The 23rd edition of the FIFA World Cup, held across the United States, Mexico and Canada, concluded on July 19, 2026, delivering unprecedented viewership figures both in the United States and in Italy, underscoring the structural growth of soccer audiences in television markets not traditionally centered on the sport. In the United States, the final between Spain and Argentina, won by Spain 1-0 in extra time, drew a combined audience of nearly 63 million viewers across Fox, Telemundo and Peacock. [...]

The LA Shorts International Film Festival, one of the most prestigious Academy Awards®-qualifying festivals in the United States, will host the California premiere of Mamma, That's All Right on August 5, 2026. The short documentary, directed by Valentina Signorelli and presented by NIAF and the Aurelio De Laurentiis Film Prizes, was selected from more than 350 entries in competition and is one of thirteen non‑U.S. productions admitted to the program. The project, produced by Valentina Signorelli, Lorenzo Giovenga and Lorenzo [...]

The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan's new film released by Universal Pictures, closed its opening weekend with an estimated worldwide gross of $264.1 million, the biggest debut of the director's career, ahead of the opening results of Oppenheimer, Tenet, and The Dark Knight Rises.  In the United States, the film grossed $124.5 million from 3,919 theaters. It marks the biggest live-action opening of 2026 in the North American market, the top R-rated debut of the year, and the largest R-rated launch ever [...]

Christopher Nolan is opening the weekend with above-average numbers. The Odyssey, his $250 million epic inspired by Homer's poem, has already accumulated nearly $40 million worldwide in just a few days ($39.8M to be precise), before the actual opening weekend has even begun. The figure breaks down into three distinct numbers: $17.6 million from Thursday night previews in North America — the best of 2026, ahead of Toy Story 5's $17.5M — plus $22.2 million in international running cume from [...]

Neon has finalized a deal to acquire the worldwide rights to Artificial, the new film directed and co-produced by Luca Guadagnino. The project had previously been set up at Amazon MGM Studios, which subsequently decided to part with it, concluding that a different distribution partner would be the better fit for the film. Budgeted at roughly $40 million and currently in the final stages of post-production, the film recounts the days that led to the removal and subsequent reinstatement of [...]

Traditionally one of the most lucrative windows on the American film calendar, this year's Independence Day weekend closed below expectations. Coinciding with the celebrations for the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding, the North American box office posted one of the weakest July 4th frames of the post-pandemic era — a result compounded by the holiday falling on a Saturday, a day on which audiences favored barbecues and fireworks over the multiplex. Topping the chart was Minions & Monsters, the [...]