There was some much overdue optimism on the first day of the Creative Investors’ Conference, co-organized by CAA Media Finance, in San Sebastian on Tuesday, as execs from an established U.S indie distributor and new market entrant both celebrated the record breaking figures from the summer box office.

The Movie just proved that a 40-year-old animated film can still pack theaters. The 1986 classic’s anniversary rerelease delivered staggering box office numbers that rival its

"Resident Evil" delivered a franchise record opening weekend that topped prerelease domestic expectations, and IMAX (IMAX) shares climbed 2.6% as the company outlined a projection for US$1.4b in worldwide box office collections in 2026.

John Wilson's The History Of Concrete had a record-breaking IFC Center debut, grossing $90k in three days for the top doc opening and the second-highest weekend gross in the NYC theater’s 21-year history after only Parasite ($119k in 2019).

Dirty Monkeys' war comedy-drama “Once Upon a Time in the Middle East” retained its grip on the top spot at the mainland China box office for the sixth consecutive weekend, taking in RMB28.1 million ($4.

Coyote vs. Acme passes $100M worldwide, overtaking Sandra Bullock's Practical Magic 2 after surviving Warner Bros.' shelving attempt.

Movie-theater chain is capitalizing on a summer box-office revival to push out debt maturity to 2031.

Coyote vs. Acme' held strong at the weekend box office, joined by 'The Transformers' re-release and new 'Shaun the Sheep' movie debuts.