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The week in cinema: 12 October 2026
Everything a cinema manager needs on Monday morning, on one page: last weekend's box office in the big markets, what opens this week, the industry events coming up and the week's trade headlines. Updated 12 October 2026.
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Weekend box office
US & Canada · September 18-20, 2026
- Resident Evil $60.2m
- Practical Magic 2 $12.2m
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day $6.42m
- Resident Evil $5.64m
- Practical Magic 2 $2.01m
- Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom $2.00m
- Resident Evil $2.10m
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day $1.23m
- The Odyssey $1.22m
- Resident Evil $2.60m
- The Odyssey $938k
- The Invite $499k
- Resident Evil $2.63m
- Practical Magic 2 $942k
- The Songs of John Farnham: A Living Legend - The Celebration Concert $824k
- Resident Evil $319k
- Nation's Gambit $273k
- The Odyssey $133k
- Resident Evil $2.37m
- Coyote vs. Acme $738k
- Tad and the Magic Lamp $500k
- Resident Evil $1.65m
- Cars2026 Re-release $958k
- The Invite $716k
Top three by weekend gross, US dollars, from Box Office Mojo. All 23 markets.
Opening this week
United States
- Street Fighter Fri 16 Oct
- La bola negra Fri 16 Oct
- Sense and Sensibility Fri 16 Oct
- Whalefall Fri 16 Oct
- Street Fighter Fri 16 Oct
- Whalefall Fri 16 Oct
- It's My Time Fri 16 Oct
- Winter of the Crow Fri 16 Oct
- Sacrifice Thu 15 Oct
- Street Fighter Thu 15 Oct
- Sense and Sensibility Thu 15 Oct
- Whalefall Thu 15 Oct
- Other Mommy Wed 14 Oct
- Street Fighter Tue 13 Oct
- Whalefall Wed 14 Oct
- NAZA Mon 12 Oct
- Rose Fri 16 Oct
- Rolling Mother Fri 16 Oct
- The Pension Heist Fri 16 Oct
- Street Fighter Fri 16 Oct
- Whalefall Fri 16 Oct
- Doggerland Fri 16 Oct
- Nelly Rapp – The Gateway to the Underworld Fri 16 Oct
- Street Fighter Thu 15 Oct
- La bola negra Thu 15 Oct
- Sense and Sensibility Thu 15 Oct
- Whalefall Thu 15 Oct
- The Invite Fri 16 Oct
- Street Fighter Fri 16 Oct
- Beware Boiúna Fri 16 Oct
- Nightborn Fri 16 Oct
New releases Mon 12 Oct – Sun 18 Oct, most anticipated first, from TMDB. Release calendars for 25 countries.
Industry events in the next five weeks
- Film & Kino Regional Seminar Vestlandet12 October 2026 · Bergen, Norway
- Warsaw Industry Days (Warsaw International Film Festival)12 October 2026 · Warsaw, Poland
- Festival of Slovenian Film (FSF) Portorož13 October 2026 – 18 October 2026 · Portorož, Slovenia
- Filmtreff Bergen13 October 2026 – 14 October 2026 · Bergen, Norway
- MIFC – Marché International du Film Classique (Festival Lumière)13 October 2026 – 16 October 2026 · Lyon, France
- Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF) – industry programme14 October 2026 – 22 October 2026 · Bergen, Norway
- Rencontres professionnelles AFCAE/ADRC – Festival Lumière (MIFC)14 October 2026 – 15 October 2026 · Lyon, France
- El Gouna Film Festival – CineGouna15 October 2026 – 23 October 2026 · El Gouna, Egypt
- SCARE training: running and developing an art-house cinema15 October 2026 – 16 October 2026 · Paris, France
- Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) – Morelia PRO / Impulso Morelia16 October 2026 – 25 October 2026 · Morelia, Mexico
This week's headlines
- ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Snapping Up $26M at Box Office Amid Crowded WeekendThe Hollywood Reporter
- ‘Avengers Endgame: Encore’ Assembles $24M-$26M At No. 1 In Second-Best Late September Weekend Ever For Marketplace – Box Office UpdateDeadline
- Can Imax, Dolby and New VR Glasses Help Meta Reboot Its Immersive Entertainment Ambitions?The Hollywood Reporter
- Universal Crosses $5 Billion at the Global Box Office, First Studio to Reach Milestone in 2026Variety
- Karlovy Vary argues Ukrainian cinema needs structural support, not only emergency solidarityCineuropa
- Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’ Comedy Returning to Theaters to Support Late Icon’s FoundationThe Hollywood Reporter
- European Arthouse Cinema Day invites cinemas worldwide to join its 11th editionCineuropa
- IndieWire OpEd: Congress Must Act to Support Cinemas Tax Credit and Keep Movies on Main StreetCinema United
- UK-Ireland box office preview: Universal’s ‘Sense And Sensibility’ opens in 725 cinemasScreen Daily
- Screenvision Media Appoints Rachel Baumgarten as Chief Strategy OfficerBoxoffice Pro
All cinema industry news · Closures and openings tracker.
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