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Editorial analysis of worldwide cinema data — and a place for film writers to publish their own reporting, verdicts and forecasts.
Featured · Markets
Nigeria's cinemas took 8.8 billion naira in the first half of 2026 and Nollywood now splits the market evenly with Hollywood. The figure is accurate, and it describes a very small room.
By CinemaInfo Editorial
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Grosses are everywhere. Production and marketing budgets are not. That gap is where most box office arguments go wrong.
CinemaInfo Editorial · 1 min read
Box Office · Editorial
A video-game adaptation led a $30.8 million weekend in a month studios used to write off. The release calendar has changed, and the numbers show it.
CinemaInfo Editorial · 1 min read
Box Office · Editorial
North American cinemas have already banked more than $8 billion in 2026, running roughly a fifth ahead of last year. The interesting part is where the rest of the growth is coming from.
CinemaInfo Editorial · 2 min read
Markets · Editorial
Hindi cinema gets the headlines, but Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada now decide the yearly charts. A Hindi-only tracker misses most of the market.
CinemaInfo Editorial · 1 min read
