report over the infamous plane incident with Pitt could impact the ongoing proceedings.

Though Viola Davis is an actress that has earned a ton of awards and acclaim over the course of her career, she’s never been one to shy away from a good role in a franchise. Most recently, she’s shown up as Amanda Waller in a number of DC superhero films.

EXCLUSIVE: Trinity CineAsia has acquired UK rights to Hong Kong family drama Mama’s Affair, which marks the film acting debut of two members of hot local boy band Mirror, Keung To and Jer Lau, from Hong Kong’s Emperor Motion Pictures.

Ned Benson made a big splash in 2014 with his trifecta film debut “The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby.” The films star a first-rate ensemble that includes Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Viola Davis, William Hurt, and more to tell a romantic epic about love and loss.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore holds on to claim a third non-consecutive week at Number 1 on the Official Film Chart.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAustralian streaming platform Stan has signed a renewed and expanded content supply deal with Sony Pictures Television.The company described the deal as: “a major new multi-year strategic content partnership with Sony Pictures Television, securing Stan a brand-new exclusive slate of first-run premium scripted drama. The expanded partnership will see the extension of hit Stan exclusives and will also bring an extensive catalogue of iconic Sony Pictures Television series and global blockbuster films to Stan.”The deal follows previous agreements with Hollywood suppliers Lionsgate, MGM, NBCU and Paramount for first run premium scripted series.

Aussie streamer Stan is tightening its ties with Sony Pictures Television.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterHook, line and sinker. “Top Gun: Maverick” has toppled “Titanic” as the seventh-biggest film ever at the domestic box office, earning $662 million in ticket sales.For Paramount, “Top Gun: Maverick” has also overtaken “Titanic” as the studio’s biggest film in its 110-year history.

Brad Pitt found a new way to describe how action-packed his latest film “Bullet Train” is during a recent chat with Jimmy Fallon.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore returns to Number 1 on the Official Film Chart, unseating Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Bullet trains seem great; why don’t we have them in the United States? Will I ever get to see Mount Fuji? I wonder what flavors of Kit Kats they sell on that train?These thoughts occurred because my brain refused to engage with this glib, terminally self-satisfied blood-and-bullets extravaganza, one that feels like it was plucked from what we might call the “Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead” period of American cinema, when Quentin Tarantino’s first two features emboldened far too many young filmmakers to think that they, too, could make a zippy comedy with excessive gunplay, explicit gore, pop-culture references, needle drops, and a briefcase full of cash.Having programmed a film festival from 1995 to 1999, I was subjected to more bad “Reservoir Dogs” wannabes than the average filmgoer, which might explain why this new film turned me off early and never won me back. “Bullet Train” pretty much leaves no cliché of this subgenre unturned, from swoopy, self-conscious camera moves to a shootout scored to an innocuous hit single of the past.

From a reported revenue of $74 million — up 45% year-over-year from $51 million in Q2 2021 — Imax reported a diluted loss per share of 5 cents. That is up from a diluted loss per share of 23 cents last quarter and loss per share of 16 cents in Q2 2021, though below the profit of 17 cents per share reported in Q4 2021 off the success of “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”Imax’s write-down is largely attributable to COVID-19 closures at 400 of their Chinese locations to start the quarter, including all locations in Shanghai.

Sony Pictures Entertainment is strengthening its India team with the appointments of Shony Panjikaran as general manager and head of Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI), India, and Lada Guruden Singh as general manager and head of Sony Pictures International Productions (SPIP), India.

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