We've been covering this project since it was announced in 2009. Joe Retaliation screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick on a brand new draft of the meta-superhero script with a more affordable budget. Tim Miller, a visual effects specialist who worked on multiple X-Men movies, worked with Zombieland/G.I. The Deadpool movie release date is scheduled for February 12th 2016. Find out more about the Deadpool movie release date, after the jump. Tim Miller is signed on to direct the X-Men spin-off movie, and THR is reporting that Ryan Reynolds may return to reprise the X-Men Origins: Wolverine character, although noting that no deal is set. “Yes, there’s disruption, but people are still going to the cinema in large numbers,” said John Fithian, president and chief executive of the National Assn.20th Century Fox has dated a movie based on the Marvel Comics character Deadpool, which will hit theaters in Winter 2016. So far this year, the domestic box office is up about 5% compared with the same period last year, because of high-profile hits including Jordan Peele’s horror movie “Get Out” from Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions, as well as Disney’s live-action remake of “Beauty and the Beast.” “We’re trying to do a better job, and it deserves being done.”Įxecutives at the trade groups emphasized that revenue still hit record levels in a year that many analysts had predicted would be down.
“There is an effort among to studios to do a better job to achieve representation,” said Christopher Dodd, chairman and chief executive of the MPAA. Asians visited an average of 6.1 times last year (up 24%) and African Americans visited 4.2 times last year (up 20%). In contrast, attendance surged among Asians and African Americans. Latinos purchased an average of 4.6 movie tickets in 2016, a drop of 11%, even as movie studios spoke about efforts to increase the diversity of their films. Yet, the movie business took a hit among 12-to-17-year-olds, who went to the movies 16% less frequently than in 2015.Īnother issue was the continued slide of the Latino audience, once the most reliable cinema audience. People ages 18 to 24 bought an average of 6.5 movie tickets in 2016, up 10% from 2015. Some young people went to the theaters more often last year. “The question is, what’s going to drive the North American box office to the heights we saw 10 to 20 years ago in terms of attendance?” Bock said. of Theatre Owners, the result of cinema chains adding more advanced screening technology and more luxurious accommodations such as recliner seating. The average ticket price hit a record $8.65 in 2016, according to the National Assn. Per capita attendance in the United States and Canada slipped 1% to 3.8 last year.ĭespite the flattening attendance, revenue still grew because of an increase in ticket prices. The slide in attendance underscores the rising competition cinemas face to lure younger audiences who have more entertainment options in the home.
Admissions totaled 1.32 billion last year, flat compared with 2015, and down from 1.4 billion a decade ago. Nonetheless, the industry is facing some troubling head winds, including long-term stagnation in the number of tickets sold. The statistics were brighter for the domestic market.īox office receipts hit a record $11.4 billion in the United States and Canada, up 2% from 2015, thanks to blockbusters such as “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” “The Secret Life of Pets,” and “Captain America: Civil War.” “A major issue is currency,” said Julia Jenks, vice president of worldwide research for the MPAA. The British pound, for example, fell 12% against the dollar last year. “They thought it was going to be some magical potion, and it’s not.”įoreign currency declines in countries such as Mexico, Argentina and Britain also depressed revenues in U.S. “The Chinese market is a little concerning,” said Jeff Bock, a box office analyst for Exhibitor Relations. dollar compared with other currencies also dampened ticket revenues, the association said in a report released Wednesday. Foreign box office totaled $27.2 billion in 2016, down from $27.3 billion in 2015, thanks to a dramatic slowdown in box office growth in China. The leveling off at the box office underscored sluggish movie ticket sales in countries outside the United States and Canada. of America, the lobbying group that represents the six largest film studios. The total worldwide box office rose 1% to a record $38.6 billion in ticket sales last year, according to a report from the Motion Picture Assn. Global movie box office revenue growth slowed last year as international receipts declined for the first time in 12 years, reflecting a cooling in China’s once-red-hot film market, according to a new report.