‘Tenet’ Release Unlikely In August; 2020 Box Office To Plunge 70% – Analyst

China’s theatrical box office would overtake that of North America.That scenario hasn’t happened yet. Last year, China’s box office growth slowed to a pedestrian 5% and reached a $9 billion total, according to the Motion Picture Association.

The makers don't have plans to release "Tenet" in China yet.Right now, Warner Bros.

2020 may not be the best of times but if you're a part of ARMY, you're pretty much sorted courtesy of BTS. The boyband hasn't let the virus dampen their work at all; rather it's more like 2020 has been one of their busiest years yet.

Rebecca Rubin News Editor, Online“Tenet” may still be able to salvage a summer release after all — at least outside of the United States. Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi thriller, from Warner Bros., will debut internationally on Aug.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorWith some of China’s cinemas reopened this week in low-risk areas, and as tomorrow sees Beijing get partially back to business as well, box office has continued to rise. As of 11:30PM tonight local time, Thursday’s takings hit $940K, according to ticketing service Maoyan.

COVID-19 escalates in Spain, Sony Pictures Releasing has moved up — not back — the local release of Santiago Segura’s family comedy “Father There is Only One 2,” the country’s biggest potential national blockbuster for 2020.Originally scheduled to open in Spanish theaters on Aug.

Warner Bros. company removed Christopher Nolan's next film, Tenet, from its release schedule on Monday.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: In a weekend where Warner Bros.’ Christopher Nolan’s Tenet was expected to reopen the major circuits, Disney’s reissue of 2017’s Beauty and the Beast led all titles with an estimated $467K at 527 locations. Disney/Marvel’s Iron Man was second with $430K at 462 sites. Beauty and the Beast ranked No.

No Time to Die was set to kick things off in April, and in May, Scarlett Johnasson's overdue MCU standalone film Black Widow and the next Fast and Furious flick F9 were scheduled to drop. Then, Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman 1984 was scheduled to hit theaters in June, and the long-awaited Top Gun: Maverick was expected the same month.

LOS ANGELES — Warner Bros. on Monday said it was delaying indefinitely the release of Christopher Nolan’s movie “Tenet,” which had been planned for Aug. 12 in movie theatres.

South Korean filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho’s Peninsula — a follow-up to the 2016 cult zombie action flick Train to Busan — scored an impressive $20 million in its international debut in a much-needed boost for the box office, according to early industry estimates. That includes $13.2 million in South Korea despite capacity limitations and ongoing concerns amid the novel coronavirus.

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.

With COVID-19 pandemic still on the rise, worries about the virus' spread are affecting the entertainment business more than ever. With the release of new blockbusters essentially at a standstill since early March, and the reopening of theatres are still up in the air.

A 40-year-old Star Wars film has topped the box office chart in the UK, as cinemas continue to resort to old favourites to woo back customers.

reports Deadline.The Empire Strikes Back, which is considered to be the best Star Wars film, is the fifth film in the Star Wars Saga and second in the original trilogy; it stars Mark Hamil, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford and Billy Dee Williams.The film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2010.The reissuing of the film, as well as several other classical or audience favorite, is a measure that many movie theaters are using to generate income as

Jumanji: The Next Level has officially crossed the $800 million dollar mark at the box office worldwide, Deadline reports.

With COVID-19 cases spiking in the US and multiple states, including New York and New Jersey (both huge in box office terms), still not announcing when cinemas can reopen, it’s quite clear that this year’s Summer Movie Season is likely going to be completely lost. But yet, unlike studios who have moved movies such as “F9” and “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” “Venom,” and the new “Minions” sequel out of 2020 entirely, Warner Bros.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Chinese crime drama Sheep Without A Shepherd, one of the last big box office hits in China before cinemas were forced to shutdown, grossing $167M, has been set for a UK theatrical release by distributor Trinity CineAsia.Theaters have started re-opening in the UK and multiplexes including Cineworld and Vue are set to following in the coming weeks.

Rod Lurie Editors Note: Journalist-turned-filmmaker Rod Lurie just oversaw the release of The Outpost, an adaptation of a book by CNN host Jake Tapper on the courageous stand made by a small group of U.S. soldiers against hundreds of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.