Updated: Apple Original Films' F1 has raced to a $144M global launch, including $88.4M from 78 international box office markets. The starts for the Brad Pitt-starrer are higher than projected coming into the weekend, and mark the biggest openings to date for an Apple title.  In 74 out of 78…

UPDATED: Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later has come alive with an estimated $60M worldwide bow. The split is dead even at the domestic and international box office with $30M each for the auteur-driven R-rated Sony horror movie. This is slightly above pre-weekend projections. Related…

SUNDAY UPDATE: Universal's How to Train Your Dragon led the charge at the global and international box office this weekend as Hiccup and Toothless winged in with a $197.8M start worldwide. Of that, $114.1M (which includes previews) is from 81 overseas markets — a smidge lower than where we saw it…

Disney's live-action charmer Lilo & Stitch has surfed past $800M at the global box office. It crossed the milestone with Wednesday's business included, and through yesterday counts $807.6M worldwide.  The bubbly Dean Fleischer Camp-directed update on the 2002 animated hit is expected to reach…

Updated: Disney's Lilo & Stitch continued to sew up strong business in its third weekend, with the global cume now at $772.6M as it closes in on $800M WW in the coming days. The international box office tally through Sunday is $436.8M after a $67.7M offshore frame (-47%).  Paramount/Skydance's Mi…

Updated: With a pair of phenomenal holds, Lilo & Stitch and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning continued to dominate global turnstiles this weekend. To wit: Disney's Lilo & Stitch added $113.1M from 52 offshore markets, lifting the international box office cume to $330.7M. The overseas…

SUNDAY UPDATE: Disney's Lilo & Stitch has come in well ahead of pre-weekend projections, with a massive $341.7M global start when factoring in the holiday Monday in the U.S. If counting just the domestic Friday-Saturday-Sunday, the worldwide total is $304.2M. The international box office portion…

EXCLUSIVE: Specialty distributor 3388 Films has set a 12-country international release for Detective Kien: The Headless Horror from director Victor Vu. The top horror thriller of all time in Vietnam, it begins rollout next week. The film will be in cinemas in the U.S., Germany, Czech Republic…

Updated: Coming in ahead of projections, New Line/Warner Bros' Final Destination Bloodlines has arrived with a $102M global start this weekend. In a rare feat, that number is made up of an even split of $51M each from domestic and the international box office for the well-reviewed…

Updated: Marvel Studios/Disney's Thunderbolts* has reached $272.2M worldwide in its sophomore session. The current international box office cume is $143.7M after this frame added $34M overseas. The latter reps a 52% drop (-50% excluding China). The New Avengers continue to reap great social scores…

In a move that could reshape the South Korea exhibition landscape, the country's respective second- and third-largest exhibitors — Lotte Cinema and Megabox — are set to merge. Today, a memorandum of understanding for a tie-up of Lotte Cultureworks and Megabox Joongang, parent companies of Lotte…

SUNDAY UPDATE: Coming in a touch lower than where we saw it heading yesterday, Marvel Studios/Disney's Thunderbolts* has opened to $162.1M globally, including $86.1M from the international box office. The worldwide bow is within the pre-weekend projected opening range.  Overseas, the Florence…