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‘Terrifier 3’ has become a major talking point not only for its shockingly violent scenes but also for shattering box office records by earning over $50 million worldwide.

This achievement is particularly noteworthy given its modest $2 million budget, making it the highest-grossing unrated film ever, surpassing the previous record held by Beyoncé’s concert film ‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’, which earned $43 million.

Terrifier 3 crosses $50M at the worldwide box office and officially becomes the highest grossing unrated film, even surpassing the highest grossing Nc-17 films #terrifier3 pic.twitter.com/gQvv9STFyg

— Damien Leone (@damienleone) October 27, 2024

The franchise, known for its boundary-pushing gore, features a sequence where a child around 9 or 10 years old is gruesomely murdered by Art the Clown, sparking significant controversy.

Director Damien Leone highlighted the extremity of the film in a recent interview, stating, ‘The first five minutes alone will stir controversy. And that’s not even the biggest kill scene.

BET honored Black excellence in music, television, film, and sports across more than 20 categories at the BET Awards 2024 on Sunday, June 30 (8Pm Et/Pt). The star-studded lineup of performers at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles included Lauryn Hill & Yg Marley, Tanner Adell, GloRilla, Ice Spice, Latto, Muni Long, Sexyy Red, Shaboozey, Will Smith, Tyla and Victoria Monét, alongside presenters Andra Day, Colman Domingo, DC Young Fly, Devale Ellis, Jay Ellis, Jessica Betts, Ms. Pat, Niecy Nash-Betts, Saucy Santana and more.

Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Taraji P. Henson returned to host “Culture’s Biggest Night,” and Grammy-winning global icon Usher was honored with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement BET Award. Drake led all nominees with seven bids and Megan Thee Stallion opened up the ceremony. See the full list of nominees and winners below.

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Trafalgar Releasing and Cj 4DPlex are launching a strategic partnership that will focus on producing, programming, delivering and marketing four K-pop cinema releases globally in 2024. The films will be shown across a combination of premium formats such as ScreenX, 4Dx, Ultra 4Dx and traditional cinema locations.

Trafalgar Releasing moved into the K-pop market with the 2018 concert film, “BTS: Burn the Stage the Movie.” The company said it has since generated more than $120 million in box office revenue from K-pop releases.

The first project to launch the partnership is “aespa: World Tour” in cinemas, a special cinematic presentation capturing the group’s global tour, which will screen in more than 45 countries on April 24 and 27. The additional three titles will be announced throughout the year.

Trafalgar Releasing and Cj 4Dplex have worked together on previous global cinema releases since 2021 including the live broadcast of Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres Tour, as...

“Bottoms,” “Ru Paul’s Drag Race,” “Ted Lasso,” and Reneé Rapp took home top prizes at the GLAAD Media Awards, which this year celebrates the 35th anniversary of the annual award show.

Awards were handed out Thursday night at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. The show was hosted by actor and comedian Wayne Brady.

Oprah Winfrey received the Vanguard award, which was introduced by iconic Chicago drag performer Chili Pepper and celebrity host Paolo Presta. Television star Niecy Nash-Betts received the Stephen F. Kolzak Award presented by Sharon Stone.

“Many people don’t know this but 35 years ago, my brother Jeffrey Lee passed away when he was just 29-years-old from AIDS,” Winfrey said.

“Growing up at the time we did in the community we did, we didn’t have the language to understand or to speak about sexuality and gender in the way that we do now,” she continued.

“Ted Lasso,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “Yellowjackets” and “Bottoms” were among the 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards’ list of winners.

On Thursday, TV personality and comedian Wayne Brady hosted the awards show for LGBTQ-friendly media, complete with performances from Chlöe and Kate Hudson debuting their songs “Fys” and “Talk About Love,” respectively.

Talk show icon Oprah Winfrey received the Vanguard Award, while Emmy-winning actress Niecy Nash-Betts was honored with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award for her work toward eliminating homophobia.

As far as the other winners go, the list included “Ted Lasso,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “Bottoms,” “Yellowjackets” and many more. Singer-songwriter Reneé Rapp was given the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Artist, presented by Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong.

Check out the full list of 2024 winners and presenters, below.

“Fellow Travelers” received the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, presented by Michaela Jaé Rodriguez “Ted Lasso...

AMC CEO Adam Aron can’t thank Taylor Swift and Beyoncé enough.

AMC Entertainment reported its Q4 earnings on Wednesday, February 28, with the theater chain seeing revenue growth of double digits in the quarter. Aron credited all of that growth — “literally, all of it,” Aron stressed — to AMC itself distributing both “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” and “Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé.” It did this despite box office being down on the whole across the industry in the fourth quarter of the year.

“These two movies added greatly to movie theatre ticket sales across our entire industry, as just these two films represented fully one ninth of the complete fourth quarter domestic industry-wide box office,” Aron said in a statement. “This is a stunning result given that neither of these films were on anyone’s drawing board until mid-year, and that they were the first movies ever distributed by AMC in our entire 103-year history.

Beyoncé's concert film, "Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé," experienced a significant drop in box office numbers during its second weekend, earning only $5 million. The drop in numbers can be attributed to factors such as the calm before the holiday season and the majority of superfans already watching the movie during its opening weekend. Despite the drop, "Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé" is still considered a relative triumph, with positive reviews and a total global box office earnings of $36.1 million.

The box office numbers are in for Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé's second weekend in theaters, and they do not bode well for the projected success of Beyoncé's concert movie. The 2023 documentary film, directed and written by the singer herself, chronicles Beyoncé's 2023 stadium tour, the Renaissance World Tour, which showcases her seventh studio album Renaissance, released in 2022. The movie is two hours and 48 minutes long and includes numerous songs from Renaissance,...

Japanese cinema has achieved great heights through all eras of the medium. This weekend, two of the country’s giants — 82-year-old Hayao Miyazaki and 69-year-old Godzilla — came out of local retirement with sleeper hits.

GKids opened Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron” to #1 and Toho Releasing saw “Godzilla Minus One” take #3 in its second week. Both distributors smartly chose playtimes when top studios avoided releasing new films and when those in play provided less competition.

The weekend also saw the impressive debuts of three specialized titles. Led by Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” (Searchlight) with the fall’s top platform showing, Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” (Neon) began its one-week qualifying run along with Wim Wenders’ documentary “Anselm.”

The weekend total of $71 million isn’t impressive on its own, but it represents an huge improvement from last year’s $38 million and keeps hopes alive for a $9 billion 2023. Year to date remains up 23 percent,...

Japanese films have done well in North American in recent years, particularly Anime, but for the first time ever, Japanese productions took up two spots in the top three at the box office. Read on for the weekend box office report.

While the popularity of Anime has been growing, there’s no denying that the godfather of the phenomenon has to be Oscar winner Hayao Miyazaki (“Spirited Away”), whose movies have been released for many decades here, including Fathom Events regularly giving his full filmography theatrical releases.

Miyazaki’s latest Anime is “The Boy and the Heron,” which opened in Japan earlier this year with very little advance marketing before having its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival back in September. It also platformed in New York and L.A. a few weeks back, building up positive reviews with 96% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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This past weekend was a bit erratic with a few movies doing surprisingly better than others, but this weekend, there’s really only one new wide release, as much of December’s big holiday releases don’t hit until next week. Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.

The one wide release is Gkids’ release of Hayao Miyazaki‘s latest animated feature, “The Boy and the Heron,” which has been playing in select cities but will get a nationwide release into roughly 1,800 theaters in both subtitled and dubbed versions, the latter often being the chosen format for parents with young kids. Miyazaki always gets amazing Western voice casts, this one including Robert Pattinson, Christian Bale, Mark Hamill, Willem Dafoe and many more.

Although Miyazaki’s “Ponyo,” distributed by Disney, is still seen as his biggest box office success in North America with just $15 million, his movies always do...

The weekend may belong to Beyoncé, but the King of the Monsters made his presence known in a big way. "Godzilla Minus One" stomped into theaters over the weekend, and partially thanks to downright rapturous word of mouth for Toho's latest kaiju flick, the film far exceeded expectations. So much so that it trailed only "Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé" ($21 million) and "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" ($14.5 million) to take the number three spot on the charts.

Director Takashi Yamazaki's new "Godzilla" film opened to $11 million domestically, per The Numbers. That was well beyond what analysts had been predicting heading into the weekend, which is good news all around. The movie had already opened overseas and has since amassed $23 million from international markets. Its total now stands at $34 million worldwide. Not bad for a movie with a $15 million price tag (before marketing). Granted, production...

Last weekend saw a variety of new films open at the box office: Bollywood gangster drama 'Animal', 'Trolls Band Together', two concerts in 'Andre Rieu's White Christmas' and 'Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce', and Japan's Godzilla Minus One. Yet it was 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes', in its third frame, that drew the largest audience, surpassing last weekend's no. 1, 'Napoleon'.

The post Bo Report: ‘The Hunger Games’ back on top appeared first on If Magazine.

The first weekend in December is often a dead zone and this year it it was headed for rock bottom with abysmal results for two prime Disney films. Instead, it’s the best-grossing weekend for this date since 2017. And how we got there proves out what we’ve learned in 2023: Nontraditional titles with fervent fanbases are the new path to exhibition success.

“Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé” (AMC Theatres) is #1 with $21 million; also in the top 10 this week are “Godzilla Minus One” (Toho) with $11 million, India’s “Animal” (Cinegalaxy) with $6 million, and “The Shift” (Angel) with $4.3 million. As major players vacate the release calendar, outside forces are eager to fill the gap.

“Renaissance” is a far cry from “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” which opened to $93 million, but it stands out as an opening for this date. While it shows that Swift is a unique draw (and the limited...

Godzilla Minus One delivers best debut by international film in US this year.

Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé has opened to the highest post-Thanksgiving weekend debut in 20 years, grossing an estimated $21m including previews via AMC Theatres Distribution.

Until now Tom Cruise starrer The Last Samurai released in 2003 was the highest opener on an unadjusted $24.3m in what is traditionally a slow session.

Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé plays in 2,539 US and Canadian locations and earned a trifecta of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, a 100% audience score, and an A+ on CinemaScore.

Beyoncé directed the concert film, which has maintained AMC Theatres...

2023 has become the year of the concert movie, with "Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé" being the second release in the space of a few months to debut at the top of the box office. Not only did "Renaissance" earn a rare A+ CinemaScore based on audience exit polling and an even rarer 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes (as of this writing), it has also lit up the usually quiet post-Thanksgiving weekend.

Like "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour," Beyoncé's big-screen extravaganza has been brought to theaters through a direct deal with AMC Theatres Distribution, cutting out the middleman of a major studio distributor. The exhibitor began soliciting films from independent filmmakers back in 2010 through the AMC Independent program, but has recently grown more ambitious and, in doing so, ruffled a few feathers in Hollywood. "Renaissance" won't reach the dizzying heights of "The Eras Tour," but it'll be a profitable little cherry...

“Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé” is taking over the box office after grossing $11.5 million on its opening day from 2,539 locations, a figure that includes a strong $5.1 million in Thursday previews. Putting that next to the massive October debut of “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” it’s shaping up to be the first year on record that two concert documentaries have opened at the top of domestic charts.

“Renaissance” isn’t expecting to match up to the white-hot fan frenzy that met “The Eras Tour,” which scored $92 million in its domestic opening and has now surpassed $250 million worldwide. But the epic-length film, which documents Beyoncé’s recent Renaissance world tour, is still looking at a substantial debut north of $20 million — an impressive figure for a concert doc. Like “The Eras Tour,” “Renaissance” is also being distributed by AMC Theatres in a deal brokered between the headliner musician and the exhibitor — meaning...

Beyoncé’s new concert film is delivering the goods at the box office, where it’s headed for the biggest early December opening in two decades.

Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé — which Beyoncé wrote, directed and produced — could now earn $21 million to $24 million in its debut after it was graced with glowing reviews and a coveted A+ CinemaScore. The film earned $11.5 million on Friday, including $5 million in Thursday previews

Distributor AMC Theatres — also home of blockbuster Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour — is remaining more conservative in suggesting a $20 million opening.

More than 70 percent of Friday’s audience was female, while 50 percent of the audience were Black moviegoers, in a win for diverse programming.

The weekend after Thanksgiving is notoriously sluggish, and Renaissance is a welcome gift for exhibitors. To date, the biggest opening for the first weekend of December belongs to Tom Cruise’s The Last Samurai ($24.3 million), not adjusted for inflation.

Concert film opens via AMC Theatres Distribution, expected to earn $15-20m over first four days.

Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé has earned $5.1m from Thursday previews in North America heading into its first four-day weekend.

AMC Theatres Distribution’s second major concert film release after its global hit Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour will play on more than 5,300 theatres worldwide this weekend.

Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé is forecast to open in the $15-20m range and goes up against the opening of John Woo’s Silent Night starring Joel Kinnaman, and Toho International’s Godzilla Minus One, marking...

Queen Bey has arrived on the box office stage.

Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé — which Beyoncé wrote, directed and produced — started off its run on the big screen Thursday night with a better-than-expected $5 million in North American previews.

The concert movie is tracking for a debut in the $20 million range, which would mark the biggest opening for the first weekend of December. It should also top this weekend’s chart. And with a perfect 100 percent critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes and a near-perfect 99 percent audience score, Renaissance come in ahead of expectations.

The weekend after Thanksgiving is notoriously sluggish, and Renaissance is a welcome gift for exhibitors. It should also top this weekend’s chart.

Taylor Swift with her blockbuster Eras Tour movie, Beyoncé and her team decided to bypass Hollywood studios and pact and pact with AMC Theatres distribute Renaissance, which chronicles her recent world tour while also providing behind-the-scenes footage of the superstar.

December 2023 is an exciting month, with highly-anticipated films premiering. Beyoncé's documentary concert film, "Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé," is projected to make between $14 million and $25 million during its opening weekend. "Wonka" and "Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom" are expected to be top-performing films, with opening weekend box office predictions ranging from $32 million to $42 million.

December will be an eventful month for movie lovers, with numerous highly-anticipated flicks premiering at the end of 2023. Given that the month's film slate is diverse and exciting (and because it's the holiday season when many flock to the theaters), the upcoming box office numbers should be somewhat impressive, based on early projections. However, predictions of how well a film will perform during its opening weekend and overall have been wrong many times. So, only time will tell how well the December 2023 movies do while in theaters.

The upcoming December releases include Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé,...

Beyoncé surprised fans with a new song, “My House,” to celebrate the release of her new concert film Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé on Friday.

It’s the Grammy-winning singer’s first new music since she dropped her album Renaissance last year. Following the song’s release, Apple Music wrote on its official Instagram, “A gift from the queen for the opening weekend of the Renaissance film. Listen now to @beyonce’s new track ‘My House.'”

It’s not only been a busy week for Beyoncé, including her film’s Los Angeles and London premieres, but it’s been a busy, record-breaking year for the singer.

Earlier this year, at the Grammy Awards in February, Beyoncé set a new record as the artist with the most Grammy wins of all time. At the 2023 ceremony, she took home awards for best dance/electronic music album, best dance/electronic recording, best...

Taylor Swift is showing her support for Beyonce!

The 33-year-old “Cruel Summer” singer posed for photos on the black carpet as she arrived at the Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce premiere on Thursday (November 30) in London, England.

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For the premiere, Taylor dazzled in a silver dress with a high slit paired with black heels.

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If you forgot, Beyonce, 42, was a surprise guest of honor at the premiere of Taylor‘s Eras Tour Concert Film back in October.

Sadly, Taylor wasn’t able to make it to Beyonce‘s first Renaissance movie premiere last weekend in Beverly Hills, Calif. because she was out of the country with back-to-back Eras Tour shows scheduled.

While Taylor missed the first premiere, several other big stars were in attendance.

Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce will premiere in theaters on December...

Queen Bey is about to take on the box office.

“Renaissance,” a concert film written, directed and produced by Beyoncé, is expected to bring in $17 million to $20 million in its opening weekend. The film will play in approximately 2,539 domestic locations, as well as 94 international territories, including Mexico, the U.K., South Africa, Kenya, Australia and Germany. Globally, the film is targeting $30 million to $40 million in its first weekend.

Like Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour,” which ignited the box office in October with $92 million domestically and has generated $250 million worldwide to date, “Renaissance” is unique because it’s being distributed by the exhibitor AMC Theatres rather than a traditional studio.

Based on early estimates and pre-sales, “Renaissance” will be more comparable to concert docs like Michael Jackson’s “This Is It,” which debuted to $23 million in 2009, and “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never,” which opened to $29.5 million in 2011, not adjusted for inflation.

For months, it seemed near certain that domestic box office for 2023 would surpass $9 billion — even after strike-related delays meant losing as much as $500 million in potential gross. To be sure, $9 billion wasn’t a crazy goal; it represents 22 percent above 2022, but far below the glory days of 2018 and 2019. Both years surpassed $11 billion at ticket prices about 15 percent lower than now.

After a very disappointing November, crossing $9 billion becomes a nail-biter. This month’s total will be about $560 million, 11 percent down from $628 million last year.

Leading the shortfall are “The Marvels” and “Wish,” Disney’s two most recent disappointments. “Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” (Lionsgate) will just reach $100 million for the month. Other Novembers saw movies gross more than $200 million like last year’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” or “Frozen” and “Thor: Ragnarok” in 2017.

That leaves year-to-date box office at $8.17 billion, with $830 million more needed to reach $9 billion.

Sony’s magnum opus “Napoleon,” directed by Ridley Scott, debuted atop the U.K. and Ireland box office with a regal £5.2 million ($6.6 million), according to numbers from Comscore.

In its second weekend, Lionsgate’s “The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes” dropped down a spot to second place with £2.6 million for a total of £10.1 million. Disney’s “Wish” debuted in third position with £2.4 million.

In fourth place, in its second weekend, Warner Bros.’ “Saltburn” earned £572,728 for a total of £1.9 million. Rounding off the top five was Disney’s “The Marvels” that collected £485,099 in its third week for a total of £6.5 million.

Trafalgar Releasing’s concert film “Cliff Richard: The Blue Sapphire Tour 2023” bowed in sixth place with £329,826. Universal’s 20th anniversary rerelease of Richard Curtis’ evergreen romantic comedy “Love Actually” entered the charts at No. 10 with £104,728.

The coming weekend all eyes will be on Trafalgar’s concert film “Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce.

It’s been 470 calendar days since Beyoncé gave her stans an inkling that a Renaissance visual album was coming. In the year following the release of her seventh studio album, the BeyHive relied on their improvisational skills to keep them engaged throughout its nontraditional rollout. They made viral dance challenges to “Cuff It” on TikTok; tried to replicate Bey’s melismatic bridge from “Virgo’s Groove”; and when the came time for everybody to be “on mute” during the “Energy” segment of Renaissance World Tour shows, cities across the world...

Jeff Nichols’ “The Bikeriders” is now looking for a new home.

The 1960s motorcycle gang crime drama from producer and financier New Regency was meant to be distributed through Disney/20th Century Studios but is now being shopped by New Regency to other studios and streamers, IndieWire can confirm. The film was originally planned to be released December 1 following a Telluride premiere but was postponed and taken off the calendar back in October because actors were unable to promote the film during the now-concluded SAG-AFTRA strike.

New Regency still believes in the movie and isn’t dumping it altogether, but having fully financed and produced, they’re carrying the full financial burden of it and want it to succeed. An individual with knowledge tells IndieWire that New Regency is being strategic and is hoping for a different release date or platform to serve it better.

A source also says...

Singer-songwriter Beyonce released the worldwide trailer for her upcoming concert film ‘Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce’, several weeks ahead of its December 1 release date.

After dropping a teaser featuring behind-the-scenes footage and a voiceover when she announced the project, the new visual offers fans a preview of some of the live footage in the highly anticipated film, reports ‘People’ magazine.

The clip teasing the theatrical version of the pop superstar’s acclaimed Renaissance World Tour opens to her silhouette before gracing an audience of thousands.

“I close my eyes and travel through realms of space and time,” Beyonce says in a voice over.

“Reality holds no power or control of my state of mind on my voyage to find a source to charge my inner being. Assembly line frequency as I tap my Mpc.”

As vulnerable backstage clips — including shots with her 11-year-old daughter Blue Ivy and husband Jay-Z — are...

Singer-songwriter Beyonce released the worldwide trailer for her upcoming concert film ‘Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce’, several weeks ahead of its December 1 release date.

After dropping a teaser featuring behind-the-scenes footage and a voiceover when she announced the project, the new visual offers fans a preview of some of the live footage in the highly anticipated film, reports ‘People’ magazine.

The clip teasing the theatrical version of the pop superstar’s acclaimed Renaissance World Tour opens to her silhouette before gracing an audience of thousands.

“I close my eyes and travel through realms of space and time,” Beyonce says in a voice over.

“Reality holds no power or control of my state of mind on my voyage to find a source to charge my inner being. Assembly line frequency as I tap my Mpc.”

As vulnerable backstage clips — including shots with her 11-year-old daughter Blue Ivy and husband Jay-Z — are...

Beyoncé is holding two premieres for her highly anticipated concert film Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé: The world premiere will take place in London on Nov. 30 and the U.S. premiere will be held in Los Angeles on Nov. 25.

The events will take place days before Beyoncé’s Parkwood Entertainment and AMC Entertainment debut the film in theaters on Dec. 1. Tickets for international territories — including Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America and the Caribbean — will go on sale Nov. 9 at BeyonceFilm.com.

Beyoncé released the trailer for the concert doc about her Renaissance World Tour, the singer’s highest-grossing tour to date, at her final show in Kansas City earlier this month, and tickets are currently available in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

In theaters 12 01.

Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé follows the superstar singer embarking on the monumental tour in support of Renaissance, the album that helped her...

Anonymous Content, whose recent productions include Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan’s film “Foe” for Amazon Studios, is looking to expand its international footprint, with new ventures planned in Poland, Germany and Australia, top execs announced on Wednesday.

Speaking at a panel held at the Mia Market in Rome, Anonymous Content international president David Davoli and chief creative officer David Levine made clear their group’s vigor for global joint ventures, promising upcoming additions to a portfolio that boasts partnerships with companies in the U.K., France, Scandinavia, Spain and Brazil.

“We’re totally open to [all forms of] partnerships,” Davoli explained. “We’re willing to be minority partners [or] majority partner; the devil’s in the details. And that’s not complicated in a way, [because] we let the lawyers figure out the details.”

Existing partnerships include Anonymous Federation, a joint venture with France’s Federation Studios led by Rosalie Cimino; Anonymous Content Nordic,...

An Oscar ceremony with Beyoncé and Taylor Swift? What television producer wouldn’t want two of the biggest names in entertainment gracing the red carpet for the 96th Academy Awards? But despite two upcoming concert films from the megastars — “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” and “Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé” — neither are eligible to submit or compete for an Academy Award nomination for documentary feature, or any technical category, under the current guidelines.

Per the Academy’s bylaws, the Documentary Branch defines a documentary film as “a theatrically released nonfiction motion picture dealing creatively with cultural, artistic, historical, social, scientific, economic or other subjects. It may be photographed in actual occurrence, or may employ partial reenactment, stock footage, stills, animation, stop-motion or other techniques, as long as the emphasis is on fact and not on fiction.”

Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Oscars predictions in all categories.

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