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NZ Box Office Report: 5 July 2026
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NZ Box Office Report: 5 July 2026
Toy Story 5 continued to hold the top spot on its third weekend. On 119 screens, it picked up $523,826 on the first weekend of the school holidays, and has
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Evil Dead Burn Production Designer Nick Connor: Interview
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NZ Box Office Report: 28 June 2026
Toy Story 5 held the top spot on its second weekend. On 102 screens, it picked up an impressive $782,466 to gross $2,402,415 and no doubt generate plenty of good
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NZIFF loves local
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Aslihan Exer Çakmak – For Life
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Film funding battle 2: Waikato Screen gains another backer amid unknown future
Waikato Screen is meeting success in scraping up funding for the next 12 months from smaller councils, but the region’s biggest city is not committing to a sequel just yet.
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