Chance Huskey: Last News

Belle is set to top $2 million Thurs.-Mon. on 1,326 screens, according to distributor GKIDS. With Saturday’s actuals, it said, the gross surpassed $1.2M, making it director Mamoru Hosoda’s highest grossing film in the U.S. That was previously 2018’s Mirai with $812K.

Christopher Vourlias The worldwide disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic is creating both massive challenges and unprecedented opportunities for the animation industry, according to a panel presented Tuesday as part of a weekly discussion series hosted by UniFrance.The session, “Successful Strategies to Promote French Animation Worldwide,” included Benoit Berthe Siward, of the curated screening event The Animation Showcase (U.K.); Charlotte Boucon, of sales agent SND Films (France); Annemie Degryse, of production company Lunanime & Lumière (Belgium); Kristina Frajtic, of distribution company Blitz (Croatia); Chance Huskey, of distributor GKids and the Animation is Film Festival (U.S.); and Eugene Kim, of the Bucheon Intl.