Cannes Marche Was The Slowest In Years And A24 Was The Only Mid-Cap Check
Two completed deals saved a Marche that adjourned around them, and Lionsgate's Thursday print will say whether the standalone studio can hold the absence.
Camille Beaumont
Bureau: Los Angeles
Drake's Iceman Drew One Hundred Forty Million Streams For Thirteen Thousand Pure Sales
The first-week split between streams and sales is the cleanest receipt yet that the album as a purchased object is gone.
Lionsgate's Q4 Prints Tomorrow And Michael Is At Seven Hundred Million
Lionsgate enters Thursday's earnings call with a $700 million worldwide hit and a confirmed sequel — and a Starz separation still pending.
The Queer Palm's Twenty-One Film Field Is A Festival Record
Cannes' 2026 Queer Palm runs the largest field in its history, and the number is the cleanest receipt for inclusion.
The Lennon Estate Still Has Not Spoken About The Soderbergh Film
Six days after Variety's exclusive named Meta and 193, the rights-holder voice is still missing from the AI Lennon film.
A24's Seventeen-Million Club Kid Buy Was Cannes's Only Mid-Cap Check
Cannes 2026's Marché produced one eight-figure number, and A24 wrote it for Jordan Firstman's Un Certain Regard premiere.
Amazon's Pumping Black Package Made Cannes's Second Mid-Cap Check
Amazon's Mimi Cave package with Jonathan Bailey and Natalie Portman is the only other eight-figure check the Marché wrote.