“Zootopia 2” stuffed the box office competition over Thanksgiving.

Disney’s animated sequel, a buddy-cop comedy about anthropomorphic animals, debuted to $158 million in North America and $401 million overseas, delivering a stunning $559 million global tally over five days. The family film, which opened on Wednesday, cemented several records, including the fourth-biggest worldwide debut in box office history, as well as the largest global launch of all time for an animated film.

“The incredible response to ‘Zootopia 2’ reflects both its worldwide appeal and the remarkable work of our filmmakers and cast,” says Disney Entertainment co-chairman Alan Bergman. “It’s a proud moment for Disney Animation and all of us at Disney, not to mention a great way to start the holiday season.”

“Zootopia 2” is turbocharging the box office, which has been majorly struggling since the summer. This was the second consecutive weekend that movie theaters were booked and busy after...

Ronald D. Moore's small screen reboot of Glen A. Larson's 1978 series "Battlestar Galactica" was far more successful than its forebear. The original "Battlestar Galactica" lasted for a single 24-episode season, but it wasn't renewed. It remained on the air thanks to reruns, however, and retained a certain amount of cultural cache throughout the 1990s. 

In the early 2000s, Moore, fresh off of gigs writing for ultra-successful "Star Trek" spin-off series, restarted "Battlestar Galactica" with an all-new cast and an all-new timeline. The new series began with a crackerjack three-hour miniseries and led into a complex, expansive show that audiences loved. The new "Battlestar Galactica" outstripped the 1978 series by a considerable margin,...

Following every dizzying spin of Chalamet’s table tennis hustler, Josh Safdie’s whip-crack comedy serves sensational shots – and a smart return by Gwyneth Paltrow

This new film from Josh Safdie has the fanatical energy of a 149-minute ping pong rally carried out by a single player running round and round the table. It’s a marathon sprint of gonzo calamities and uproar, a sociopath-screwball nightmare like something by Mel Brooks – only in place of gags, there are detonations of bad taste, cinephile allusions, alpha cameos, frantic deal-making, racism and antisemitism, sentimental yearning and erotic adventures. It’s a farcical race against time where no one needs to eat or sleep.

Timothée Chalamet has never been as good as he is in "Marty Supreme," Josh Safdie's electrifying comedy-drama about a big pain in the ass with a big dream. Chalamet has steadily built up a memorable career in what feels like a short time, but with Marty Mauser, he has landed the part he was seemingly born to play. It's the type of performance you watch while thinking, "I can't imagine anyone else in this role." Marty is the kind of guy who you'd probably not want to be around for very long, seeing as his constant hustle and rude demeanour attract an endless stream of problems. And yet, Chalamet...

Like many great actors and virtually all legitimate movie stars, Timothée Chalamet is a salesman at heart. But where most of them prefer to keep that like something of an open secret, the razor-cheeked Lisan al-Gaib — who’s become a brand unto himself, despite showing up at a time when Hollywood remains far more invested in franchises than faces — has embraced his entrepreneurial zeal with the same winning commitment that he brings to literally everything else he does.

It’s baked into the most basic essence of his image. Chalamet doesn’t co-own a mobile phone company or do an inordinate amount of commercial work (his ads are limited to Super Bowl spots and Scorsese collaborations), but whether accepting an award or simply delivering a turn worthy of one, he never shies away from the sense that he’s selling himself on screen. In that light, it’s no coincidence...

Out-of-home media and Irl marketing company Outfront Media has tapped Epic Games marketing exec Stacy Minero as its new chief marketing and experience officer and brought on Abhi Vyas as vice president of performance marketing.

Run by CEO Nick Brien, Outfront aims to lead a new era of in-real-life marketing as the live events and experiences industry revs up.

The company’s recent partnerships include working with Google DeepMind on the “Imagine If…” campaign, which turned New York City subway stations into an AI-powered art gallery, and teaming with Steph Curry to promote his book “Shot Ready” with a billboard in Los Angeles aligned to the moon’s path.

In 2026, Outfront will be launching projects tied to the Super Bowl and the World Cup.

Minero comes over to Outfront from Epic Games, where she was head of marketing for Epic Games’ creator marketplaces. At Epic, Minero helped shape global marketing...

An enduring Christmas classic that received Steven Spielberg's seal of approval, "It's a Wonderful Life" is one of the most wholesome movies from the 1940s. For the uninitiated, the 1946 film has small-town everyman George Bailey (James Stewart) give up his personal dreams to help his family and community. Despondent over the direction his life has taken, Bailey contemplates suicide, only for his guardian angel, Clarence (Henry Travers), to intervene. After being given a tour of what the world would be like without him, Bailey gains a newfound appreciation of his life.

For those looking to keep the classic Hollywood vibes going, there are plenty of similar movies to "It's a Wonderful Life.

Rank Film (origin) Distributor Nov 28-30 Total Week 1 Wicked: For Good(US) Universal £7.7m £32.1m 2 2 Zootropolis 2(US) Disney £6m £6m 1 3 Now You See Me: Now You Don’t(US) Lionsgate £605,504 £5.5m 3 4 Westlife: Royal Albert Hall(UK) Cinema Live £527,713 £527,713 1 5 The Running Man (UK-us) Paramount £267,000 £4.4m 3

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Universal’s Wicked: For Good continued its reign at the UK-Ireland box office in its second weekend on release, bringing in £7.7m, while Disney’s Zootropolis 2 took the number two spotwith a £6m debut.

Wicked: For Good’s £7.7m was a 57% drop on its opening weekend. Jon M Chu...

Northern Ireland-set sitcom "Derry Girls" is beloved at home and abroad. By the time its third and final season came around in 2022, it even scored a cameo from a genuine Irish acting icon: Liam Neeson, who plays Inspector Byers of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (Ruc).

Like most "Derry Girls" episodes, the season 3 premiere "The Night Before" packs a lot into 20ish minutes. The girls break into their school to get an early peek at some exam results, and are duped into helping two burglars posing as janitors. The Derry Girls are left holding the bag when the Ruc arrive, so they're arrested and faced with questioning from Byers.

On one hand,...

It's genuinely hard to imagine Mariska Hargitay as anyone but Olivia Benson after multiple decades of her starring on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," and with the utmost due respect to Hargitay, it's hard to imagine her being funny. However, according to an interview that Hargitay did with Amy Poehler, she originally started out trying to be a comedian until her life unexpectedly pivoted her into the super-dark sex crimes TV show.

In an episode of Poehler's deeply charming podcast "Good Hang," Hargitay told Poehler that she actually auditioned for one of the most popular network comedies in TV history. "I did a lot of [comedy auditions]," Hargitay — the daughter of...

On December 4, the IndieWire Honors Winter 2025 ceremony will celebrate the creators and stars responsible for crafting some of the year’s best films. Curated and selected by IndieWire’s editorial team, IndieWire Honors is a celebration of the filmmakers, artisans, and performers behind films well worth toasting. In the days leading up to the Los Angeles event, IndieWire is showcasing their work with new interviews and tributes from their peers.

Honoring Mona Fastvold, our Visionary Award winner and her “The Testament of Ann Lee” director, actress Amanda Seyfried reflects on her collaboration with the gentle but unwavering “Mother Mona.”

Mona Fastvold and I first met years ago through mutual friends. I thought she seemed so worldly and confident. I had no idea she was a director, I was just struck by her warmth and openness. We finally got to work together in 2022 which laid a great foundation for the wild,...

The actor met the future president while making Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, and says he is ‘not scared’ of him

Actor Josh Brolin says President Trump was a “different guy” when he first met him in 2009, and that “there is no greater genius than [Trump] in marketing”.

Brolin was speaking to the Independent to promote his new film Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery and said that while his clergyman character was not based on the president, there was a similarity in that once he “garners a sense of power, then there are no boundaries”.

On December 4, the IndieWire Honors Winter 2025 ceremony will celebrate the creators and stars responsible for crafting some of the year’s best films. Curated and selected by IndieWire’s editorial team, IndieWire Honors is a celebration of the filmmakers, artisans, and performers behind films well worth toasting. In the days leading up to the Los Angeles event, IndieWire is showcasing their work with new interviews and tributes from their peers.

Mona Fastvold has always been drawn to stories about women who lived their lives in the future. Women who dared to imagine how bitter pasts might give way to brighter tomorrows, and did what they could to bring those changes into being. Women — immigrants and settlers — who embodied the utopian potential of a country that has always struggled to live by its own principles, and refused to accept that they were ahead of their time. To watch her extraordinary third...

Women directors were behind under a quarter of all films made in France in 2024, according to the Cnc’s annual gender equality report.

Just 24.2% of films were directed by women in 2024, the lowest percentage since 2019. The total number of films directed or co-directed by women was 26.8%, on par with last year’s 27.1%, but down from a historic high of 33.2% in 2022.

Some 25.6% of fiction features were made by women in 2024, down slightly from 26.7% in 2023. Female filmmakers have been making headway in the documentary category, accounting for 35.7% of films compared to 33.3% last year and 30% the year before, though down from 45.8% in 2022.

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Women directors accounted for under a quarter of all films made in France in 2024, according to the Cnc’s annual gender equality report.

Just 24.2% of films were directed by women in 2024, the lowest percentage since 2019. The total number of films directed or co-directed by women was 26.8%, on par with last year’s 27.1%, but down from a historic high of 33.2% in 2022.

Some 25.6% of fiction features were made by women in 2024, down slightly from 26.7% in 2023. Female filmmakers have been making headway in the documentary category, accounting for 35.7% of films compared to 33.3% last year and 30% the year before, though down from 45.8% in 2022.

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Avatar director, known for his advocacy of new technology, told interviewer generative AI performance puts ‘all human experience into a blender’

Avatar director James Cameron has called AI actors “horrifying” and said what generative AI technology creates is “an average”.

Cameron was speaking to CBS on Sunday Morning in the run-up to the release of the third Avatar film, subtitled Fire and Ash, and was asked about the pioneering technology he used in his film-making. After praising motion-capture performance as “a celebration of the actor-director moment”, Cameron expressed his disdain for artificial intelligence. “Go to the other end of the spectrum [from motion capture] and you’ve got generative AI, where they can make up a character.

Buenos Aires, Argentina — Back to Buenos Aires after a 2024 edition in Uruguay, Ventana Sur Rio de la Plata 2025 looks set to command the biggest industry attendance of any film-tv market in Latin America, with accreditations standing at a bullish 2,400 and counting on Thursday. The final delegate head count could be near to 3,000.

“At this stage, registrations are excellent, slightly ahead of last year, which is a very positive sign with several hundred accredited participants coming from across Latin America and key international markets players and decision makers. Ventana Sur is definitely a central meeting point for business and project circulation in Latin America,” says the Cannes Marché du Film’s Guillaume Esmiol, Ventana Sur co-director.

“The decision to alternate between Uruguay and Argentina has generated renewed interest and widened the market’s influence across the Río de la Plata region,” he adds.

Delegates will find a new venue: central Buenos Aires’ Palacio Libertad,...

Mexican drama-thriller “On the Road” (En el Camino) has been acquired by Madman Entertainment for distribution in Australia and New Zealand, Peccadillo Pictures for U.K. and Ireland, and Edko Films in Hong Kong and Macau. The film, directed by David Pablos, premiered at Venice, where it won both the Horizons Award for best film and the Queer Lion for best movie in the festival with a LGBT theme.

M-Appeal is handling international sales, and will attend Ventana Sur, where it expects to close additional deals.

“On the Road” was previously acquired by Strand Releasing (North America), Filmware (Taiwan), I Wonder Pictures (Italy), Festival Films (Spain), Salzgeber, and will see distribution across Latin America with Cinépolis. Several of these distributors – including Filmware, Festival Films and Salzgeber – are preparing theatrical releases.

“On the Road,” which stars Victor Miguel Prieto and Osvaldo Sánchez, weaves a delicate love story into the structure of a thriller,...

Scarlett Johansson has defended her ongoing support for Woody Allen, who has been disavowed by much of the film industry over sexual abuse allegations made by his stepdaughter, Dylan Farrow.

The actress — who has starred in three movies directed by Allen in “Match Point,” “Scoop” and “Vicky Christina Barcelona” — is one of few names to have publicly stood by the filmmaker over the claims, first made in 1992 and brought up again in the wake of the #MeToo movement, claims that Allen has consistently denied and have been investigated and dismissed by New York authorities.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter in 2019, Johansson said: “I love Woody. I believe him, and I would work him anytime.”

In a new interview in The Daily Telegraph, the Marvel star addressed any potential backlash to her support, saying it was “hard to know” whether she had experienced any fallout in both her professional or personal life.

Back in 2021, Torrey DeVitto left "Chicago Med" alongside fellow star Yaya DaCosta, who played April Sexton on the medical drama. In DaCosta's case, the promise of another show prompted her exit, and a similar thing happened for DeVitto, whose contract had expired by the end of season 6, allowing her to move on to other work. However, the actor would be back a couple more times following her initial exit from the series.

Aside from the swiftly-cancelled "Chicago Justice," the One Chicago universe has been a big hit for NBC, spawning multiple successful shows that have run for a combined total of 39 seasons and 749 episodes. The longest-running is, of course, "Chicago Fire...

When Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively launched Group Effort Initiative, their Hollywood training program for members of unrepresented communities, they were nervous that their initial plans may have been too ambitious.

They started five years ago with eight trainees on the set of Reynolds’ 2020 Netflix film “The Adam Project.” Group Effort financed the trainees’ salaries and housing during production, which took place in Vancouver, Canada.

“When we saw those first eight trainees on set for ‘The Adam Project,’ it was clear something good was happening,” Reynolds told me via email. “I left plenty of room for it to backfire and I still think about the feeling in the pit of my stomach and the blind faith it can take to just leap.”

Lively said, “I was worried because I’d advocated for 8 to 12 trainees and wondered if we’d started with too many folks to allow enough of the vital one-on-one experience from their mentors.

The Red Sea International Film Festival (Rsiff) kicks off its fifth edition on Thursday (December 4) with Rowan Athale’s Giantabout British-Yemeni boxing champion Prince Naseem Hamed.

The film, which portrays the relationship between Hamed, played by Egyptian-British actor Amir El Masry, and his Irish boxing trainer Brendan Ingle, played by Pierce Brosnan, neatly sums what the festival is about, says Shivani Pandya Malhotra, managing director of the Red Sea Film Foundation.

“It is a perfect representation for what we’re trying to deliver to the world – stories from our part of the world, told internationally, about a person who is loved in the region,...

In the early 1990s, it seemed like the "Transformers" craze of the 1980s had fizzled out. The first sign of the decline was when "The Transformers" cartoon ended in 1987. The toy line and comic kept chugging along, but then ended early in the 1990s. The last major push of the "Transformers" toy line, Action Masters (Transformers who didn't transform), proved that the franchise was running on fumes. A 1992 reboot, "Transformers: Generation 2," didn't take either.

Obviously, the fortunes of "Transformers" improved from there. The franchise has been going strong for 40+ years; it became a blockbuster movie franchise in 2007 and there's been a plethora of "Transformers" cartoons and comic books since. (The latest news?...

If we're talking about the funniest comedies of the 2000s, we're not talking about "White Chicks." If we're talking about the funniest Wayans brothers comedies, we're not talking about "White Chicks." If we're talking about funny movies in general, we're not talking about "White Chicks."

But if we're talking about isolated funny scenes in very bad Wayans brothers comedies, you can go straight to Terry Crews wrecking a dance floor in "White Chicks." Two years before this scene, Crews, a former professional football player, swung in out of nowhere to swipe scenes in lousy movies like "Friday After Next" (as Damon "Triple O.G." Pearly) and the limp Jamie Kennedy vehicle...

One may not notice this from watching the movie, but Shirley Henderson voices Babu Frik in J.J. Abrams' 2019 film "Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker." Babu Frik, as most "Star Wars" fans would be able to tell you, is an Anzellan engineer who stands roughly nine inches tall. In "The Rise of Skywalker," the character meddles with the brain of the protocol droid C-3Po (Anthony Daniels) to assist the movie's protagonists. Babu Frik doesn't play a huge part in the film's story, but he is one of its most memorable additions.

Henderson is a veteran of the stage and screen, having begun her professional acting career in the mid-1980s.

The gay Bdsm biker romance won best film at the Bifas, tying with Iraq war drama Warfare for most awards on four each

Gay Bdsm biker romance Pillion took the top prize at the British independent film awards (Bifas), which were announced on Sunday at a ceremony in London. Pillion also tied with real-time Iraq war drama Warfare for most awards on four, with all the latter’s wins having been previously announced.

Pillion, adapted from Adam Mars-Jones’s novel Box Hill, also picked up best debut screenwriter for its director Harry Lighton, as well as best costume and hair and makeup design. The film premiered at the Cannes film...

Indonesia’s film pipeline is surging into 2026 with a slate that spans prestige literary adaptations, bold auteur dramas, family tentpoles, genre breakouts and long-awaited franchise extensions. Talent from across the region anchor an eclectic lineup backed by a widening network of producers and international partners.

Chosen by Variety in conjunction with the Jaff Market, this year’s hot picks, presented alphabetically, spotlight 12 Indonesian titles set to define the country’s 2026 slate.

Children of Heaven

Director: Hanung Bramantyo

Producer: Manoj Punjabi

Production Company: MD Pictures

Cast: Jared Ali, Humaira Jahra, Andri Mashadi, Faradina Mufti, Slamet Rahardjo, Oki Rengga, Muhadkly Acho, Reza Nagin, Benidictus, Dodit Mulyanto, Lolox, Varen Arianda, Rr Astagina Jyoti

A poverty-stricken brother and sister navigate daily life on the outskirts of Semarang after a single pair of shoes goes missing, triggering a cycle of shame, secrecy and resilience. A remake of Majid Majidi’s iconic Iranian classic, the Indonesian...

Indonesian director Yosep Anggi Noen has wrapped filming on The Sea Speaks His Name (Laut Bercerita), a political drama starring Reza Rahadian and Dian Sastrowardoyo, which will mark the debut feature of new production outfit Pal8 Pictures.

The upcoming film was teased at Jaff Market today (November 1) at an event attended by director Yosep, the main cast, producer Gita Fara and representatives from Pal8 alongside other backers. A first look can be seen above.

The feature is based on a 2017 novel by Leila S. Chudori, which has been reprinted more than 120 times with around 700,000 book sold and estimated readers of 1.4 million.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger may be a widely beloved actor, but he's not one widely recognized for his acting skills. It's not lost on many viewers that his most iconic role is one where he plays a stoic, unfeeling robot, even if he did bring a surprising amount of subtle emotion to the role. 

The good news was that Schwarzenegger was always pretty aware of this shortcoming, which is why he went to one of the greats to work on it. As chronicled in the 1989 book "Flights of Fancy: The Great Fantasy Films," Schwarzenegger asked his "Conan the Barbarian" co-star James Earl Jones...

Two years after he explored how former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein evaded capture following his ousting from power in the 2023 documentary “Hiding Saddam Hussein,” Kurdish/Norwegian filmmaker Halkawt Mustafa is delving back into Iraq’s recent history.

“No Paradise if You Are Killed by a Woman,” now in post-production, leaps forward a decade from the fall of Saddam and to the rise of the Islamic State. This time a drama, the feature follows a Kurdish-Norwegian female sniper who returns to the battlefield she once escaped, driven by vengeance and by the desperate hope of rescuing her younger sister, still imprisoned by Isis in Mosul. Rising Kurdish star Avan Jamal (“The Exam”) plays the lead, while Norwegian actor Thorbjørn Harr also stars.

“This is a poetic portrait of a woman warrior who refused to bow to darkness,” Mustafa told Variety.

The story is rooted in the filmmaker’s own encounters with...

Razaaq Adoti writes and stars in this scrappy gangland action romp, mixing Nollywood energy with bloody set pieces and a dash of 80s-style grit

You have to respect an action film that has its protagonist stagger out of the intensive-care ward into an open-air street market in a backless hospital gown, his tackle whacking conspicuously against the fabric. Star Razaaq Adoti can’t blame his agent, as it was the actor himself who scripted this Nigeria-set revenge thriller, in which his former special forces soldier makes a Jack Carter-like return to wreak havoc on the mean streets of Lagos.

Zion (Adoti) has made the US his home after being...

Tom Stoppard, the playwright and Oscar-winning screenwriter ofShakespeare In Love, has died aged 88.

The Czech-born UK writer’s credits also included co-writing Brazil with director Terry Gilliam and Charles McKeown, for which he was nominated for an Oscar in 1986, adapting John le Carre‘s novel The Russia House for Fred Schepisi’s1990 film and adapting Leo Tolstoy’s novel Anna Karenina for Joe Wright’s 2012 feature.

Stoppard received five Tony awards for his plays and won the Oscar and Golden Globe awards in 1999 for John Madden’s Shakespeare In Love.

He was also known in Hollywood as a script doctor,...

The latest in our series of writers highlighting their favourite comfort rewatches is a look back at Joe Dante’s raucously rule-defying sequel

“Well, it’s rather brutal here. We’re advising all of our clients to put everything they’ve got into canned food and shotguns.” Some sage advice from the Brain Gremlin – a genetically modified, talking, glasses-wearing member of the slimy Gremlin horde that overruns Manhattan’s super-smart Clamp Tower skyscraper in director Joe Dante’s madcap sequel Gremlins 2: The New Batch. At face value, it’s nothing more than an investment tip from one monster to another. However, in a weird way, it’s also pretty solid life advice.

A disaffected Portuguese Ngo worker dallies with a drag queen as he wrestles with white man’s privilege in Pedro Pinho’s intelligent drama

‘What disgusts me the most are good men,” says a Bissau-Guinean sex worker to Sérgio (Sérgio Coragem), a Portuguese environmental engineer working for an Ngo on a road construction project in the country. He’s struggling to perform, as if his private life is letting slip some fundamental doubt about his role in Africa.

There’s a good dose of self-flagellation about western paternalism and hypocrisy in Pedro Pinho’s fifth feature, but it’s smart enough to know that this hand-wringing, extended over three hours,...

The actor himself has promised to accept all future cameos as the beloved claw-gremlin, but this will only wear out his superpowers

There was once a time when Hugh Jackman Wolverine cameos made a sort of sense. Bursting out of a cell in full Weapon X gear, massacring half a bunker, then vanishing, in 2016’s otherwise pretty forgettable X-Men: Apocalypse. Telling potential recruitment team Magneto and Professor X to, er, go fuck themselves while propping up a bar in 2011’s X-Men: First Class. Even popping up via archived footage from X-Men Origins: Wolverine in 2018’s Deadpool 2. These were cameos we could accept: quick, self-contained sideshows that understood the sacred...

Indonesia’s screen industry is entering what a new Jaff Market–Cinepoint study calls a “decisive new phase,” with local films driving attendance, investor confidence rising, and the market outperforming its Southeast Asian peers.

The Film Industry Report 2025 positions the country as both the region’s fastest-growing theatrical market and one of the most dynamic globally.

According to the report, admissions for Indonesian films hit 82 million in 2024 and are projected to surpass 100 million within five years, while annual output is on track to reach 200 theatrical titles by 2028. Local productions commanded 65% of the national box office in 2024, with the top 10 Indonesian titles attracting 33.5 million admissions — far ahead of imported films’ 20.1 million.

The study notes that Indonesia’s box office rebounded faster than most international markets after the pandemic: receipts surged from below $75 million in 2020 to $392 million in 2024, overtaking Taiwan, Hong Kong and Thailand. Globally, Indonesia ranked ninth in both cinema admissions...

Disney’s animated sequel “Zootopia 2” dominated the Korean box office over the Nov. 28–30 weekend, opening to a commanding $10.8 million from 1.62 million admissions across 2,382 screens, according to Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council.

Including previews, the film has already amassed $13.7 million. The strong start gives the film a massive 78.97% share of the entire market.

Universal’s “Wicked: For Good” held second place with $953,242, pushing its cumulative total to $5.4 million after two weeks on release.

Lionsgate’s “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t” ranked third with $798,161, lifting its running total to $8.07 million.

Japanese title “Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc” placed fourth, earning $283,888 for a $23.9 million cume.

In fifth, Japanese drama “Kokuho” grossed $181,097, reaching $738,696 after 11 days in theaters.

Award-winning South Korean drama “The World of Love” followed in sixth with $77,373, taking its total to $1.01 million.

Long-running hit “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle...

“The New Yorker at 100” is a nimble and infectious documentary, one that brings off a trick more challenging than it looks. In just 96 minutes, the film, directed by Marshall Curry and narrated by Julianne Moore, lays out the fabled history of The New Yorker. It colors in the magazine’s larger cultural significance. It gives us a close-up, between-the-lines portrait of how The New Yorker gets put together each week, presenting us with the creation of its 100th anniversary issue (which came out this past February) as a template for what happens on a more regular basis.

And it folds all of this into the enticing story of the magazine’s vibe and aesthetic: the way its commitment to truth and beauty are flip sides of the same coin, and how its manner of looking at the world, while up-to-the-minute and fully alive, is slyly rooted in the analog sanity of an earlier time.

Through static compositions and observational detail, the documentary explores how Laos’s visitors and residents inhabit the same spaces in very different ways

Shot in Laos, Kimi Takesue’s idiosyncratic documentary gazes upon sights and vistas that would not be out of place on travel postcards. Minimal in its camera movements, the film looks at glimmering golden temples, waterfalls cascading down silver rocks, and processions of monks moving through lush landscapes. It also shows what is absent from glossy brochures, namely the intrusion of tourists. The disruption to the local rhythm of life is at once visual and aural: we see throngs of wandering visitors, their casual clothes of shorts...

“Zootopia 2” stormed the China box office over the Nov. 28–30 frame, opening to RMB1.538 billion ($216.6 million) across its first two days and reaching RMB1.922 billion ($270.7 million) through Sunday, according to Artisan Gateway.

With previews included, the Walt Disney sequel has amassed an estimated $272 million — one of the most explosive launches in the market’s history.

The debut ranks as the sixth-highest opening of all time in China among all films, and the second-biggest for a non-local title behind “Avengers: Endgame.” It is also the highest animated opening ever in China for a non-local release. After just five days, “Zootopia 2” has become the highest-grossing non-local animated film of all time in the market, and the highest-grossing imported film since “Avengers: Endgame” (2019). It is already the fourth-highest animated film ever released in China, local or foreign, and has overtaken the lifetime $236 million total of the original “Zootopia.” The first film was beloved in China,...

The makers of upcoming biographical drama “V. Shantaram” have unveiled the first look of Siddhant Chaturvedi as the legendary Indian filmmaker.

The announcement poster introduces Chaturvedi in the title role of V. Shantaram, the auteur long celebrated as a visionary of Indian cinema. The film chronicles Shantaram’s remarkable journey from the silent era through the advent of sound and color, showcasing his evolution as one of India’s most influential filmmakers.

V. Shantaram, born Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre in 1901, was a pioneering force in Indian cinema whose career spanned nearly seven decades. He founded two major film studios — Prabhat Film Company in 1929 and Rajkamal Kalamandir in 1942 — and directed the first Marathi-language talkie, “Ayodhyecha Raja,” in 1932. His films, including classics like “Duniya Na Mane” (1937), “Do Aankhen Barah Haath” (1957), “Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje” (1955) and “Navrang” (1959) were celebrated for their technical innovations and progressive social themes addressing issues like communal harmony, dowry, and prisoner rehabilitation.

T-Series and Jp Films have unveiled the first look of Diljit Dosanjh from “Border 2,” revealing the film will expand its scope to include the Indian Air Force alongside ground forces.

The poster shows Dosanjh in a fighter jet cockpit, portraying an Indian Air Force officer. The image marks a significant expansion of the franchise’s narrative scope, signaling that aerial combat will feature prominently alongside traditional battlefield sequences.

Set in 1971, the original “Border” (1997) was headlined by Sunny Deol, and took place along the border region of Longewala, where a small battalion of Indian soldiers fought a large Pakistani strike force. It is considered a landmark Indian war film.

“Border 2” is directed by Anurag Singh who previously helmed Akshay Kumar-starring “Kesari” (2019), based on the Battle of Saragarhi in which an army of 21 Sikhs fought against 10,000 Afghans in 1897.

The film reunites Dosanjh with Singh, with whom he has collaborated...

Eddie Cahyono, whose 2014 drama “Siti” won the Piala Citra for best film at the Indonesian Film Festival, has his latest work “My Mother” selected for the Jaff Future Project as a work-in-progress, about a widow who wants to meet her daughter sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for murdering her employer.

The Indonesia production, directed by Cahyono and produced by Tika Bravani, Eddie Cahyono and Isabelle Glachant through production companies Anp Talenta Media, Memorieslight Pictures, Yasa Buana Film, Knockonwood.inc and Sasha & Co Production, is among 10 Asia-Pacific titles selected for the Jaff Future Project at this year’s Jaff Market in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

“My Mother” follows a widow attempting to reunite with her daughter who has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for murdering her employer. However, the daughter refuses to see her mother, having never forgiven her for past betrayals.

The project stems from a deeply personal memory for Cahyono.

Indonesian filmmaker Ismail Basbeth’s psychological horror feature “The Most Mysterious Man” (local title: “Raib”) has landed co-financing from Malaysia’s Phoenix Films Sdn Bhd, with the deal finalized during Jaff Market 2025.

The agreement was signed at the Indonesian Ministry of Culture Booth by Ruang Basbeth Bercerita, the media and publishing company founded by Ismail Basbeth and producer Lyza Anggraheni. The project marks the first fully original concept from Ismail Basbeth developed from inception under the duo’s producer-director partnership.

“The Most Mysterious Man” follows a craftsman devoted to his wife and three children whose life unravels when he returns home to find another family living in his house and his loved ones missing. As he searches for answers, no one in his village recognizes him despite his lifelong residence there, sending him spiraling into paranoia and violence.

Anggraheni developed the story alongside the director over seven months at Busan Asian Film School.

Luhki Herwanayogi, whose short film “On Friday Noon” screened at Locarno Film Festival Open Doors in 2020 and who received the 2021 Locarno Open Doors Award, has his feature debut “Our Son” selected for the Jaff Future Project as a work-in-progress, about two childless married couples who raise a son from an illicit affair between the households.

The Indonesia production, directed by Herwanayogi and produced by Iqbal Mohammad Hamdan through production company Catchlight Pictures alongside Qun Films, is among 10 Asia-Pacific titles selected for the Jaff Future Project at this year’s Jaff Market in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The project won the Purin Award for best project from Southeast Asia at Busan Asian Film School Pitching Project in 2019.

“Our Son” follows Lita, a 27-year-old bank employee who reunites with her ex-lover Sandi, a 29-year-old furniture entrepreneur, after years of separation. Their relationship becomes close again when Lita asks Sandi to furnish her new home.

Chris C.F’s observational documentary “Aluk,” which follows three generations of a family in Tana Toraja, Indonesia over seven years as they reckon with the loss of their patriarch and their community’s uncertain future, is selected for the Jaff Future Project as a work-in-progress.

The Australia-Indonesia co-production, directed by Chris C.F and produced by Sam Hewison and Wahyu Al Mardhani through production company Cut By Dog Production, is among 10 Asia-Pacific titles selected for the Jaff Future Project at this year’s Jaff Market in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

“Aluk” follows four members of a Tana Toraja family: Ne’ Minda, the grandfather; Ma’ Adel, the mother; Pong Kenny, the uncle; and Marsel, the son. The film traces Marsel’s childhood over seven years, as his grandfather reveals his ancestors’ way of life — Aluk To Dolo, one grounded in the maintenance of environmental equilibrium.

Ne’ Minda demonstrates how these practices inform the...

Netanya Yemima, whose short film “The Most Handsome Fish on Earth” premiered at the 20th Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival last year, has her feature directorial debut “To My Dearest, My Dear…” selected for the Jaff Future Project, a time-travel drama about a dying father who leaps into the future to meet the daughter he’ll never live to see.

The Indonesia production, directed by Yemima and produced by Bela Nabila and Bayu Arief, is among 10 Asia-Pacific titles selected for the Jaff Future Project at this year’s Jaff Market in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The project previously participated in Jakarta Film Week Producers Lab 2024 and Platform Busan 2025.

“To My Dearest, My Dear…” follows Adam, a soon-to-be father diagnosed with cancer in 2008 who braces for the end. Until one day, he discovers a way to travel through time. Seizing the chance, he leaps into the future to meet Nadia, the daughter he never lived to see.

Praveen Morchhale’s latest feature “White Snow” follows a mother’s arduous trek through Kashmir’s Himalayan peaks to screen her son’s banned film, marking the director’s continued exploration of artistic suppression and human resilience.

The Urdu-language drama, produced by Barefoot Pictures with co-production from France’s Woooz Pictures and associate producers from Germany and Canada, made its world premiere at the Sao Paulo International Film Festival before screening at the International Film Festival of India in Goa. The film is currently playing at the Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival, of which the industry component is the Jaff Market.

“White Snow” centers on Fatima, whose filmmaker son Amir sees his work banned after its first community screening following complaints from religious authorities. The film’s transgression: depicting post-partum blood after childbirth. When Amir is arrested on charges of attempting to create social unrest, Fatima embarks on a perilous journey...

Matta Cinema Production and Ruang Basbeth Bercerita have commenced principal photography on “My Own Last Supper,” a Chinese-Indonesian family drama helmed by Ismail Basbeth, whose previous feature “Sara” had its world premiere at Busan in 2023.

The feature, introduced at Busan’s Asian Content & Film Market in September, kicked off its 15-day shoot on Nov. 27 during the ongoing Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival and Jaff Market.

The narrative centers on Encek, a 76-year-old widower who convenes his children for a final dinner, unveiling concealed memoirs of love, loss and generational wounds before choosing the sea as his reunion place with his deceased wife. The story examines the pursuit of life and identity through the lens of a Chinese-Indonesian family across three pivotal periods: the 1960s, 1970s and 1998, addressing unresolved national trauma and historical violence through intimate personal narratives.

The production is employing a realistic approach with detailed artistic elements to authentically recreate...