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Cast member Tom Holland attends the premiere for the film "Spider-Man: No Way Home" in Los Angeles, California, December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Tops Dismal Box Office After Nine Months Away

Movie theaters and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad end-of-summer continues at the box office. Without any major releases on the calendar, Sony’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home” — yes, a movie…

04 September 2022
Nathalie Emmanuel in 'The Invitation.' COURTESY OF MARCELL PITI/CTMG

'The Invitation' Tops Box Office With $7 Million in Catastrophically Slow Weekend

If three new movies debut in theaters, but nobody goes to see them... That is how Sony's creepy thriller "The Invitation" managed to top box office charts with a paltry $7 million. Its win comes…

28 August 2022
This image released by Universal Pictures shows Idris Elba in a scene from "Beast." (Lauren Mulligan/Universal Pictures via AP)

‘Dragon Ball Super’ Bests ‘Beast’ At Box Office With $20.1M

Idris Elba may go head-to-head with a lion in “Beast,” but the action flick was no match for the latest “Dragon Ball” movie at the North American box office this weekend. “Dragon Ball Super: Super…

AP 21 August 2022
A large billboard is pictured at the entrance of of Old Jeddah, known as 'Al- Balad', to announce the first edition of the Red Sea Film Festival, in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah, on December 11, 2021. (Photo by Ammar ABD RABBO / Red Sea Film Festival / AFP)

Why Do Cinemas Flourish in Saudi Arabia Despite Global Decline?

With more than 600 cinemas remaining shut in North America and a global decline in revenues that reached up to 80% in Europe and Asia, the outlook of the screening film industry seems to be gloomy…

Motasem Al Felou 24 December 2021
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