Resident Evil broke a franchise record by beating a number that was never an opening weekend
Zach Cregger's Resident Evil did set a franchise opening record. The $60.12 million it is being measured against is not an opening weekend at all — it is a sixteen-year-old film's entire domestic run.
September 27, 2026 1:38 pm
Crocodile Dundee turns 40 and two Australian lists cannot agree where it ranks
Forty years after it opened in America, Crocodile Dundee is still described as the highest-grossing film of all time in Australia. It is not, it never was, and the two bodies that keep the list cannot agree on whether it is 28th or 32nd.
September 26, 2026 10:39 am
San Sebastian says all 17 Golden Shell films are world premieres and Mike Leigh has played three festivals already
San Sebastian closes on Saturday with seventeen films competing for the Golden Shell, and the preview copy says every one of them is a world premiere. Mike Leigh's entry has already played Telluride, Toronto and New York.
September 25, 2026 5:33 pm
A Netflix Series Is Competing for San Sebastian’s Golden Shell, and It Drops Today
Pablo Larrain's Mis muertos tristes is competing for San Sebastian's Golden Shell as a feature. It arrives on Netflix today as four episodes, two days before the jury decides.
September 24, 2026 10:18 am
San Sebastian’s Director Said Three Donostia Awards Were Ideal. He Is Leaving With Two
San Sebastian's outgoing director said in July that three honorary awards were the ideal. His farewell festival closes on Saturday having given two, and nobody has explained why.
September 23, 2026 5:52 pm
One Animated Release, Six Opening Figures, and the Two That Are Actually Wrong
Six figures circulated for one weekend of one animated release: $6.8M, $7.8M, $12.7M, $26.5M, $35.5M and $36.6M. Only two of them are wrong, and the trap is the one that looks right.
September 22, 2026 8:47 am
Angh Did Not Take India’s Oscar Slot. The Academy’s Rule Says “In Addition To”
A Konyak-language debut from Nagaland won TIFF's Platform Prize and was reported as seizing an Oscar slot India had already given to another film. The Academy's rule says the word 'addition' and nobody quoted it.
September 21, 2026 5:24 pm
Martin McDonagh Has Never Won a Golden Lion, and One Live Report Still Says He Just Did
A report published five days ago says Wild Horse Nine won the Golden Lion at Venice. It did not. Martin McDonagh has never won a Golden Lion, and the article is still up with no correction.
September 21, 2026 8:02 am
The Odyssey Hit 10 Million Admissions in Korea and Became the 35th Film to Do It
The Odyssey crossed ten million admissions in South Korea and was widely reported as setting a record. It is the thirty-fifth film to do it. The record it did set is a different one, and nobody printed it.
September 20, 2026 12:56 am
Fatih Akin Opens San Sebastian With a Festival Record There of Exactly Nothing
San Sebastian opens with Fatih Akin's Ghost Song. He has a Golden Bear, a Cannes screenplay prize and a Venice jury prize — and, at 52, has never once competed for the Golden Shell with a feature.
September 19, 2026 3:49 am