Box Office

Michael B. Jordan’s feature directing debut, Creed III, delivered a knockout punch at the box office, instantly becoming the sports-themed movie that can claim to have the biggest opening weekend ever.

China’s Hengdian World Studios (“Chinawood”) is the largest outdoor film studio in the world, and since the lifting of Covid restrictions, business has been booming, according to Global Times. Located in Zhejiang province, five hours by car from Shanghai, it covers 2,500 acres.

Warner Bros' animation film Mummies (Mummie – A spasso nel tempo) has climbed all the way to the top of the Italian box office for the week ending February 26. The Juan Jesus Garcia Galocha-directed movie about the adventures of three mummies in present-day London has grossed €408,158 during the weekend, with total receipts of over €700,000.

Cocaine Bear clawed its way to the box office charts and went way past projections, scooping $23. 09 million and placing a strong second.

Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania managed to stay No. 1 at the box office till Thursday – just about a week since its opening – with a disappointing gross of $32.

Cette semaine, les films français prouvent une nouvelle fois qu’ils sont capables de résister aux grands films hollywoodiens. La comédie française, Alibi.

Defying negative reviews, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania lived up to its buzz as the first major tentpole movie of 2023. With an 84 percent audience exit score on Rotten Tomatoes contrasting against the critics’ verdicts, Paul Rudd’s third outing as the diminutive superhero surpassed the opening earnings of his first two Ant-Man films.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania led the Chinese box office this weekend, knocking off The Wandering Earth 2 from its perch on top of the list. The film grossed $19.

As expected, the nostalgia effect paid off: the Titanic reissue monopolized the weekend in Italy. The re-release’s 290 screens brought more than 800,000 euros to Disney’s coffers in just four days (since its debut on February 9, 2023), with a very high per-screen average compared to other releases.

Channing Tatum’s Magic Mike’s Last Dance grooved its way to the top of the box office. In the traditionally slow Super Bowl weekend, the female-skewing movie, supposed to be Tatum’s final outing as a lap-dancing stripper, earned only $8.