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Warner Bros’ The Batman delivers strong second session in North America, international territories.

Worldwide box office March 11-13 RankFilm (distributor)3-day (World)Cume (World)3-day (Int’l)Cume (Int’l)Territories 1. The Batman (Warner Bros) $132m $463m $66.6m $224.7m 76 2. BTS Permission To Dance On Stage (various) $32.6m $32.6m $25.7m $25.7m 75 3. Uncharted (Sony) $20.4m $301.2m $11.2m $187.9m 65 4. Spider-Man: No Way Home (Sony) $6.4m $1.8bn $2.4m $1bn 60 5. Dog (various) $6m $55.3m $0.7m $7.5m 20 6. Death On The Nile (Disney) $5.5m $124.5m $3m $83.8m 42 7. Sing 2 (Universal) $4.5m $366.8m $3m $211m 68 8. The Battle At Lake Changjin II (various) $4.3m $625.9m $4.3m $625.9m 3 9. Turning Red (Disney...

Warner Bros’ The Batman delivered a strong second session in both North America and international territories.

Worldwide box office March 11-13 RankFilm (distributor)3-day (World)Cume (World)3-day (Int’l)Cume (Int’l)Territories 1. The Batman (Warner Bros) $132m $463m $66.6m $224.7m 76 2. BTS Permission To Dance On Stage (various) $32.6m $32.6m $25.7m $25.7m 75 3. Uncharted (Sony) $20.4m $301.2m $11.2m $187.9m 65 4. Spider-Man: No Way Home (Sony) $6.4m $1.8bn $2.4m $1bn 60 5. Dog (various) $6m $55.3m $0.7m $7.5m 20 6. Death On The Nile (Disney) $5.5m $124.5m $3m $83.8m 42 7. Sing 2 (Universal) $4.5m $366.8m $3m $211m 68 8. The Battle At Lake Changjin II (various) $4.3m $625.9m $4.3m $625.9m...

BTS – specifically BTS Permission To Dance On Stage – Seoul: Live Viewing grossed $6.84 million in North America on Saturday for a per screen average of $8,500+ across 803 theaters, ranking third at the weekend box office so far after The Batman and Uncharted.

Globally, it broke the event cinema record with a worldwide box office gross of $32.6 million. The film was presented by Hybe and Trafalgar Releasing in 3,711 cinemas in 75 countries/regions for a one-day limited engagement with reported sell-outs across the world.

“We are delighted with the record-breaking success of this project, not only for Trafalgar Releasing but the event cinema industry as a whole. It’s a testament to both the overwhelmingly dedicated fandom of the Army and the overall return to cinemas on a global scale,” said Marc Allenby, CEO of Trafalgar Releasing.

Hybe 360 President DJ Kim said, “As the pandemic made it difficult to access the concert venue, we...

It will be many months before exhibitors might expect to see box-office returns that resemble the norms we once took for granted. In the meantime, a different metric has taken hold: Is there proof that domestic theaters are gaining traction against the audience’s pandemic resistance? Does it makes sense to go for broke with a high-end domestic release?

This weekend did not offer that evidence. The top 10 titles took in around $10 million, with somewhere under $12 million all told. This weekend saw perhaps 3 percent more theaters open over last weekend, which totaled a little over $11 million. All told, a little over 75 percent of all U.S. complexes are open; the total percentage for North America is a bit higher since nearly all Canadian theaters are now open.

There were four new entries, which included two reissues; they brought in less than $2 million. The overall take for the weekend is likely to be somewhere under $12 million,...

The agreement will see Trafalgar invest in the growth of More2Screen.

Trafalgar Releasing, one of the world’s leading event cinema distributors, has acquired fellow event distributor More2Screen.

While the parties did not reveal financial terms of the transaction, Screen confirmed Trafalgar has bought 100% of the shares in More2Screen.

The move will see Trafalgar invest in the growth of More2Screen. The two companies will, however, continue to operate as separate entities, with More2Screen conducting its own distribution deals and relationships with exhibitors and external partners.

Headed by CEO Marc Allenby, Trafalgar Releasing is the distribution subsidiary...

South Korean boy band Bts have broken event cinema records yet again with their latest hit, “Bring the Soul: The Movie.” Big Hit Entertainment and Trafalgar Releasing announced Wednesday that the documentary feature had sold a record 2.55 million tickets across 112 territories worldwide – the widest ever release for an event cinema title.

“Bring the Soul” combines performances from the group’s “Love Yourself” world tour with a conversation between the septet filmed in Paris in October 2018.

Distributor Trafalgar Releasing launched the film Aug. 7, playing in more than 5,000 movie theaters on a limited engagement and grossing a record box office of $24.3 million worldwide. It’s U.S. and U.K. launches both landed top ten positions on its opening weekend, with U.S. fans delivering box office takings of $4.5 million.

“Bring the Soul” is the third concert documentary featuring Bts, the best-selling South Korean artists of all-time with album sales of over 15 million,...

To the excitement of many, many Bts fans, the trailer for the boyband’s upcoming concert film “Bring the Soul: The Movie” is officially here.

Making its worldwide premiere Aug. 7, the film follows the wildly popular South Korean group during the European leg of their “Love Yourself” tour. The trailer teases scenes typical to most concert movies — behind-the-scenes clips of the boys offer a voyeuristic glimpse into the lives of the global pop-stars, intercut throughout by live performances from their shows.

Even the Bts fandom, coined the Army, gets recognition in the new movie through one-on-one interviews highlighting their love for the band.

Directed by Park Jun Soon, “Bring the Soul” marks the third film to follow Bts while touring, following 2018’s “Burn the Stage: The Movie” and “Love Yourself in Seoul” released in theaters earlier this year. The former movie, which was a longer feature version of the band’s Youtube Series,...

Bts have shared the new trailer for their upcoming film Bring the Soul: The Movie, which provides fans a behind-the-scenes look at the K-pop sensations as they tour Europe on their Love Yourself trek.

“Shining brighter than any light on the stage, now the group invite fans behind the spotlight,” the documentary’s synopsis states.

“On the day following the final concert of their Europe tour, on a rooftop in Paris, Bts tells their very own stories from experiencing new cities to performing in front of thousands of Army across the globe.

Korean pop phenomenon Bts are hitting big screens once more.

Bring the Soul: The Movie, the third film from the seven-piece boy band, is set for global release Aug. 7.

The film — being distributed by Trafalgar Releasing — comes on the heels of 2018's record-breaking Burn the Stage the Movie, which became the highest-grossing global event cinema release of all time with $18.5 million, and Love Yourself in Seoul from earlier this year.

Bring the Soul finds Bts at the end of their “Love Yourself” tour in Europe, which included 24 concerts in 12 cities. On the ...

Bts will be back on the big screen this summer. The Korean pop group announced today that their latest feature film, “Bring the Soul: The Movie,” will have a global release on August 7. It arrives just six and a half months after the septet’s last film release, “Love Yourself in Seoul.”

“Bring the Soul” is expected to be similar in theme to 2018’s “Burn the Stage: The Movie,” which was a mixture of Bts’ live performances, interviews and candid footage of the septet being tourists. This latest film focuses on the band’s final days of their “Love Yourself” tour in Europe. The filmmakers promise that the group — made up of members Rm, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook — will share never-before-heard anecdotes.

“Trafalgar Releasing is thrilled to collaborate with Big Hit Entertainment again for ‘Bring the Soul: The Movie,’” Trafalgar Releasing CEO Marc Allenby said in a statement.

By Todd Garbarini

Cinemaretro.com has received the following press release regarding the exhibition of the new film Rush: Cinema Strangiato 2019, which will be shown in select theaters on Wednesday, August 21, 2019.

Rush (pun intended!) to get your tickets now as they are selling out very quickly (let’s hope that additional dates are added!):

Trafalgar Releasing And Anthem Entertainment Bring

‘Rush: Cinema Strangiato 2019’ To Movie Theaters Worldwide On August 21

This First Ever “Annual Exercise In Fan Indulgence” For Rush Fans Will Feature A Special Look Into R40 Live, Featuring New Backstage Footage, Special Guests, And Hit Songs “Closer To The Heart,” “Subdivisions” And More

Tickets On Sale From June 20 At WWW.Cinemastrangiato.Com

Denver, Co – June 11, 2019: Global event distributor Trafalgar Releasing today announced Rush: Cinema Strangiato 2019, coming to select cinemas across the globe, for a special, limited theatrical engagement on Wednesday, August 21. Hailed as the first "Annual Exercise...

Simon Chinn, Viktor Kossakovsky, Eve Gabereau voice opinions.

This year’s industry activity at documentary festival Cph:dox, which took place in Danish capital Copenhagen this week, was dominated by one question: will traditional documentary business models survive in the face of increased disruption from online platforms?

There’s no doubt that the last 12 months have been a boom time for the documentary space. Films such as Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Free Solo, Three Identical Strangers, They Shall Not Grow Old and McQueen have delivered big audiences, sparking increased belief in the factual medium as a big screen proposition.

Bts will release their seventh LP, Map of the Soul: Persona, on April 12th via Big Hit Entertainment.

The South Korean boy band’s latest album follows a stream of 2018 releases: the Korean-language Love Yourself: Tear and compilation set Love Yourself: Answer and the Japanese-language Face Yourself. The chart-topping former album includes the lead single “Fake Love,” which Rolling Stone ranked as the year’s 38th-best song.

Map of the Soul: Persona will be available to pre-order starting Wednesday, March 13th. The album release precedes the group’s upcoming Love Yourself: Speak Yourself World Tour,...

In today’s film news roundup, a Joni Mitchell documentary generates solid business and indie films “Cristina” and “Dreamcatcher” are moving ahead.

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Trafalgar Releasing is reporting a strong box office of $568,000 at 414 North American locations for its one-night screening on Feb. 7 of “The Music Center Presents Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration.”

The film achieved the highest per screen average of all titles of more than 100 locations. “Joni 75” was performed on Joni Mitchell’s 75th birthday with tributes from Brandi Carlile, Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Chaka Khan, Diana Krall, Kris Kristofferson, Graham Nash, Seal, James Taylor and Rufus Wainwright.

This release follows in the wake of Trafalgar Releasing’s record breaking screenings of “Burn the Stage: the Movie,” which became the largest ever event cinema release. Other music releases in 2018 included “Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams” and “Muse: Drones World Tour.”

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In November, Bts’s Burn the Stage: The Movie broke global records by being the best-selling film of all time in the event cinema genre, which comprises all live and recorded entertainment on a theater screen, including ballets, operas and sports games. Adding to that victory is that the K-pop boy band’s film — a behind-the-scenes look at its 19-city Wings Tour in 2017 — will be on YouTube, the biggest video-streaming platform in the world.

YouTube Originals announced on Tuesday that Bts’s full-length documentary will air on Friday at 9am Et,...

Joni Mitchell’s birthday party is making its way to the big screen. Fans who lamented they weren’t able to attend a sold-out pair of all-star Mitchell tribute concerts in L.A. two months ago will get their chance when Trafalgar Releasing puts a filmed version of the shows into theaters nationwide for a one-night screening February 7.

“The Music Center Presents Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration” will be shown in cinemas in the U.S. and Mitchell’s native Canada, with tickets going on sale today. A soundtrack album is also going up for advance sale from Verve, with a March 1 release date.

The artists who participated in the Music Center shows Nov. 6-7 included contemporaries of Mitchell’s who also came along in the late 1960s, like James Taylor, Graham Nash and Kris Kristofferson, along with longtime friend Chaka Khan, who recorded with Mitchell in the ’70s. The...

Event cinema is coming of age as movie theaters increasingly look to live events and one-night screenings during the Sunday-Thursday corridor.

Bts concert documentary, “Burn the Stage: The Movie,” pulled in a record-setting $18 million in 79 territories at 2,650 movie theaters in three nights for Trafalgar Releasing — including $3.6 million in the U.S.

Peter Jackson’s World War I documentary “They Shall Not Grow Old” earned $2.3 million at 1,142 theaters in North America on Dec. 17 — marking the largest single night for a Fathom Events documentary. It will screen again at more than 900 locations on Dec. 27.

Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst with comScore, said the numbers show that 2018 is a turning point for event cinema.

“Though event cinema has been there all along, quietly and consistently drawing huge audiences while offering up great content to draw folks to the multiplex, 2018 is the year that this unsung (and oft under appreciated) hero of box office...

Bts concert movie has now garnered the biggest-ever box office haul for an event cinema release. “Burn the Stage: The Movie” has raked in $18.5 million around the world, distributor Trafalgar Releasing told Variety.

The film follows Korean boy-band sensations Bts on their Wings tour, which was seen by more than 500,000 fans. The movie had already notched the attendance record after its original release window, usurping One Direction, which had held the top spot with its concert film, “One Direction: Where We Are.” But the two movies were essentially tied in terms of box office, both having grossed $14 million.

“Burn the Stage” has now surpassed “One Direction: Where We Are” to take sole possession of the box-office crown after it went back into theaters for encore screenings in the U.S., U.K. and other territories. It also had its premiere in India.

The new screenings boosted admissions to 2 million. Advance ticket sales topped 1 million.

Two films to challenge fellow sequel Fantastic Beasts.

It is the battle of the sequels at this weekend’s UK box office, with last week’s table-topper Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald facing competition from boxing pic Creed II and family animation Ralph Breaks The Internet.

Disney’s Ralph Breaks The Internet, featuring a voice cast of John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman and Gal Gadot, is the sequel to 2013’s Wreck-It Ralph. The original film got underway with £4.5m in the UK and built to an impressive £23.8m. With the franchise now established and the second film generating good buzz,...

Two films to challenge fellow sequel Fantastic Beasts.

It is the battle of the sequels at this weekend’s UK box office, with last week’s table-topper Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald facing competition from boxing pic Creed II and family animation Ralph Breaks The Internet.

Disney’s Ralph Breaks The Internet, featuring a voice cast of John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman and Gal Gadot, is the sequel to 2013’s Wreck-It Ralph. The original film got underway with £4.5m in the UK and built to an impressive £23.8m. With the franchise now established and the second film generating good buzz,...

K-pop sensation Bts’ “Burn the Stage: The Movie” is set for a global theatrical encore. Having bagged the event-cinema attendance record for its limited run earlier this month, the film is heading back into theaters around the world.

Distributor Trafalgar Releasing told Variety that there will be encore showings of “Burn the Stage: The Movie” in 1,400 cinemas globally across 2,696 screens. The U.K. release will be this weekend, followed by other territories over the next few weeks. There will be new screenings in the U.S., Australasia, Germany, Latin America and Indonesia, among other locations. The film will also have its debut in India.

In the U.S., tickets for the added Dec. 5-6 run go on sale Monday, with the AMC, Regal, and Cinemark chains all back on board.

The encore screenings mean that the film of Bts’ Wings Tour is likely to claim the all-time box office record for an event-cinema movie.

Boy band Bts has another few accolades to add to its litany of milestones this year. After having an album debut at Number One and being the first Korean group to play a U.S. stadium, the K-Pop group released a film this weekend that is already America’s highest-grossing event-cinema music production.

Burn the Stage: The Movie, a behind-the-scenes film of the band’s 19-city Wings Tour in 2017, has netted 1.4 million admissions since opening on Thursday, according to its distributor Trafalgar Releasing. That number eclipses the 1.2 million admissions garnered...

Film garners 1.4 million admissions to top One Direction: Where We Are.

Burn The Stage: The Movie, the feature documentary about South Korean boy band Bts, has broken the global admissions record for an event cinema release.

The film has clocked 1.4 million admissions from 79 territories so far, adding up to box office takings of $14m. That figure breaks the 1.2 million admissions registered globally by One Direction: Where We Are in 2014.

UK-based distributor Trafalgar Releasing handled distribution outside of South Korea and Japan, where it was released by the Walt Disney Company and Toho respectively.

Burn The Stage: The Movie received its...

Burn the Stage: The Movie, the first film from South Korean K-Pop band Bts, has broken the global event-cinema record, claiming the crown from fellow boy-band megastars One Direction. 

According to Trafalgar Releasing, the film has landed 1.4 million admissions since launching on Thursday. One Direction: Where We Are claimed 1.2 million admissions back in 2014. 

Burn the Stage: The Movie has been seen across 79 territories, with a global box office haul of an estimated $14 million.

Over the weekend it reached the No. 10 box office spot in the U.S., where it averaged $5,900 ...

Burn the Stage: The Movie, the first film from South Korean K-Pop band Bts, has broken the global event-cinema record, claiming the crown from fellow boy-band megastars One Direction. 

According to Trafalgar Releasing, the film has landed 1.4 million admissions since launching on Thursday. One Direction: Where We Are claimed 1.2 million admissions back in 2014. 

Burn the Stage: The Movie has been seen across 79 territories, with a global box office haul of an estimated $14 million.

Over the weekend it reached the No. 10 box office spot in the U.S., where it averaged $5,900 ...

Event cinema specialist Trafalgar Releasing has scored another big documentary result, this time with Burn The Stage: The Movie, about K-Pop phenomenon Bts. Released globally on November 15 in a limited engagement, the film has drawn in 1.4M admissions in more than 79 territories and 2,650 movie theaters for a box office of $14M. Featuring behind the scenes interviews and tour footage, the film reached the number ten box office spot in the U.S., taking $3.6M with a screen average of $5,900 across 617 theaters. In the UK, the film achieved the number six spot with a cumulative total of $830,000. Other notable successes include achieving over 100,000 admissions in both the Philippines and Indonesia, gaining over $14,000 screen average in Denmark and reaching a box office of $800,000 in Germany and Austria with a $4,500 screen average.

An acceptance speech at the prestigious 55th Golden Horse Awards — sometimes referred to as the Chinese industry’s version of the...

Bts’ “Burn the Stage: The Movie” has set global cinema alight. The film of the K-Pop sensations’ 2017 Wings Tour has notched a new event cinema record, with admissions currently at 1.4 million, according to distributor Trafalgar Releasing.

That tops the previous event-cinema record held by boy band One Direction with their “One Direction: Where We Are” film, which recorded 1.2 million admissions. Almost a million of the Bts tickets were sold ahead of the Nov. 15 release of “Burn the Stage: The Movie.”

The film of the seemingly unstoppable Korean boy band’s tour has been released in 79 territories and 2,650 theaters, grossing $14 million. In the U.S., “Burn the Stage: The Movie” broke into the weekend box-office top 10, generating $3.6 million. In the U.K., it ranked No. 6 over the weekend with $830,000.

“Burn the Stage: The Movie” shows Bts performing on their world tour and features behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the band. Big Hit Entertainment...

Opening on Wednesday (Nov. 14), Harry Potter spinoff-prequel “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” debuted on top of the South Korean box office. The Warner Bros. release earned $11.8 million from 1.52 million admissions over its opening five days.

“Bohemian Rhapsody” remained in second spot for the third consecutive weekend. The biographical film about Queen earned $6.5 million from 816,200 admissions between Friday and Sunday for a total of $24.7 million from 3.14 million admissions after three weekends. The two top films together accounted for 69% of total weekend box office.

“Intimate Strangers” slipped from first place the previous weekend to third, with a week on week drop of 51%. The Lotte Cultureworks release earned $3.83 million from 498,400 admissions between Friday and Sunday for a three-weekend total of $32.5 million from 4.35 million admissions.

“Burn the Stage: The Movie” landed in fourth place. A documentary following K-pop sensation Bts’s world tour, the Walt Disney Korea release earned $1.77 million between Thursday and Sunday.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Photo: Warner Bros).

Warner Bros’ Fantastic Beasts sequel worked its magic on moviegoers last weekend, ringing up $253.6 million worldwide as the Australian opening outshone the Us debut.

It was a buoyant frame in Oz, boosted by Trafalgar Releasing’s Burn the Stage: The Movie, while another alternate content release, Rialto’s Spitfire was less successful.

The Old Man & the Gun, which could be Robert Redford’s final screen role, is playing on limited screens in the Us but went out far wider here via eOne with modest results.

Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black reached $11.7 million after earning $74,000 in its ninth frame for Sony Pictures. Meanwhile Catherine Scott’s Backtrack Boys has generated $104,000 and Heath Davis’ comedy-drama Book Week has collected $34,000.

Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters, which won the Palme d’Or in Cannes, stole a respectable $52,000 on 15 screens and $161,000 including festival screenings and previews for Rialto.

At Eternity’s Gate starring Willem Dafoe debuts at number 27 on respectable $92,000 from four sites.

November 19 Update: Warner Bros’ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald starring Eddie Redmayne was the clear champion at the North American charts over the weekend, yet there will be no hiding the fact that $62.2m was a disappointing debut.

Despite pockets of fans among critics, the fantasy received average reviews. The three-day debut in 4,163 theatres trailed the $74.4m opening weekend of Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them in late 2016 by 16%, rising to 20.2% when the numbers from two years ago are adjusted for inflation to $77.9m.

Docs are at it again. Music film Coldplay: A Head Full Of Dreams scored an impressive 300,000 global admissions and box office of more than $3.5M from a one night engagement yesterday (Nov 14).

Trafalgar Releasing’s film was distributed in 70 countries and scored the number one box office spot in the Netherlands, number two in the UK, Australia and Italy and number five position in the U.S. It is the top-performing event release for a rock music film in 2018. The release was in collaboration with Coldplay’s management team at Warner Music, Parlophone and Dave Holmes Management.

Mat Whitecross’s (Supersonic) film, which played in 2,650 theaters, charts Coldplay’s journey from humble origins to stadium-filling superstardom and includes backstage footage from recent tour A Head Full of Dreams as well as archive footage, performances and interviews.

Potent event cinema specialist Trafalgar scored recent UK success with Peter Jackson’s The...