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Worldwide box office September 20-22 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l)  Cume (int’l) Territories  1.  Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros)  $43.2m  $329.8m  $17.2m  $103m  77  2.  Transformers One (Paramount)  $39m  $39m  $14m  $14m  51  3.   Speak No Evil (Universal)  $13.2m  $42.4m  $7.3m  $20.9m  78  4.   Veteran 2: I, The Executioner (various)  $8.6m  $23.8m  $8.6m  $23.8m  1  5.   Deadpool & Wolverine (Disney)  $7.3m  $1.3bn  $3.4m  $689.4m  53  6.   The Wild Robot (Universal)  $6.9m  $6.9m  $6.9m  $6.9m  8  7.   The Substance (Mubi)  $5.7m  $5.8m  $2.6m  $2.7m  31  8.  …

In a move that builds on Tom Ortenberg’s credentials as a provocative champion of contentious material, Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired US rights to Magazine Dreams – a film many thought might never see the light of day after star Jonathan Majors was convicted of domestic violence. Briarcliff plans a theatrical release for Elijah Bynum’s acclaimed drama about a troubled, aspiring bodybuilder in the first quarter of 2025. CEO Ortenberg declared on Wednesday, “Jonathan Majors’ transcendent performance as Killian Maddox will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the most compelling and transformative roles in recent cinema history.” Searchlight Pictures initially acquired worldwide…

Ireland is set to receive an 8% uplift in its film tax incentive, aimed at supporting local feature films with Irish creative talent that are budgeted up to €20m (£16.7m). The 8% uplift has been introduced to address the significant challenges faced by smaller feature film projects. It is subject to European Union state aid approval. The current tax incentive allows film and TV productions to claim a 32% tax break on eligible expenditure up to €125m, providing the production company is an Irish resident or trading through an Irish branch or agency. The tax incentive applies to all eligible expenditure…

Production on the Peaky Blinders film starring Cillian Murphy is underway in the UK. Filming is set to take place at Digbeth Loc Studios in Birmingham and around the West Midlands, according to Steven Knight. The project is being made for Netflix, with Tom Harper directing from a screenplay by Knight, who created the original BBC series. Murphy returns as Tommy Shelby, while further cast includes Rebecca Ferguson, Barry Keoghan, and Tim Roth. Knight and Murphy are producing alongside Patrick Holland and Guy Heeley. The feature is being made in association with BBC Film with executive producers including Tom Harper, David Kosse,…

RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (Sep 13-15)Total gross to dateWeek  1. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice  (Warner Bros)  £2.5m £18.2m 3  2. Speak No Evil  (Universal) £813,979 £3m 2  3. Lee  (Studiocanal) £555,529 £1.8m 2  4. The Substance (Mubi) £519,668 £591,322 1  5. Despicable Me 4  (Universal) £369,840 £46.7m 11 GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.32 Warner Bros’ Beetlejuice Beetlejuice continued its reign at the UK and Ireland box office this weekend as it crossed the £18m mark while Mubi body horror The Substance opened in fourth place. The Beetlejuice sequel dropped 42% in its third…

Worldwide box office September 13-15 RankFilm (distributor)3-day (world)Cume (world)3-day (int’l) Cume (int’l)Territories  1.  Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros)  $80.3m  $264.3m  $28.7m  $76.3m  77  2.  Speak No Evil (Universal)  $20.8m  $20.8m  $9.3m  $9.3m  74  3.   Veteran 2: I, The Executioner (CJE&M)  $15m  $15m  $15m  $15m  1  4.   Deadpool & Wolverine (Disney)  $10.9m  $1.3bn  $5.7m  $683.5m  53  5.   Stand By Me (various)  $9.8m  $9.9m  $9.8m  $9.9m  1  6.   It Ends With Us (Sony)  $9.3m  $325.4m  $7.3m  $180.6m  62  7.   Alien: Romulus (Disney)  $8.7m  $330.6m  $6.3m  $229.4m  85 …

The urgent need for further support for UK independent producers, a requirement to identify and grasp emergent funding streams and better understanding of what audiences actually want were among the urgent calls to action from Screen International’s ‘The Future of UK Film’ Summit 2024, held on September 24 at BFI Southbank. Top executives from throughout the sector came together for panel talks and Q&A sessions, sharing stories from the industry frontline to inspire and galvanise. Seven key themes emerged from the various conversations. Save our producers The summit began with fresh insights from the British Film Institute (BFI) and industry…

Pedro Almodóvar reflected on his long career and the political nature of his films at the San Sebastian International Film Festival (SIFF) where he is in town to receive the festival’s honorary Donostia Award.  Almodóvar attended a packed press conference today (September 26) with cast including Tilda Swinton from his first English-language feature: The Room Next Door, which earlier this month won the Golden Lion at Venice. Almodóvar arrived in San Sebastian yesterday (September 25), the day of his 75th birthday. “The last 24 hours have been an emotional whirlwind, even more so than I expected,” said the director. “I…

BFI deputy CEO Harriet Finney said she is very optimistic the Independent Film Tax Credit (IFTC), or enhanced audio-visual credit for lower-budget film, is on track to be ratified under the new UK government.  ”I assure you, there is a lot of work taking place behind the scenes,” said Finney, speaking at Screen’s ’The Future of UK Film’ Summit, held at the BFI Southbank yesterday (September 24). “The DCMS [Department for Culture, Media and Sport] is working very, very hard on everything that needs to happen in terms of getting that statutory instrument laid.” The IFTC, effectively an enhanced tax relief…

Italy has selected Maura Delpero’s Venice Silver Lion winner Vermiglio as its entry for the best international feature Oscar. Vermiglio won the Grand Jury Prize in Competition at Venice earlier this month. Set in 1944 in the Italian alpine village after which the film is named, it sees the arrival of a deserter soldier disrupt the life of the village teacher and his family, as the eldest daughter falls in love with him. Producers on the film are Francesca Andreoli, Santiago Fondevila, Leonardo Guerra Seragnoli and Delpero, for Italy’s Cinedora with Rai Cinema, in co-production with France’s Charades Productions and…