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• Walt Disney Studios crosses $6bn at 2025 global box office as ‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ nears $550m

  26-12-2025 19:37 via screendaily.com
  
  China is top territory outside North America for James Cameron’s sci-fi tentpole on $75.8m. UK has produced $19.7m.
  
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• UK-Ireland film cinema release dates: latest updates for 2026

  26-12-2025 15:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Bookmark this page and keep track of the latest film release dates in the UK & Ireland.
  
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• 2026 film festivals and markets calendar: latest dates

  26-12-2025 12:46 via screendaily.com
  
  Bookmark this page to keep track of all the latest festival dates.
  
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• Walt Disney Studios crossing $6bn at 2025 global box office as ‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ nears $500m

  25-12-2025 19:37 via screendaily.com
  
  China is top territory outside North America for James Cameron’s sci-fi tentpole on $71.5m. UK has produced $19.6m.
  
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• Walt Disney Studios crossing $6bn at 2025 global box office as ‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ hits $450m

  24-12-2025 19:37 via screendaily.com
  
  China is top territory outside North America for James Cameron’s sci-fi tentpole on $67.1m. UK has produced $17.4m.
  
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• UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Housemaid’, ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants’ lead festive releases

  24-12-2025 10:46 via screendaily.com
  
  ‘Sentimental Value’ ,‘Marty Supreme’ and ‘Anaconda’ are also coming to cinemas.
  
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• ‘Anaconda’ review: Jack Black and Paul Rudd get jungle fever in limp comedy-horror satire

  23-12-2025 18:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Tom Gormican directs unimaginative tale of two hapless filmmakers attempting to reboot the 90s thriller
  
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• Australian producers respond positively to new investment quota for streamers

  23-12-2025 15:56 via screendaily.com
  
  Platforms with more than a million subscribers will have to comply
  
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• ‘Lollipop’ filmmaker to campaign for social care and maternal imprisonment reform in UK parliament

  23-12-2025 15:44 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Writer-director Daisy-May Hudson will be joined by Labour MP Jess Asato to try and motivate policy change on issues raised in the film.
  
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• Tallinn, Glasgow premiere ’Spilt Milk’ acquired for UK-Ireland

  23-12-2025 15:27 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: It is the first UK-Ireland acquisition for nascent Ireland-based distributor Beach Pictures.
  
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• What could a Netflix-Warner Bros deal mean for the UK?

  23-12-2025 12:40 via screendaily.com
  
  Production, distribution, exhibition and studio facilities will all face a shake-up.
  
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• Magnolia Pictures acquires Venice premiere ‘Late Fame’

  22-12-2025 18:57 via screendaily.com
  
  Kent Jones’ feature starring Willem Dafoe to open in 2026.
  
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• Claes Bang joins kidnap thriller ‘Painter’, production wraps in Serbia

  22-12-2025 18:41 via screendaily.com
  
  James Cameron among executive producers.
  
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• Cynthia Erivo to be honoured at 2026 London Critics’ Circle Film Awards

  22-12-2025 18:07 via screendaily.com
  
  The ‘Wicked: For Good’ star is the third recipient of the Derek Malcolm award for innovation.
  
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• Larry Ellison provides personal $40.4bn guarantee in revised Warner Bros Discovery offer

  22-12-2025 15:00 via screendaily.com
  
  The billionaire father of Paramount CEO David Ellison has agreed to provide an irrevocable personal guarantee.
  
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• ‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ heats up UK-Ireland box office with £9m opening

  22-12-2025 14:02 via screendaily.com
  
  ’Zootropolis 2’, ‘Wicked: For Good’ and ’Dhurandhar’ lead among holdovers.
  
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• ‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’ wins top prize at Les Arcs Film Festival as ‘I Swear’ sweeps with trio of prizes

  22-12-2025 11:38 via screendaily.com
  
  David Borenstein’s secretly shot documentary has won the Crystal Arrow.
  
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• ‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ scores $345m debut at global box office; ‘Zootopia 2’ posts solid hold

  22-12-2025 10:20 via screendaily.com
  
  ’Fire And Ash’ provided the biggest opening of 2025 in France, Germany, Spain, South Korea and many smaller markets.
  
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• Screen International teams with Berlinale’s EFM Startups for 2026 programme as entries open

  22-12-2025 08:40 via screendaily.com
  
  EFM Startups will showcase 10 cutting-edge technologies aimed at the production, development, and distribution sectors.
  
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• ‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ leads North American box office with $88m debut

  21-12-2025 17:42 via screendaily.com
  
  ‘Marty Supreme’ opens to highest per-screen-average by a limited release since La La Land in 2016; ’David’ breaks records.
  
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• ’Avatar: Fire And Ash’ leads North American box office with $88m debut

  21-12-2025 17:42 via screendaily.com
  
  ’Marty Supreme’ opens to highest per-screen-average by a limited release since La La Land in 2016.
  
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• Amazon MGM Studios, Netflix in surprise James Bond licencing pact

  20-12-2025 06:13 via screendaily.com
  
  Die Another Day, No Time To Die, Quantum Of Solace and Skyfall debut in January 2026.
  
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• Amazon MGM Studios licences entire James Bond catalogue to Netflix

  20-12-2025 06:13 via screendaily.com
  
  Die Another Day, No Time To Die, Quantum Of Solace and Skyfall debuts in January 2026
  
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• ‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ soars past $55m in first two days at global box office

  19-12-2025 19:46 via screendaily.com
  
  Tentpole projected to open in of $340m-$380m this weekend.
  
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• Mubi streamlines leadership structure, fully integrates The Match Factory

  19-12-2025 19:03 via screendaily.com
  
  Chief content officer Jason Ropell segues into senior advisory role.
  
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• Screen digital edition: December 19

  19-12-2025 16:54 via screendaily.com
  
  Issue spotlights the Brit talent in contention, including Sope Dirisu, Emily Watson and Claire Foy, and also sees Cynthia Erivo in conversation with her Wicked: For Good director Jon M Chu.
  
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• German government launches €7.5m production fund for up-and-coming filmmakers

  19-12-2025 16:41 via screendaily.com
  
  It will provide up to €500,000 for individual projects with production costs not exceeding €2m.
  
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• ‘Extra Geography’, Leonardo DiCaprio-produced ‘Monolith’ among UK Global Screen Fund recipients

  19-12-2025 13:29 via screendaily.com
  
  Plans for the expanded £18m per year fund are to be revealed early next year.
  
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• UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ to light up 677 cinemas for Disney

  19-12-2025 12:39 via screendaily.com
  
  Only two other films are releasing this weekend as cinemas make way for James Cameron’s epic.
  
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• Local films soar to record 40% share at Danish box office in 2025

  19-12-2025 11:00 via screendaily.com
  
  3.7m tickets sold for Danish films – the highest level in a decade.
  
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• Warner Bros launches specialty division led by former Neon exec Christian Parkes

  19-12-2025 01:25 via screendaily.com
  
  New label will supply two to three theatrical releases a year aimed at digital natives and Gen Z.
  
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• Jessica Lacy departing Range Select after 2026 Sundance edition

  18-12-2025 23:46 via screendaily.com
  
  Oliver Wheeler to remain at independent film financing and sales outfit.
  
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• Tribeca claims to be first festival to invite submissions from social media creators

  18-12-2025 23:17 via screendaily.com
  
  “Today’s creators are among the most inventive storytellers working in any medium.”
  
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• Colombia allocates record amount for CINA incentive in 2026

  18-12-2025 22:02 via screendaily.com
  
  Boost bolsters South American country’s status as expanding regional production hub.
  
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• Geoff Macnaughton among TIFF executive promotions, hires

  18-12-2025 20:15 via screendaily.com
  
  Keith Bennie, Alyssa Kornet also on the rise. Amit Khanna, Matthew MacDonald, Charles Tremblay join senior management team.
  
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• Tom Cruise, Alejandro G. Iñárritu film ‘Digger’ to open in 2026 fall festival corridor

  18-12-2025 19:23 via screendaily.com
  
  Teaser trailer, poster dropped on Thursday on Instagram.
  
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• Tom Cruise, Alejandro G. Iñárritu film ‘Digger’ gets October 2026 release

  18-12-2025 19:23 via screendaily.com
  
  Teaser trailer, poster dropped on Thursday on Instagram.
  
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• ‘Endless Cookie’ wins top prize at first Nagoya animation film festival

  18-12-2025 16:26 via screendaily.com
  
  Further winners at the festival in Japan included Chinese animation ‘A Story Of Fire’.
  
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• 99% of UK film and TV performers prepared to take industrial action over AI, reveals Equity vote

  18-12-2025 15:37 via screendaily.com
  
  Performers voted yes to refuse to be digitally scanned on set to secure AI protections.
  
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• Ten film industry stories set to dominate 2026 – The Screen Podcast

  18-12-2025 14:01 via screendaily.com
  
  Podcast team also recommend some unsung British titles for Bafta voters, and looks back at the Red Sea Film Festival.
  
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• Norwegian true crime drama ‘The Horsemen Of The Apocalypse’ wraps shoot, adds sales agent

  18-12-2025 12:30 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Lene Berg’s film examines her father, film director Arnljot Berg’s arrest for murder in 1975.
  
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• Global box office predicted to reach $35bn in 2026, highest point since 2019

  18-12-2025 11:58 via screendaily.com
  
  Gower Street Analytics has unveiled its estimates for the year ahead.
  
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• Women and non-binary filmmakers direct just 16% of films released in UK-Ire in 2025, down 5%

  18-12-2025 11:48 via screendaily.com
  
  This is the lowest figure since 2018.
  
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• Women and non-binary filmmakers direct just 16% of films released in UK-Ire in 2025

  18-12-2025 11:48 via screendaily.com
  
  This is the lowest figure since 2018.
  
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• Alan Cumming to host 2026 Bafta Film Awards

  18-12-2025 08:59 via screendaily.com
  
  The ceremony will take place on February 22, 2026.
  
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• Lia Buman named head of Paramount global acquisitions and Republic Pictures

  17-12-2025 20:07 via screendaily.com
  
  Industry veteran Lia Buman has been appointed as the head of Paramount global acquisitions and Republic Pictures as the studio plans to “significantly” expand its global acquisitions pipeline.
  
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• YouTube to air Oscars starting in 2029

  17-12-2025 18:59 via screendaily.com
  
  Academy’s flagship show will air live and for free to platform’s 2bn-plus global viewers.
  
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• Canal+ unveils 2026 slate and global strategy at Paris showcase

  17-12-2025 18:11 via screendaily.com
  
  The French media giant revealed two new major English-language projects.
  
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• Canal+ unveils 2026 slate and global strategy at Paris

  17-12-2025 18:11 via screendaily.com
  
  The French media giant revealed two new major English-language projects.
  
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