‘The Outpost’ Director Rod Lurie On Looking Beyond Box Office Numbers To Find Validation In Films Released During Pandemic – Guest Column

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.

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.

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.

One business that has been booming during the COVID-19 pandemic is streaming platforms, and Netflix remains at the top of the heap.

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.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorTenet , the movie expected to kick off Hollywood’s long-deferred summer, has a “low likelihood” of being released in August, according to a veteran exhibition analyst.Additional delays of the movie re-start will put further strain on theater circuits’ balance sheets and put 2020 box office on a path toward 70% decline from 2019 levels, Eric Handler of MKM Partners predicts.Handler lowered his outlook on several exhibition stocks in a note to clients Monday, trimming his

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

The Politician star Zoey Deutch is winning over the Hollywood style scene with her statement-making quirky and cool ensembles. Her stylist Elizabeth Stewart (who also works with Julia Roberts and Cate Blanchett) tells Us her looks are “chic and unexpected.”The 25-year-old has undeniable fashion instincts.

Bella Hadid always knows how to bring her style A-game, whether she’s strutting the streets during Fashion Week, hitting red carpet events or enjoying her time on the farm. The 23-year-old model has proven time and time again she knows exactly what to wear for every occasion, even the messier ones.We’re referring to the Pennsylvania farmhouse, which she shares with her mom Yolanda and older sister Gigi.

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.

DC Extended Universe fans were blessed with the news of the Zack Snyder cut of Justice League releasing on HBO's online streaming platform. The announcement was made after fans campaigned for the Justice League Snyder Cut's release for over two years.

Todd Gilchrist Based on CNN reporter Jake Tapper’s nonfiction book of the same name, Rod Lurie’s new film “The Outpost” recreates the Battle of Kamdesh – a bloody 2009 showdown in Afghanistan between 53 U.S. soldiers and more than 400 enemy insurgents – with startling authenticity.When the time came to mount his re-enactment of this dramatic conflict, Lurie, a West Point graduate, knew he’d face an uphill battle enlisting the Department of Defense for assistance.

My son was declared dead at exactly the second that I had the creative epiphany of my my life. A few minutes earlier, after his mother and I decided to disconnect the myriad machines keeping him alive, one to every organ in his body, we stood there, all of us, and waited for the last movement of his chest.

Margot Robbie slays on screen and off. The force behind her masterful style is Kate Young, who also dresses Sophie Turner and Dakota Johnson.

Variety: ‘We decided Ryan was probably going to come out in college. It was less about coming out and just more about letting his true colours come forward.’‘I have to be honest with you.

Kim Kardashian just dramatically switched up her hair, dying her dark brown lengths a bright cherry red for the summer (but leaving a hint of her previous hair color at the roots). Kardashian debuted the new shade on her Instagram story, contrasting her new red shade with a neon orange crop top.