'Super Mario Bros.' and 'Barbie' top the French charts for the year, but local films account for 40 percent of total admissions. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief France closed out the cinema year on a high note, recording 181 million theater ...

UPDATED: Universal’s Wicked: For Good dominated the global box office over the weekend, with a confirmed $223m opening of which $76m came from international markets, based on latest estimates.

The magic extended to No. 1s in 40 of those offshore hubs, including a surprisingly solid China start of $21.7M, according to Maoyan, where Leomus handles. Next best was CIS (Pasatiempo) at $6.4M (and, yes, Lionsgate still third-party releases movies in Russia via its longstanding output deals).

Following a pair of box office hits “Black Box” and “A Perfect Man,” hot French filmmaker Yann Gozlan is now directing Cécile de France (“The Young Pope”), Lars Mikkelsen (“House of Cards”) and French music icon Mylène Farmer in “The ...

After a sleepy October, the box office was dominated this weekend by a highly-anticipated sequel, "Wicked: For Good," with $150 million in domestic ticket sales.