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Saturday 31 October 2026

Saturday 31 October 2026Latest

09:50 (CET) JioStar revenue rises 10% to ₹6,806 crore ($710m) in July–September as profit falls 13%
09:39 (CET) Toho’s half-year operating profit falls 25% to ¥30.9bn ($194m) before Godzilla Minus Zero
09:33 (CET) Phars Film takes Shah Rukh Khan’s King abroad, reportedly for a record ₹175 crore ($18.4m)
09:20 (CET) Marcus Theatres posts record third-quarter revenue, up 21% to $145m
Yesterday Gower Street raises its 2026 global box office forecast to $35.7bn, best since 2019
Yesterday SAG-AFTRA voice actors ratify TV animation contracts with a 12.6% pay rise and AI terms
Yesterday Amazon MGM Studios will double its spending on Japanese originals, says its Japan chief
Yesterday Guria wins best film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards as Thailand’s Sompot takes director

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India Money & Policy

JioStar revenue rises 10% to ₹6,806 crore ($710m) in July–September as profit falls 13%

India’s biggest media group grew subscription and digital advertising income, but margins narrowed to 22.1% and profit after tax fell to ₹1,147 crore.

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Courtesy of Toho, via the film’s official site

Tokyo Money & Policy

Toho’s half-year operating profit falls 25% to ¥30.9bn ($194m) before Godzilla Minus Zero
Courtesy of Red Chillies Entertainment and Marflix Pictures

India Deals

Phars Film takes Shah Rukh Khan’s King abroad, reportedly for a record ₹175 crore ($18.4m)
Photo: SimLibrarian / CC0

US Money & Policy

Marcus Theatres posts record third-quarter revenue, up 21% to $145m

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Box Office

Worldwide

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

The April estimate was $34.7bn. North America and markets outside China reportedly account for the rise, while China is running 29% behind last year.

Festivals & Markets

Australia

Guria wins best film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards as Thailand’s Sompot takes director

Levan Koguashvili’s Georgian comedy won the top prize on the Gold Coast. Sompot Chidgasornpongse won best director and Shahrbanoo Sadat the jury grand prize.

Money & Policy

US

SAG-AFTRA voice actors ratify TV animation contracts with a 12.6% pay rise and AI terms

Members backed the four-year deals with the studios by 94.95%, adding the AI protections won in the live-action contract to animation work until June 2030.

Distribution & Streaming

Japan

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

Buddy Marini gave no figure at TIFFCOM but said bigger budgets are needed to take Japanese IP such as The Apothecary Diaries to a global Prime Video audience.

Across the regions

North America

Telefilm Canada backed 126 new features in 2025–26 as support rose to C$148.4m ($106m)

The agency’s 2025–26 annual report shows production spending almost flat, with most of the increase going to a new content market and National Canadian Film Day.

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JioStar revenue rises 10% to ₹6,806 crore ($710m) in July–September as profit falls 13%

Toho’s half-year operating profit falls 25% to ¥30.9bn ($194m) before Godzilla Minus Zero

Phars Film takes Shah Rukh Khan’s King abroad, reportedly for a record ₹175 crore ($18.4m)

Marcus Theatres posts record third-quarter revenue, up 21% to $145m

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

SAG-AFTRA voice actors ratify TV animation contracts with a 12.6% pay rise and AI terms

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

Guria wins best film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards as Thailand’s Sompot takes director

Telefilm Canada backed 126 new features in 2025–26 as support rose to C$148.4m ($106m)

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

Skydance reportedly sets four international regions; Andrew Georgiou to leave

Who is actually taking films to audiences?

The week in the business

Box Office

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

Korea sells 96.9 million cinema tickets in nine months, its best run since the pandemic

Festivals & Markets

Guria wins best film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards as Thailand’s Sompot takes director

Doha Film Festival’s Gulf strand runs 7 films, from Soulala to Bahrain’s Salem Not Salem

Colombian drama Five Years, Four Months wins best fiction at São Paulo’s 50th Mostra

Money & Policy

SAG-AFTRA voice actors ratify TV animation contracts with a 12.6% pay rise and AI terms

Telefilm Canada backed 126 new features in 2025–26 as support rose to C$148.4m ($106m)

Japan’s anime market grows 15.8% to a record ¥4.45tn ($28.4bn) in 2025

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

Telefilm Canada backed 126 new features in 2025–26 as support rose to C$148.4m ($106m)

Skydance reportedly sets four international regions; Andrew Georgiou to leave

Korea sells 96.9 million cinema tickets in nine months, its best run since the pandemic

Saudi box office rose 9% to SAR920.8m ($246m) in 2025 as local films doubled

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

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