Box Office

Kompromat is the new number 1 in the French box office. Directed by Jérôme Salle with Gilles Lellouche, Joanna Kulig, and Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, the movie is about a French diplomat victim of a “Kompromat” - forged compromising documents used by the Russian secret services to harm an enemy of the state.

Barbarian stormed the box office gate and captured the top spot while a Bollywood film surged all the way to second place. A horror-thriller, Barbarian stars Bill Skarsgard, Justin Long, Georgina Campbell, and Kate Bosworth.

The first movies screened in Venice have arrived in theaters, and finally, an Italian feature is taking back the stage and the box office. Il signore delle formiche, the new motion picture by acclaimed Italian director Gianni Amelio, out on September 8, immediately took fourth place in the top ten chart.

It’s a ‘Mini-on’ miracle: No one can quite explain how it happened, but the yellow rascals are back on top. And that is not the only rise of an “old” movie.

A new film, Hero (also known as Her Story), opened this weekend in China at No. 2 on Friday, ending at No.

As the Venice Film Festival, now in its 90th year since its founding and its 79th installment, heads into its conclusion amidst films and many celebrities, theaters have been experiencing a rather unimpressive week. The first weekend of September, with cities once again bustling with students and workers, saw a slight drop in revenue compared to last week (-8 percent), although compared to 2021, a +7 percent holds steady.

The movie La dégustation is the new number 1 at the box office. Directed by Ivan Calbérac with Isabelle Carré, Bernard Campan, and Mounir Amamra, the movie is about a divorced man who runs a small winery on the verge of bankruptcy.

A movie that was released in 1975 cracked the top ten while another film from the more recent past climbed back to number one. It was déjà vu time as Spider-Man: No Way Home, released in December last year, went back home to the top spot with $6 million.

As the top one and two spots remained unchanged, a small drama rose up again, and anime film as well as the newest work by a renowned German director made their debut in the top ten. The young adults kept flocking to After Forever (After Ever Happy), keeping it on top of the charts.

China Daily reported on August 29 that director James Cameron showed an exclusive clip of Avatar: The Way of Water in Beijing on August 19, along with a video greeting attendees from the China Film Group who were present. The clip was in the CINITY format of 3D, 4K, and high-frame-rate, and was screened at the CINITY Lab of China Film.