‘The Empire Strikes Back’ Tops The Box Office For The First Time In Two Decades

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.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefBy now it is common knowledge that the coronavirus pandemic has been bad for cinema box office. New data for the Asia-Pacific region shows just how bad.Figures from S&P Global Market intelligence and OPUSData depict a 92% collapse between January and June, compared with the first half of last year.

Rebecca Davis editorRobert Downey Jr.’s family film “Dolittle” and Sony’s thriller “Bloodshot” led China’s first opening weekend at the box office since the coronavirus outbreak, a sign that new titles sell better than re-runs of beloved classics. Five out of the top 10 films this weekend were Hollywood titles.China began reopening theaters in regions deemed at low risk for COVID-19 on Monday.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorOn their first Friday back to operations, Chinese cinemas did roughly $2.92M worth of box office business — more than tripling Thursday’s figures and making a sizable jump from Monday when theaters opened to about $501K in low-risk areas across the country.

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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.

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.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorAs Chinese cinemas began the reopening process today, box office crossed $472K by 8PM local. Maoyan’s real-time ticketing platform reports that play is led by new entry A First Farewell at around $184K.

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.

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.

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Movie Web reported today that The Empire Strikes Back made its way to the number one position at the box office again this weekend. According to the outlet, the last time it was number one was 23 years ago.

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

Ellise Shafer editor“Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” is back at the top of the box office this weekend for the first time in 23 years.The film has grossed a total of $175,000 so far at 483 locations, originally reported b Deadline, and is estimated to end the weekend in the $400,000 to $500,000 range.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorFor the first time since the February 1997 reissue, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is leading at the box office this weekend after clocking an estimated $175K at 483 locations. Empire should end the weekend with a 3-day take in between the high $400K and low $500K.

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.