Updated: Disney's Lilo & Stitch continued to sew up strong business in its third weekend, with the global cume now at $772.6M as it closes in on $800M WW in the coming days. The international box office tally through Sunday is $436.8M after a $67.7M offshore frame (-47%).  Paramount/Skydance's Mi…

Updated: With a pair of phenomenal holds, Lilo & Stitch and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning continued to dominate global turnstiles this weekend. To wit: Disney's Lilo & Stitch added $113.1M from 52 offshore markets, lifting the international box office cume to $330.7M. The overseas…

SUNDAY UPDATE: Disney's Lilo & Stitch has come in well ahead of pre-weekend projections, with a massive $341.7M global start when factoring in the holiday Monday in the U.S. If counting just the domestic Friday-Saturday-Sunday, the worldwide total is $304.2M. The international box office portion…

EXCLUSIVE: Specialty distributor 3388 Films has set a 12-country international release for Detective Kien: The Headless Horror from director Victor Vu. The top horror thriller of all time in Vietnam, it begins rollout next week. The film will be in cinemas in the U.S., Germany, Czech Republic…

Updated: Coming in ahead of projections, New Line/Warner Bros' Final Destination Bloodlines has arrived with a $102M global start this weekend. In a rare feat, that number is made up of an even split of $51M each from domestic and the international box office for the well-reviewed…

Updated: Marvel Studios/Disney's Thunderbolts* has reached $272.2M worldwide in its sophomore session. The current international box office cume is $143.7M after this frame added $34M overseas. The latter reps a 52% drop (-50% excluding China). The New Avengers continue to reap great social scores…

In a move that could reshape the South Korea exhibition landscape, the country's respective second- and third-largest exhibitors — Lotte Cinema and Megabox — are set to merge. Today, a memorandum of understanding for a tie-up of Lotte Cultureworks and Megabox Joongang, parent companies of Lotte…

SUNDAY UPDATE: Coming in a touch lower than where we saw it heading yesterday, Marvel Studios/Disney's Thunderbolts* has opened to $162.1M globally, including $86.1M from the international box office. The worldwide bow is within the pre-weekend projected opening range.  Overseas, the Florence…

Updated: A very busy weekend at the global and international box office with strong holds for the films already in play and the impressive return of a Jedi. Before we dive into detail, here's the topline information.  Warner Bros/Legendary's A Minecraft Movie crossed yet another century…

Updated: Warner Bros/Legendary's A Minecraft Movie continues to build, playing strongly through school holidays and the Easter frame with just a 28% slide versus last session at the international box office. The third overseas weekend blocked off another $59M in 76 markets, taking the offshore…

Updated: The Chicken Jockey has galloped past the half-century mark at the global box office, with A Minecraft Movie at an estimated $550.6M worldwide through today. Of that, $269.6M is from overseas. During the sophomore session, the Warner Bros/Legendary hit added $79.6M from 76 international…

SUNDAY UPDATE: Warner Bros/Legendary's A Minecraft Movie has come in with an astounding $301M global opening. Of that, $144.1M is from the international box office. As we've noted throughout the weekend (see below), the film just continued to build, and has broken records in some offshore markets…