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SUNDAY UPDATE: Alien: Romulus has chomped into a $108.2M global opening, including $41.5M from domestic and $66.7M at the international box office. The Fede Alvarez-directed sci-fi horror came in well ahead of expectations, aided, as we noted yesterday (see below), by an over-performance in China. The…

UPDATED: As we reported earlier today, Deadpool & Wolverine this weekend crossed the $1B global box office milestone, a major feat and with swagger to spare. But, hey, there's a lot going on at turnstiles alongside the Merc with the Mouth. Impressively, a female-driven title that cost peanuts is…

SUNDAY UPDATE: Deadpool & Wolverine continues to govern the global box office, now with an estimated $824.1M through Sunday. The breakdown here is $395.6M domestic and $428.5M at the international box office. On a worldwide basis, D&W has already topped the cumes of Deadpool ($783M) and Deadpool 2…

SUNDAY UPDATE: Marvel/Disney's Deadpool & Wolverine has shredded expectations, opening to $438.3M worldwide. The international box office portion is $233.3M with domestic at $205M. As Anthony has reported, this is the biggest R-rated opening of all time domestically; it's also tops globally…

Illumination and Universal's Despicable Me 4 handily crossed the six-century mark at the global box office this week, now with $632M through Thursday. The latest in the series has pushed the worldwide running total for the Despicable Me/Minions franchise to $5.3B, overtaking Transformers ($5.295B) and the…

UPDATE: Universal/Warner Bros/Amblin's Twisters positively blasted past forecasts domestically this session. While the international box office result is pretty close to where we saw it coming in, there's no denying this is much more of a domestic play.  The global cume, largely boosted by domestic's…

UPDATED: Animation domination continues at the global and international box office with Universal/Illumination's Despicable Me 4 leading the pack this frame, and Disney/Pixar's Inside Out 2 still positively on fire after five sessions. At the same time, we're seeing encouraging numbers for all major…

UPDATED, Sunday AM: Illumination/Universal’s Despicable Me 4 won the weekend with $44.6 million, but Neon’s Nicolas Cage-Maika Monroe starrer Longlegs stole the headlines, delivering the best original horror opening year-to-date and the best-ever start for the Tom Quinn-run 7-year old distribution company…

As Illumination/Universal's Despicable Me 4 continues global rollout, and with its Friday numbers included, the latest from Gru and the gang has helped propel the Despicable Me/Minions franchise across the $5B mark (to $5.025B through Friday) at the worldwide box office. This makes it the first animated…

Sony is looking to bring the underserved female moviegoing audience to cinemas this weekend with Apple Original Films’ $100M Channing Tatum-Scarlett Johansson stylish romantic comedy Fly Me to the Moon. Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum in…

UPDATED: The global and international box office were extra animated this weekend with the expansion of Illumination/Universal's Despicable Me 4 to domestic as well as another 52 overseas markets. At the same time, Disney/Pixar's Inside Out 2 continues to jump for joy having reached $1,216.9M globally…

SUNDAY AM WRITETHRU after Saturday AM Update: Despicable Me 4 bounced back from where we saw it earlier this weekend for a $27M Friday and $26.8M Saturday, which will result in a $75M 3-day and $122.6M 5-day. Exclaimed Universal Domestic Distribution President Jim Orr, “What a tremendous debut for…