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Courtesy of Charades / Moonspun Films
Kino Lorber takes North America on Clio Barnard’s I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
The Cannes Directors’ Fortnight audience winner and eight-time BIFA nominee is set for a 2027 theatrical release in North America after Charades and Gersh closed the deal.
- Kino Lorber takes North America on Clio Barnard’s I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
- Ink, Fatherland and Club Kid take top prizes at Evolution Mallorca 2026
- IMAX posts record $174.6m Q3 revenue as The Odyssey drives $712m network box office
- Netflix and SPi shoot Operation TAP, the streamer’s first Portugal feature
- Lionsgate greenlights Destin Daniel Cretton’s live-action Naruto with Sony
- Marvelous and Kapa pair on Olivier Dahan’s Nana, starting a France–Greece pact
- La Bola Negra takes the BFI London Film Festival audience prize
- Sony Pictures quarterly sales jump 37% to $3.23bn on Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Box office outside North America and China is back in dollars, not tickets. Who’s winning?
Takings are up an estimated 20% and level with 2017–19 in dollars, but cinemas sell far fewer tickets. Korea, Brazil and Saudi Arabia grew on attendance; India mostly on price.
Read the analysis: Box office outside North America and China is back in dollars, not tickets. Who’s winning?Takings vs tickets
Takings rose faster than tickets in every market with like-for-like figures
Change on the previous year in takings and in tickets sold. Each market is compared over its own period.
TakingsTickets
South KoreaJan–Sep 2026
+28.8%+35.9%
Brazilto 23 Sep 2026
+19.2%+25.1%
Saudi Arabia2025
+7%+9%
Worldwide2025
+2.8%+5.4%
India is not shown: industry takings rose 23% in July–September, but the only ticket count published for the quarter is PVR INOX’s (+4%), so the two are not like-for-like.
Sources: KOFIC; Ancine, compiled for RioMarket; Saudi Film Commission, via Argaam; European Audiovisual Observatory’s Focus 2026, via KOFIC
Read the analysisSee the data
| Market | Takings | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| South Korea (Jan–Sep 2026) | +35.9% | +28.8% |
| Brazil (to 23 Sep 2026) | +25.1% | +19.2% |
| Saudi Arabia (2025) | +9% | +7% |
| Worldwide (2025) | +5.4% | +2.8% |
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The week in the business
Box Office
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Moulin opens at No. 1 in France with 346,178 admissions
László Nemes’s Jean Moulin drama, distributed by Studio TF1 with Gilles Lellouche, led the week of 28 October–3 November on updated CBO figures; Ducobu passed 1.2 million and Les Misérables cleared one million.
Festivals & Markets
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La Bola Negra takes the BFI London Film Festival audience prize
Los Javis’ queer epic takes the public prize after its October gala; Dependence wins best British discovery. Altitude opens the film in the UK and Ireland on 6 November.
Money & Policy
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Sony Pictures quarterly sales jump 37% to $3.23bn on Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Theatrical revenue hits $1.28bn and operating income rises more than fivefold as the summer blockbuster powers SPE’s September quarter.
Distribution & Streaming
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Jailer 2 set for Prime Video worldwide on 12 November, report says
Nelson Dilipkumar’s Rajinikanth sequel, recently cited as the highest-grossing Tamil film, is due on the streamer in India and more than 240 territories in five Indian languages, a trade exclusive says.
Across the regions
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Lionsgate greenlights Destin Daniel Cretton’s live-action Naruto with Sony
Sony will co-finance and take international distribution after a multi-studio bidding war; Lionsgate keeps North America and production lead, with cameras due in spring 2027.
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Marvelous and Kapa pair on Olivier Dahan’s Nana, starting a France–Greece pact
The Pathé alumni banner and Greece’s largest studio complex will develop features and series together, starting with Dahan’s Zola adaptation.
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Lionsgate greenlights Destin Daniel Cretton’s live-action Naruto with Sony
Sony will co-finance and take international distribution after a multi-studio bidding war; Lionsgate keeps North America and production lead, with cameras due in spring 2027.
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AFRIFF opens its 15th edition with Olive Nwosu’s LADY and 119 films
Africa International Film Festival runs in Lagos from 1–7 November with Nwosu’s UK–Nigeria debut as opening film, Hakeem Kae-Kazim’s It’s the Blackness closing, and the full official selection.
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Mar del Plata opens with McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine and a full FIAPF competition slate
The 41st Mar del Plata International Film Festival runs 5–15 November with Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine opening, Marc Turtletaub’s Borges and Me closing, and every competition title listed.
The number
$15.1bn
Estimated takings outside North America and China, January–September 2026: up 20% and level with the 2017–19 average at current exchange rates
The diary
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