Weekend Box Office: 'Light Between Oceans,' 'Morgan' Battle Labor Day Blues

The final weekend of summer is never a huge moviegoing frame as distributors look ahead to the fall and awards season; look for holdover horror-thriller 'Don't Breathe' to stay at No. 1 in its second outing.

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Russia Box Office: Disney Has Record Year in Rubles

Thanks to the likes of 'Zootopia' and 'Jungle Book,' Disney releases have grossed more in the local currency so far in 2016 than in any previous full year.

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Box-Office Preview: 'Don't Breathe' Set to Rule Quiet Labor Day Ahead of 'Light Between Oceans,' 'Morgan'

Looking for some final summer fun, some titles are re-upping their theater counts, including 'Finding Dory,' 'Independence Day: Resurgence' and 'Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party'; elsewhere, 'Hands of Stone' makes major expansion in second weekend.

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China Box Office: Growth Returns in August After Prolonged Downturn

The uptick comes after the Chinese market suffered its first quarterly decline in half a decade, followed by an 18 percent plummet in ticket sales in July.

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Summer Box-Office Wrap: Why Hollywood's on Red Alert Despite Near-Record Revenue

The sequelitis virus infected a number of big-budget franchise installments, except for a precious few (think 'Captain America: Civil War' and 'Finding Dory'), while horror also helped save the day and Disney dominated.

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China Box Office: 'Jason Bourne,' 'Ice Age' Neck-and-Neck as Hollywood Releases Return After Blackout Period

The two studio titles are the first U.S. films after China's annual period designed to protect domestic releases, which was shortened this year after the country's box office sufferred a surprising downturn.

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Box-Office Analysis: How 'Hell or High Water' Became an Indie Summer Success

The critically acclaimed heist pic and modern-day Western — starring Chris Pine, Jeff Bridges and Ben Foster — is prospering in both art house theaters on both (blue) coasts and commercial theaters in flyover (red) states.

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