The domestic box office is projected to do around $9 billion in 2025, roughly $300 million more than 2024’s estimated final figure of $8.7 billion. If so, it will be the second time that U.S.-Canada ticket sales hit that threshold post-Covid after 2023’s domestic tally of $9 billion.
ComScore reports that 110 movies in 2025 will open in more than 2,000 theaters apiece, which is 15 more than 2024 and the most ever post-pandemic. The New Year will even end with a big event movie to carry us over into 2026: 20th Century Studios’ Avatar: Fire and Ash.
Exhibitors and studio execs declare with glee that 2025 will be “a normal year,” untainted by strike disruptions and (knock on wood) a pandemic. >>>So Why Is It So Hard To Be Optimistic?
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Film Festival Preview - As the Deadline team gears up for another busy and discovery-filled 12 months on the global film festival circuit, our annual (non-exhaustive) survey of U.S. and international movies we expect to see on the way clocks in at 71 titles. >>>See The List
'Know' More - Peacock has canceled In the Know, its first foray into adult animation that combined stop-motion animation and live-action interviews. The freshman series was from Mike Judge, Zach Woods and Brandon Gardner. >>>Public Radio Parody
A New Year's Resolution, Circa 1975 - Peter Bart says he's always avoided New Year’s resolutions, but this week he happened to recall one that was brief but resolute: The former Paramount exec resolved to quit Hollywood. And he did. Almost. >>>Read His Column
2024 Cable News Rankings - This past year was supposed to see a big audience uplift for major cable news networks: a presidential election, with proven ratings-getter Donald Trump as one of the major players. While Fox News, MSNBC and CNN did see a rise in ratings, the latter two networks saw big post-election drop-offs. >>>One Network Up 30% |
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For a veteran actor who has delivered time and time again in such Oscar-lauded movies as L.A. Confidential, Memento and Best Picture winners The Hurt Locker and The King’s Speech, you might wonder how many times Guy Pearce has been nominated for Academy Awards himself. Surprisingly, the answer is never. But Pearce says he does not feel snubbed. >>>Watch The Interview |
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More News
⭐ Presenters for Sunday's 82nd annual Golden Globes have been announced. The roster includes Dwayne Johnson, Aubrey Plaza, Édgar Ramírez, Elton John, Glenn Close and many more.
⚖️ Eleven days after Blake Lively filed a sexual harassment and retaliation complaint with California’s Civil Rights department against Justin Baldoni and his team over what went down during production of It Ends With Us and the film’s aftermath, the actress formally sued her co-star and director.
💰 Broadway had a very merry Christmas, with a number of shows breaking house box office records and in one case – Wicked – soaring past the $5 million mark to achieve the highest grossing week in Broadway history. |
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68M - Number of views for 'Squid Game' S2 in its first three days on Netflix |
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Obituaries
🕯️ Film Independent President Josh Welsh died on December 31 after a five-year battle with colon cancer. 🕯️ Chris Pula, the gregarious movie marketing executive who served stints at New Line, Warner Bros, Fox and Disney and created groundbreaking campaigns for movies from Se7en to The Mask, Dumb and Dumber and many others, has died according to numerous sources. 🕯️ John Capodice, an acting veteran whose credits included Ryan’s Hope, Ace Venture and General Hospital, died on Monday, December 30. He was 83. An announcement from the New Jersey Pizzi Funeral Home did not list a cause of death. 🕯️ Johnnie Walker, one of the BBC‘s longest-serving radio DJs, died Monday at 79 following a long battle with lung disease, two months after calling time on his radio career. 🕯️ George Folsey Jr, the veteran film editor and producer who worked closely with John Landis on movies including Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Coming to America and the ill-fated Twilight Zone: The Movie as well as the iconic music video for Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” has died. He was 85.🕯️ Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2024: A Photo Gallery |
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On the Radar
Thu - Palm Springs IFF begins
Sat - Jimmy Carter's State Funeral begins
Sun - The Golden Globes
Tue - CES kicks off |
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Bourbon Street Horror - “Our hearts are with the people of New Orleans after the despicable attack of the early morning hours,” President Joe Biden said Wednesday in response to an incident in which a driver rammed his vehicle through New Year’s Day crowds along Bourbon Street, killing 15 people. “I grieve with you,” said Biden. |
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