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Japan Box Office

Godzilla Minus Zero opens on ¥910m ($5.7m), a Japan live-action day record

Toho’s sequel took more than 590,000 admissions on 3 November; the day ranks first among all live-action titles. A ¥10bn series first is a studio ambition, not a tally.

4 November 20263 min read

Photo: Mint / company publicity

India Money & Policy

EloElo raises $80m Series C led by Hornbill Capital and NBCUniversal
Photo: Jānis Konons / FilmFestival Cottbus

Germany Festivals & Markets

FilmFestival Cottbus opens with Latvian hit Escape Net and 147 films
Courtesy of Movistar Plus

Spain Box Office

La Bola Negra climbs to No.3 on Spain’s all-time Spanish box-office list

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.

31 October 202610 min read

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Takings rose faster than tickets in every market with like-for-like figures
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%

Takings rose faster than tickets in every market with like-for-like figures

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%

Godzilla Minus Zero opens on ¥910m ($5.7m), a Japan live-action day record

EloElo raises $80m Series C led by Hornbill Capital and NBCUniversal

FilmFestival Cottbus opens with Latvian hit Escape Net and 147 films

La Bola Negra climbs to No.3 on Spain’s all-time Spanish box-office list

Birth of an Empire opens at No.1 in Russia with 470,000 admissions

AFRIFF opens its 15th edition with Olive Nwosu’s LADY and 119 films

La venganza del Charro Negro holds Mexico’s No. 1 on MXN52.6m ($2.8m)

Mar del Plata opens with McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine and a full FIAPF competition slate

Elsinore leads BIFA nominations with 12 as craft winners set for 24 November

Cinemark’s third-quarter revenue rises 23.5% to $1.06bn

MedFilm Festival returns to Rome with 67 films from 33 countries

Box office outside North America and China is back in dollars, not tickets. Who’s winning?

The week in the business

Box Office

Birth of an Empire opens at No.1 in Russia with 470,000 admissions

La venganza del Charro Negro holds Mexico’s No. 1 on MXN52.6m ($2.8m)

Australian box office crosses A$1bn ($701m) for first time since 2019

Festivals & Markets

AFRIFF opens its 15th edition with Olive Nwosu’s LADY and 119 films

Mar del Plata opens with McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine and a full FIAPF competition slate

Elsinore leads BIFA nominations with 12 as craft winners set for 24 November

Money & Policy

Cinemark’s third-quarter revenue rises 23.5% to $1.06bn

California’s governor proposes raising the film and TV tax credit to at least $1bn a year

iQIYI opens an AI film studio in Shanghai and starts shooting Cop in Trouble

Distribution & Streaming

Netflix buys Joel Coen’s Jack of Spades worldwide and plans a 2027 cinema release

Lionsgate’s Sunrise on the Reaping goes 3D with Meta, then to its VR glasses

Amazon MGM Studios will double its spending on Japanese originals, says its Japan chief

Across the regions

La venganza del Charro Negro holds Mexico’s No. 1 on MXN52.6m ($2.8m)

Elsinore leads BIFA nominations with 12 as craft winners set for 24 November

Australian box office crosses A$1bn ($701m) for first time since 2019

Jesse Eisenberg’s The Debut opens Marrakech as 76 films are named for its 23rd edition

Mar del Plata opens with McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine and a full FIAPF competition slate

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