Expocine, Latin America's largest film business convention, confirms the presence of some of Hollywood's biggest studios in the 10th edition of the event. Walt Disney Studios, Lionsgate, Sony Pictures, Warner and Universal Studios will present their release projects in Brazil for this year and the next one, including news on national and international films. The presentations take place during the program of the event, which this year was expanded and will be held from 3 to 6 October at the Cine Marquise and Renaissance Hotel, both in the Av region. Paulista - separated by only 150 meters away. Access credentials are already on sale by Symple.
The presentations of the studios at Expocine are dedicated to the Brazilian exhibition and distribution market, seeking to inform the public of interest details about the releases of the 2024 line-up.
The program begins with Disney, which performs on the morning of October 4th. The distributor managed to place three of this year's 12 releases in the ranking of major audiences, with "Guardians of Galaxy 3", "The Little Mermaid" and the animation "Elements". The sequel "Form Man 3" has gone from two million viewers and is the biggest debut of the trilogy so far. The studio still has a dozen premieres by the end of the year, with highlights for the awaited "The Marvels" and the national "The hijacking of Flight 375".
On the same day 04, at night, Sony Pictures comes up to the stage to present their news of the line-up. The company, this year, stood out with the sequel "Spiderman: Through Spiderverse", taking almost three million people to the cinemas. Sony has five more films to release this year, featuring "Napoleão" with Joaquin Phoenix and "Gran Turismo", a video game-based success.
On the third day of activities, the audience at Expocine gave the presentation of Lionsgate, distributed in Brazil by Paris Filmes. This year the company has launched John Wick 4: Baba Yaga, a success starring Keanu Reeves, and My Father is a Danger, with Robert de Niro. To finish the year, the distributor still takes to cinemas the tenth official release of the Mortal Games franchise and the prequel of Hunger Games - The Cantage of Birds and Snakes.
On October 6, Universal Studios and Warner, studios reveal their bets for the next months and year of 2024. Of the 10 most watched films in Brazil, to date, three are from Universal Studios: "Super Mario Bros.", "Velozes & Furious 10" and "Cat of Boots 2". From the 15 debuts of the distributor to date, five have already passed the mark of millions of viewers, including the terror "M3gan" and the studio's latest debut, "Oppenheimer", which in its third week of exhibition had already passed two million visitors. The sequels "Greek Wedding 3" and "Trolls 3" are among the biggest premieres for the second semester.
Warner, on the other hand, has three of the nine titles released in 2023 that have passed the mark of over a million: "The Death of the Devil", "The Flash" and the phenomenon "Barbie", which has already reached nine million viewers. They are also responsible for the biggest box office among the national titles, with the children's adventure "The Adventurers - The Origin", by influencer Luccas Neto. The studio still has seven more premieres scheduled for this year, including "Duna: Part 2", "Wonka" and "Blue Beetle".
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