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The first weekend of 2025 — which sources have declared “a normal year” — is eyeing a grand estimated total of $105.5M for all movies, which is certainly better at +23% than the first weekend of 2024 which did $85.9M, per Box Office Mojo. Overall, it was a blasé frame of holiday carryovers without any new wide releases: one of three currently in 2025 along with Oct. 31 and Dec. 12.
Backlight Student Film Festival announced that this year’s festival will take place on March 29 and 30, 2025 in Athens, GA. The non-profit will host its fourth annual two-day student short film festival, including student film screenings, an industry panel, a red carpet, mixer, and an awards ceremony.
The Presidential Citizens Medal is awarded to citizens of the United States of America who have performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens.
Discover Dunwoody proudly announces Mela Rayne-Fernandez as the Quarter 4 recipient of the Distinguished Production Associate Recognition Program for 2024.
SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film celebrates fashion as a universal language, garments as important conduits of identity, and film as an immersive and memorable medium.
I’m grateful for all that 2024 brought, but even more excited for the opportunities 2025 holds. This past year has been undeniably challenging across film, gaming, broadcast, music, and the broader creative industries. Yet, within these challenges lies opportunity.
The Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta extends its deepest condolences to the family of President Jimmy Carter, a global humanitarian whose impact on Georgia and the arts community will continue for generations.
Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States and winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, died peacefully Sunday, Dec. 29, at his home in Plains, Georgia, surrounded by his family. He was 100, the longest-lived president in U.S. history.
Lion and land critter continued to go at like an episode of Mutual Omaha’s Wild Kingdom this weekend with each studio screaming that they’re No. 1. If you look at the standard 3-day weekend, it’s Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 with $38M while Disney’s Mufasa is looking at an estimated $37M. However, on the five-day measure which saw The Lion King prequel rise from the dust on Christmas Day and Dec. 26 in its dailies, Mufasa takes the lead with $63.7M.