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Naman Ramachandran China’s box office wrapped up March with a relatively quiet weekend, led once again by Cococartoon’s animated juggernaut “Ne Zha 2,” which grossed RMB62.2 million ($8.6 million) for the March 28–30 period. The film’s cumulative gross now stands at $2.09 billion, according to Artisan Gateway, extending its lead as the highest-grossing release of the year. Jason Statham-starring action thriller “A Working Man,” released by Black Bear, debuted in second place with a modest $3.3 million.

Bruce Glover has sadly died.

Diamonds Are Forever, has died aged 92.His son, Back to the Future actor Crispin Glover, shared on Instagram that he died March 12, with no other details surrounding his death given. The actor also shared a host of images taken from his father’s various roles over the years with fans, many of whom called the late Glover a “legend” in the comments.Among Glover’s film appearances were as Deputy Grady Coker in 1973’s Walking Tall, Duffy in 1974’s Chinatown alongside Jack Nicolson, and as a debt collector in Walter Hill’s 1975 flick Hard Times.Glover also performed in hundreds of plays, appearing on Broadway opposite Bette Davis in Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana and alongside Anne Bancroft in Mother Courage and Her Children in the early sixties.In Guy Hamilton’s Diamonds Are Forever (1971) – the sixth and final Eon Productions film to star Sean Connery as James Bond – Glover and Putter Smith portrayed Mr Wint and Mr Kidd, gay assassins who do the bidding of diamond smuggler Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Charles Gray).The memorable role saw them complete each other’s sentences, kill a dentist with a scorpion, blow up a helicopter with a time bomb and try, several times, to kill Connery’s Bond.Speaking about the role in a 2019 interview (via Variety), Glover said: “Guy Hamilton was wide open to every idea I had and a lot of the success of the humour of that film was me.

Bruce Glover, a prolific actor who appeared in films like Diamonds Are Forever and Chinatown and acted alongside Bette Davis and Anne Bancroft on Broadway, died at the age of 92, his son, Back to the Future actor Crispin Glover announced on Instagram.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Bruce Glover, a character actor who played the assassin Mr. Wint in “Diamonds Are Forever” and appeared on dozens of TV shows, died March 12. His son, the actor Crispin Glover, confirmed the actor’s death on Instagram but did not give further details.

Naman Ramachandran China’s box office for the weekend of March 21–23 saw “Ne Zha 2” maintaining its dominant position, while new releases made modest debuts.​ “Ne Zha 2” earned RMB85.7 million ($11.9 million) over the weekend, bringing its cumulative total to $2.081 billion, according to Artisan Gateway. In its eighth week, the animated blockbuster continues to captivate audiences. In Imax, “Ne Zha 2” added $1.8 million globally, a 41% drop from the previous weekend, increasing its global cume in the format to $158.2 million, with $154 million from China alone.​ Hanna Pictures’ “The River of Fury” debuted in second place with $2 million.

Matt Minton mminton@variety.com If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After years of publicity and media attention surrounding the case of Natalia Grace, a new Hulu limited series hopes to tell different angles of the same story. The eight-episode limited series, “Good American Family,” dropped its first two episodes on Hulu March 19, with the additional six episodes dropping weekly every Wednesday.

Naman Ramachandran China’s box office remained steady over the March 14–16 weekend, with “Ne Zha 2” continuing its dominant run at the top of the charts. The Cococartoon release grossed RMB 148.3 million ($20.6 million), pushing its cumulative total to $2.064 billion, according to Artisan Gateway. The animated juggernaut continues to lead the market despite being in its seventh weekend of release.

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Naman Ramachandran China’s box office maintained its robust pace, with “Ne Zha 2” continuing to dominate. The Cococartoon release grossed RMB274.9 million ($38.2 million) over the March 3–9 period, bringing its cumulative total to $2.04 billion, according to Artisan Gateway. The animated epic has become the first Chinese film to surpass $2 billion at the box office, marking a historic milestone.

Friends recalls being shocked by a racist remarks on set.Stephen Park spoke as part of the Pod Meets World Podcast, a rewatch series for ’90s teen show Boy Meets World. As well as talking about his appearance on that show, he looked back at his time working on the American sitcom.Park featured in two episodes of Friends – season two episode 23 “The One with the Chicken Pox”, and in season three Episode 23, “The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion”. The episodes aired in 1996 and ’97 respectively.“It was at the time, I felt it was kind of a toxic environment,” Park said about the show.

Naman Ramachandran China’s box office continued to be dominated by “Ne Zha 2,” which grossed RMB471.9 million ($65.5 million) over the Feb. 28–March 2 weekend, bringing its cumulative total to $1.98 billion, according to Artisan Gateway. The Cococartoon release is closing in on the $2 billion milestone with sustained audience interest.

Naman Ramachandran China’s box office remained firmly in the grip of “Ne Zha 2,” which continued its extraordinary run, grossing RMB 1.1 billion ($152.9 million) over the Feb. 21–23 weekend, according to Artisan Gateway. The Enlight Pictures/Cococartoon release has now amassed $1.89 billion in the Middle Kingdom since its debut on Jan.

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Naman Ramachandran China’s box office remained strong post-Lunar New Year, with “Ne Zha 2” continuing its historic run. The Enlight release earned RMB1.98 billion ($275.3 million) over the Feb. 14–16 weekend, bringing its total to $1.64 billion, according to Artisan Gateway.

Naman Ramachandran China’s box office continued its strong Lunar New Year momentum, with “Ne Zha 2” dominating the charts for the second consecutive week. The Enlight Pictures release grossed RMB1.92 billion ($267.1 million) during the Feb. 3–9 period, bringing its cumulative total to $1.11 billion, according to Artisan Gateway.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic Conspiracies and cover-ups are a dime a dozen in fictional movies (thrillers, political dramas, you name it). But when a documentary unravels a conspiracy, it can take on the kind of hushed suspense those films used to have and rarely do anymore.

There are more box office records for Imax coming out of the just-concluded Chinese New Year holiday with the company notching its biggest ever haul for the annual period. Grossing $53M, Imax exceeded its previous record of $34M, set in 2023, by a huge 57%. 

Ushering in the Year of the Snake, China’s Spring Festival 2025 has set a new record for box office during the annual holiday period. Total Mainland grosses reached RMB 9.51B ($1.3B) from January 28-February 4. This outstrips the previous record of RMB 8.02B.

Naman Ramachandran The Chinese box office experienced a massive boost over the Lunar New Year holiday, with five major releases propelling weekend earnings to $536.9 million, according to Artisan Gateway. The five-day holiday frame delivered a cumulative total of $1.24 billion for 2025, marking a 234.1% increase from the same period last year, driven by strong debuts and record-setting performances in Imax.