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Alan Ritchson as 81 in War Machine.

How War Machine flopped at box office and made big money for producers

It tanked at the box office. So what made War Machine’s Australian cinema run such a massive success?

  • Karl Quinn

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Margot Robbie dancing gif

Margot Robbie dances her way to box office highs with Wuthering Heights

Video has emerged of the star channelling Kate Bush while imitating her Wuthering Heights dance moves on set, as the film enjoys a box office triumph.

  • Nell Geraets
For five years, cinema insiders repeated “survive until 2025”. Did the industry survive, thrive or dive?

Cinema was meant to reset in 2025. Did it live up to the promise?

The film industry’s mantra was “survive until 2025”, but the reality turned out far more complicated.

  • Nell Geraets
Larry Ellison, chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle Corporation.

A father, a son, and their $160 billion push for media moguldom

Larry Ellison is trying to help buy his son David an empire so they can rule Hollywood and the news together.

  • Theodore Schleifer
Clown in a Cornfield doesn’t deliver much in the way of laughs or scares.

Turns out, the best antidote to anxiety is a horror film

It may seem counterintuitive to deal with stress by making yourself more stressed. But box office data, and studies, suggest the cure for fear is the poison itself.

  • Nell Geraets and Pablo Barnes
Think watching 31 movies in one month is a lot? Try making each one of them a horror.

I watched 31 horror movies this month. This is what I learnt

Horror movies are having quite a moment, but are they as enjoyable when you have to watch one every day of the month?

  • Nell Geraets
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<i>Pride and Prejudice</i> will return to QPAC in July 2026.

Happy ending: Qld Theatre brings hit play back after cyclone cancellation

A crowd pleaser will return next year, along with a world premiere by one of the planet’s hottest playwrights.

  • Nick Dent
The Official Release Party of a Showgirl has topped the box office in Australia over the weekend.

Taylor Swift already dominated record sales. Now, she’s crushing the box office

The star’s album launch film, The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, landed in cinemas across Australia at the weekend – and her fans packed them out.

  • Nell Geraets and Thomas Buckley
Superman and The Fantastic Four: First Steps looked like they would rescue their studios’ from box office hell. What happened?

Superhero fatigue has set in at the box office, but it’s not the stars who are to blame

Talk of “superhero fatigue” has become deafening over the years, but it turns out we may have been misreading the situation all along.

  • Nell Geraets
Mark Walker is opening a single screen indpendent cinema in Collingwood.

In an age of streaming, Melbourne is getting another independent cinema

Eclipse Cinema, a 64-seat, single-screen affair, will open on Thursday in a warehouse that once housed the Sherrin football factory.

  • Cara Waters