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Thessaloniki opens with Zvyagintsev’s Minotaur as Agora picks 14 co-production projects

The 67th Thessaloniki festival screens 258 films from 5 to 15 November, with 10 titles in its main competition and 14 projects at its co-production forum.

2 November 20267 min read

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TurkeyFestivals & Markets

Ragıp Türk’s debut Stone and Feather wins six prizes at Antalya’s Golden Orange
Courtesy of A24 and Torino Film Festival

US Box Office

You Can See Everything and Clayface neck and neck on a slow US Halloween weekend
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WorldwideBox Office

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey passes $1.17bn outside North America, a Universal record

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%

Thessaloniki opens with Zvyagintsev’s Minotaur as Agora picks 14 co-production projects

Ragıp Türk’s debut Stone and Feather wins six prizes at Antalya’s Golden Orange

You Can See Everything and Clayface neck and neck on a slow US Halloween weekend

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey passes $1.17bn outside North America, a Universal record

James Longley’s Afghan documentary Mohabat wins Ji.hlava’s top prize

AI-made Sanxingdui reaches an estimated RMB1.59m ($239,000) after nine days in China

Alain Gomis’s Dao wins Seminci’s Golden Spike as Lisandro Alonso takes best director

Singapore debut Ah Girl wins best film at SGIFF’s Silver Screen Awards

Shanghai Film’s nine-month profit falls 87% to RMB18.5m ($2.8m) as China box office slumps

Liverpool’s Littlewoods film campus wins £20m in the Budget as Twickenham Studios exits

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

The week in the business

Box Office

AI-made Sanxingdui reaches an estimated RMB1.59m ($239,000) after nine days in China

Gower Street raises its 2026 global box office forecast to $35.7bn, best since 2019

Brazil’s cinemas reportedly sell 116.8m tickets by October, beating all of 2025

Festivals & Markets

James Longley’s Afghan documentary Mohabat wins Ji.hlava’s top prize

Alain Gomis’s Dao wins Seminci’s Golden Spike as Lisandro Alonso takes best director

Singapore debut Ah Girl wins best film at SGIFF’s Silver Screen Awards

Money & Policy

Shanghai Film’s nine-month profit falls 87% to RMB18.5m ($2.8m) as China box office slumps

Liverpool’s Littlewoods film campus wins £20m in the Budget as Twickenham Studios exits

Distribution & Streaming

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

Skydance reportedly sets four international regions; Andrew Georgiou to leave

Regal and Cinemark reportedly pass on Netflix’s Cliff Booth for IMAX over Thanksgiving

Across the regions

Hello Sunshine reportedly cuts half its staff weeks after Witherspoon–Mediawan buyout

Alain Gomis’s Dao wins Seminci’s Golden Spike as Lisandro Alonso takes best director

Singapore debut Ah Girl wins best film at SGIFF’s Silver Screen Awards

Alain Gomis’s Dao wins Seminci’s Golden Spike as Lisandro Alonso takes best director

Alain Gomis’s Dao wins Seminci’s Golden Spike as Lisandro Alonso takes best director

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