July global office reached $4.5bn.
The global box office had its highest-grossing month since 2020 this July after topping $4.5bn, thanks in part to the record-breaking releases of Warner Bros’ Barbie and Universal’s Oppenheimer, according to the film data and insights company Gower Street Analytics.
The July 2023 total was 17% ahead of the pre-pandemic average (2017-2019) of the same month. It is the first time since the pandemic that the domestic market, the China market and the international market (excluding China) have all been ahead of the pre-pandemic average.
In particular, China’s July box office was tracking 53% above the pre-pandemic average with $1.2bn,...
The global box office had its highest-grossing month since 2020 this July after topping $4.5bn, thanks in part to the record-breaking releases of Warner Bros’ Barbie and Universal’s Oppenheimer, according to the film data and insights company Gower Street Analytics.
The July 2023 total was 17% ahead of the pre-pandemic average (2017-2019) of the same month. It is the first time since the pandemic that the domestic market, the China market and the international market (excluding China) have all been ahead of the pre-pandemic average.
In particular, China’s July box office was tracking 53% above the pre-pandemic average with $1.2bn,...
- 8/2/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Rob Mitchell, chief financial officer of Bold Films who earlier worked at Beacon Pictures, the Samuel Goldwyn Company and Hyde Park Entertainment, died July 28 of a pulmonary embolism at his home in Thousand Oaks, CA. He was 55. Mitchell was the twin brother of Gregg Mitchell, the WGA West’s events manager.
Rob Mitchell worked in the entertainment industry for over three decades, encompassing finance, production, distribution, operations, development and strategic planning. Over the course of his career, he was involved in the production, finance and distribution of 40 films, which reportedly grossed 2.3 billion in worldwide box office.
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Having served as the CFO at Bold Films since 2008, Mitchell oversaw all finance activities for the indie film company, including its operations and production slate. Past releases he worked on include such films as Best Picture Oscar nominee Whiplash, Drive, Nightcrawler, Shot Caller, The Neon Demon, No Escape and Legion.
Rob Mitchell worked in the entertainment industry for over three decades, encompassing finance, production, distribution, operations, development and strategic planning. Over the course of his career, he was involved in the production, finance and distribution of 40 films, which reportedly grossed 2.3 billion in worldwide box office.
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Having served as the CFO at Bold Films since 2008, Mitchell oversaw all finance activities for the indie film company, including its operations and production slate. Past releases he worked on include such films as Best Picture Oscar nominee Whiplash, Drive, Nightcrawler, Shot Caller, The Neon Demon, No Escape and Legion.
- 8/8/2022
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
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Rob Mitchell, who for more than three decades served as a top-notch finance executive at The Samuel Goldwyn Co., Beacon Pictures, Hyde Park Entertainment and Bold Films, has died. He was 55.
Mitchell died unexpectedly July 28 of a pulmonary embolism at his home in Thousand Oaks, his twin brother, WGA West events manager Gregg Mitchell, announced.
During the course of his career, Mitchell was involved in the production, finance and distribution of some 40 films; collectively, they grossed 2.3 billion at the worldwide box office.
Since 2008, he was the CFO at Bold Films, where he oversaw finance activities for the indie outfit, responsible for its operations and production slate.
There, Mitchell worked on the Jake Gyllenhaal starrers Nightcrawler (2014), Stronger (2017) and The Guilty (2021), plus Legion (2010), Drive (2011), Whiplash (2014), No Escape (2015), The Neon Demon (2016), Shot Caller (2017), Colette (2018) and Vox Lux (2018).
Mitchell also was involved with Bold’s television projects,...
Rob Mitchell, who for more than three decades served as a top-notch finance executive at The Samuel Goldwyn Co., Beacon Pictures, Hyde Park Entertainment and Bold Films, has died. He was 55.
Mitchell died unexpectedly July 28 of a pulmonary embolism at his home in Thousand Oaks, his twin brother, WGA West events manager Gregg Mitchell, announced.
During the course of his career, Mitchell was involved in the production, finance and distribution of some 40 films; collectively, they grossed 2.3 billion at the worldwide box office.
Since 2008, he was the CFO at Bold Films, where he oversaw finance activities for the indie outfit, responsible for its operations and production slate.
There, Mitchell worked on the Jake Gyllenhaal starrers Nightcrawler (2014), Stronger (2017) and The Guilty (2021), plus Legion (2010), Drive (2011), Whiplash (2014), No Escape (2015), The Neon Demon (2016), Shot Caller (2017), Colette (2018) and Vox Lux (2018).
Mitchell also was involved with Bold’s television projects,...
- 8/8/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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“Where else are you going to find a movie market that literally doesn’t exist today that could be 1 billion in size in five years or so?”
It’s been only four years since AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron made this bold claim about Saudi Arabia, speaking just months after the Kingdom had dramatically revealed that cinemas were to be allowed to open for the first time since the early 1980s.
At the start of 2018, AMC was leading a gold rush of major international prospectors, proudly being behind the first new cinema of this new era — a refitted ultra-modern conference hall in Riyadh’s King Abdullah Financial District — where a historic screening of Black Panther took place April 18. PwC also declared Saudi to be a “billion dollar opportunity” in a detailed report later in the year, claiming it could reach the figure by...
“Where else are you going to find a movie market that literally doesn’t exist today that could be 1 billion in size in five years or so?”
It’s been only four years since AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron made this bold claim about Saudi Arabia, speaking just months after the Kingdom had dramatically revealed that cinemas were to be allowed to open for the first time since the early 1980s.
At the start of 2018, AMC was leading a gold rush of major international prospectors, proudly being behind the first new cinema of this new era — a refitted ultra-modern conference hall in Riyadh’s King Abdullah Financial District — where a historic screening of Black Panther took place April 18. PwC also declared Saudi to be a “billion dollar opportunity” in a detailed report later in the year, claiming it could reach the figure by...
- 6/17/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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