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17-02-2025
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China's ‘Ne Zha 2' Debuts At $7.2 Million, ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin' Rounds Out Top 10, ‘A Complete Unknown' Crosses $70 Million
, the fantasy epic that's been setting records in China, opened to $7.2 million on 660 screens, according to Comscore, for the no. 5 spot at a domestic box office being trounced by Captain America: Brave New World. The animated film from CMC Pictures, see Deadline review, takes up where the 2019 original left off as Demon Orb Ne Zha (voiced by Joseph) and Spirit Orb Aobing (Mo Han) must share a body for seven days as Ne Zha battles dragons to save his hometown, and a lot more. Written and directed by Yang Yu (known as Jiaozi), the cast also includes Jiaming Zhang and Deshun Wang. It set an all-time record box office record during the annual Lunar New Year holiday and has passed $1.5 billion in China alone, making it the second-biggest animated film in global box office history after Inside Out 2. More from Deadline Neon Partnering With Indie Bookstores In NYC, L.A. For Limited Edition 'Anora' Script Giveaways Guy Pearce Reveals Talks With Original Creative Team And Cast For 'Priscilla Queen Of The Desert' Sequel As He And Adrien Brody Receive Santa Barbara Film Festival Tribute 'Ne Zha 2' Review: Chinese Blockbuster Is Visually Engaging, But Its Elaborate Plot Is A Challenge from Sony Pictures Classics grossed $1.8 million in week 2 on 1,039 screens, up from 369 Imax locations. That's a cume of $5.5 million and the no. 10 spot for the documentary by Bernard MacMahon. The long-gestating film with remastered concert footage explores the origins of this iconic group, their meteoric rise, and their music. Also in week 2, from IFC Films is at $40k in week 2 on 230 screens for a cume of $66k. Oscar contender holdovers: James Mangold's from Searchlight Picturesand starring Timothee Chalamet crosses the $70 million mark across 730 theatres in its eighth weekend, taking in a $1.4 million for a total estimated cume of $71.2 million. A24's by Brady Corbet in on track to $412k on 348 screens for the three day weekend. It's at $495k for the four-day holiday weekend for a cume pushing $14.6 million. Monday is Presidents Day in the U.S. SPC's Oscar-contender starring Fernanda Torres is looking at $406k on 469 screens in week 5, for a $3.37 million cume for the Walter Salles Film. Sean Baker's , from Neon, is at $57k on 218 screens in week 18 for a cume of $15.4 million. It's at an estimated $65k for the four days. In week 13, Sideshow/Janus Films' release of Gints Zilbalodis' animated hit grossed an estimated $56.4k for the three-day weekend and $76k for the four days for new cume through Monday of $4.17 million. Best of Deadline How To Watch Sunday's 'SNL50: The Anniversary Special' Online & On TV Everything We Know About Christopher Nolan's Next Film – 'The Odyssey': Release Date, Cast And More 'Bridgerton' Season 4: Everything We Know So Far
Yahoo
16-02-2025
- Entertainment
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China's ‘Ne Zha 2' Debuts At $7.2 Million, ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin' Rounds Out Top 10, ‘A Complete Unknown' Crosses $70 Million
, the fantasy epic that's been setting records in China, opened to $7.2 million on 660 screens, according to Comscore, for the no. 5 spot at a domestic box office being trounced by Captain America: Brave New World. The animated film from CMC Pictures, see Deadline review, takes up where the 2019 original left off as Demon Orb Ne Zha (voiced by Joseph) and Spirit Orb Aobing (Mo Han) must share a body for seven days as Ne Zha battles dragons to save his hometown, and a lot more. Written and directed by Yang Yu (known as Jiaozi), the cast also includes Jiaming Zhang and Deshun Wang. It set an all-time record box office record during the annual Lunar New Year holiday and has passed $1.5 billion in China alone, making it the second-biggest animated film in global box office history after Inside Out 2. More from Deadline Neon Partnering With Indie Bookstores In NYC, L.A. For Limited Edition 'Anora' Script Giveaways Guy Pearce Reveals Talks With Original Creative Team And Cast For 'Priscilla Queen Of The Desert' Sequel As He And Adrien Brody Receive Santa Barbara Film Festival Tribute 'Ne Zha 2' Review: Chinese Blockbuster Is Visually Engaging, But Its Elaborate Plot Is A Challenge from Sony Pictures Classics grossed $1.8 million in week 2 on 1,039 screens, up from 369 Imax locations. That's a cume of $5.5 million and the no. 10 spot for the documentary by Bernard MacMahon. The long-gestating film with remastered concert footage explores the origins of this iconic group, their meteoric rise, and their music. Also in week 2, from IFC Films is at $40k in week 2 on 230 screens for a cume of $66k. Oscar contender holdovers: James Mangold's from Searchlight Picturesand starring Timothee Chalamet crosses the $70 million mark across 730 theatres in its eighth weekend, taking in a $1.4 million for a total estimated cume of $71.2 million. A24's by Brady Corbet in on track to $412k on 348 screens for the three day weekend. It's at $495k for the four-day holiday weekend for a cume pushing $14.6 million. Monday is Presidents Day in the U.S. SPC's Oscar-contender starring Fernanda Torres is looking at $406k on 469 screens in week 5, for a $3.37 million cume for the Walter Salles Film. Sean Baker's , from Neon, is at $57k on 218 screens in week 18 for a cume of $15.4 million. It's at an estimated $65k for the four days. In week 13, Sideshow/Janus Films' release of Gints Zilbalodis' animated hit grossed an estimated $56.4k for the three-day weekend and $76k for the four days for new cume through Monday of $4.17 million. Best of Deadline How To Watch The 'SNL50' Anniversary Concert And Three-Hour Special This Weekend Everything We Know About Christopher Nolan's Next Film – 'The Odyssey': Release Date, Cast And More 'Bridgerton' Season 4: Everything We Know So Far
Yahoo
15-02-2025
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40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival Winners — Full List
As the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival comes to a close, the winning films have been chosen. Claudia Puig, SBIFF director of programming, announced the winners on Saturday during a ceremony at El Encanto, following screenings, filmmaker Q&As, industry panels and celebrity tributes taking place throughout the city since Feb. 4. More from Deadline Demi Moore To Be Feted By Santa Barbara Film Festival With Career Retrospective And Conversation Guy Pearce Reveals Talks With Original Creative Team And Cast For 'Priscilla Queen Of The Desert' Sequel As He And Adrien Brody Receive Santa Barbara Film Festival Tribute Dede Gardner And Jeremy Kleiner On Taking A Risk With 'Nickel Boys', Creating An Artistic & Political Identity At Plan B & Brad Pitt's "Mighty" Racing Movie 'F1' 'It's an undeniable pleasure to celebrate such a diverse and wonderful array of winning films,' said Puig. 'We have been so excited to showcase storytelling from 60 countries around the world in our slate of 185 films at SBIFF. The jury winners this year hail from Cyprus, Spain, Germany, Iran, Taiwan and the U.S. and exemplify the best of creative independent filmmaking, covering subjects ranging from immigration, pay equity, environmental dangers, unwanted pregnancy, neuroscience and hempcrete construction. Congratulations to all the winning filmmakers, and a big thank you to our dedicated jurors.' After Zoe Saldaña received the SBIFF's American Riviera Award this week at the historic Arlington Theatre, jury members Margaret Lazarus, Max Barbakow, Estrella Araiza, Shawn Patterson, Jeff Christian, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Gregory Nava, Andres Castillo and Jeff Arch chose the winning films See the full list of 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival winners below. The Audience Choice Award sponsored by The Santa Barbara IndependentOut of Plain Sight directed by Daniel Straub, Rosanna Xia Panavision Spirit Award for Independent CinemaO Horizon directed by Madeleine Rotzler The Jeffrey C. Barbakow Award for Best International Feature FilmYen and Al-Lee directed by Tom Shu-yu Lin The Best Documentary AwardRoads of Fire directed by Nathaniel Lezra The Nueva Vision Award for Spain/Latin America CinemaGlimmers directed by Pilar Palomero The Best Animated Short Film AwardThe Three Sisters directed by Timur Kognov The Best Documentary Short Film Award The Green Buffalo directed by Joel Caldwell The Best Live-Action Short Film Award Bitter Chocolate directed by Sahar Sotoodeh These winning shorts are now eligible for the 2026 Academy Awards. The Social Justice Award sponsored by the Fund for Santa BarbaraSeparated directed by Errol Morris The ADL Stand Up Award sponsored by the ADLLilly directed by Rachel Feldman The ASC Award for Cinematography sponsored by The American Society of CinematographersColor Book directed by David Fortune Best of Deadline How To Watch The 'SNL50' Anniversary Concert And Three-Hour Special This Weekend Everything We Know About Christopher Nolan's Next Film – 'The Odyssey': Release Date, Cast And More 'Bridgerton' Season 4: Everything We Know So Far
