US box office revenue this summer is badly trailing last year by 11% and none of the major releases still coming are expected to change that trajectory. In fact, things are likely to get worse for US studios before the autumn.

Terry Gilliam’s Hollywood comeback was held off the top spot at the US box office by a 40-Year-Old Virgin this weekend, forcing The Brothers Grimm into second place.

With Starsky and Hutch opening in America, and the success of the Charlie’s Angels films, it’s clear that remakes of TV shows are now enormously profitable.

THE final instalment of the Matrix sci-fi trilogy has set a new record in its first weekend, making it the biggest global opening film of all time.

Rapper Eminem has successfully made the difficult leap from musician to actor with his very first movie.