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North America
Film business news from North America: deals, box office, festivals and markets, distribution and policy.
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Clayface opens at No. 1 on $24m, and A24’s 3-hour documentary rises 25%
Sunday estimates put the DC horror ahead, but You Can See Everything made more in its second weekend than its first. Monday actuals and Halloween are the next tests.
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Who is actually taking films to audiences?
A film finds a buyer and everyone shares the headline. Then it gets harder to follow. Five cases from recent weeks, the companies doing the work, and what is still only promised.
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Four TIFF screenings, 2,300 seats: Paradise Lost sold out in advance
KoBiz revisits Yeon Sang-ho’s Toronto premiere. The next evidence that matters is territory sales.
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Black Bear’s US distribution chief Benjamin Kramer plans his exit
For sellers with talks under way, the immediate question is the handover.
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Universal sets River for 15 January after its $10m-plus Toronto deal
The Midnight Madness horror reached Toronto with US rights already held. Blumhouse–Atomic Monster bought it, Universal dates it, and the campaign begins.
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North American cinemas report $2.7bn spent on refurbishment
Cinema United puts two years of reinvestment at $2.7bn, the trade body’s own figure, as exhibitors try to make the room worth the ticket.
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Comparsa books a one-week New York run built around the International Day of the Girl
The Sheffield winner, executive produced by Jayro Bustamante, plays DCTV Firehouse on 9–15 October with Q&As.
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Universal wants its audience off the sofa
Donna Langley says Universal has to rebuild the cinema habit it helped unlearn. The 45-day window is the policy; this is the argument behind it.
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Apple Studios’ VFX artists reach a first IATSE contract, with AI protections
Production technology is also a labour-contract story.
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Paramount’s Warner Bros. takeover closes, and the parent is now Skydance
The merger completed on 6 October under David Ellison. Two studio brands stay; one owner now sets the terms for partners everywhere.
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Endgame’s reissue opens to $86m, and 70% of it came from outside North America
The Avengers: Endgame re-release took a reported $86m worldwide, most of it abroad. A month on it has reached about $142m.
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Red Sea Fund backs 30 projects from 916 submissions
The Saudi fund selected 30 of 916 applicants across two cycles. Its earlier picks are already winning at Cannes and Toronto, even as the 2026 festival is postponed.
