Cinema operators and industry insiders reflect on the state of theatrical recovery, revealing cost-cutting, programming ...

I studied the subtitles of over 60,000 films and found that some genres almost always shape the tone, even in hybrids.

Tyler Perry built his entire career by noticing the audiences that Hollywood consistently overlooked. From his first stage plays touring the “ Chitlin' Circuit ” to blockbuster film franchises ...

I looked at admissions data from over 30 countries to see who’s back at the cinema and who’s still missing. The answers say more about national culture and policy than just COVID.

In order to answer this question in more detail, I built four datasets (all looking at 1999 to 2018): " All movies" - Every single movie made worldwide and listed on online movie listing sites. " ...

The WGA strictly regulates the way in which writers can be credited on live action films, meaning that on average, each film had 3.5 writers. Animated films are not covered by the WGA agreement with ...

The situation with regard to imported films in China is at once both very simple and quite complicated. The simple picture is that everything is growing at a staggering rate. A huge number of new ...

This is a big topic and one I have addressed previously in this blog (including How movies make money: $100m+ Hollywood blockbusters, How films make money pt2: $30m-$100m movies, How is a cinema’s box ...

The UK and Canada are the top foreign locations for studio productions. The chart below shows the percentage of movies made by Hollywood studios, which have America as a country of origin on IMDb, ...