culver city, calif. august 19, 2019, - columbia pictures' spider-man: far from home has officially become sony pictures' highest-grossing film of all time, passing the global box office gross of columbia pictures/metro-goldwyn-mayer pictures/eon production's skyfall . through sunday, august 18, spider-man: far from home made , $376.7, , million, domestically and , $732.9 million, internationally for a worldwide cume of , $1.109, , billion, . starting , thursday, august 29, , ahead of the holiday weekend, an extended cut of the film featuring approximately four additional minutes of a never-before-seen action sequence will be released in theaters in the u.s. and canada. the film will also be available in imax(r) and large formats in select locations. on its path toward this record-breaking milestone, spider-man: far from home showed incredible power at the global…, $185.06, , million, for the six-day holiday weekend was an all-time opening six-day record for sony pictures, the best-ever six-day opening for a spider-man film, and the best six-day opening for a film launching over the fourth of july holiday. on opening day, july 2, the film opened to the biggest tuesday numbers of all time with , $39.3, , million, . spider-man: far from home became the highest-grossing spider-man movie overseas and opened at #1 in 65 markets including australia, brazil, china, france, germany, mexico, russia, south korea, the united kingdom, and the united states. the film's global rollout began on june 28 in china, hong kong, and japan with a , $111 million, cumulative opening. china debuted to , $97.7 million , - the seventh-largest opening of all-time for a studio film in the market and sony pictures' second-biggest opening there. japan opened with , $9.4, , million, - the second-biggest superhero movie launch in the last decade. hong kong opened with , $3.7 million, - the fifth-biggest friday-to-sunday opening of all-time, and sony pictures' best-ever opening in the market., about, spider-man(tm): far from home, following the events of avengers: endgame , spider-man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever. directed by jon watts. written by chris mckenna & erik sommers. based on the marvel comic book by stan lee and steve ditko. produced by kevin feige and amy pascal. louis d'esposito, victoria alonso, thomas m. hammel, eric hauserman carroll, rachel o'connor, stan lee…, about sony pictures entertainment, sony pictures entertainment (spe) is a subsidiary of tokyo-based sony corporation. spe's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition, and distribution; television production, acquisition, and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies…, contact:, tahra grant sony pictures entertainment tahra_grant@spe.sony.com
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san jose, calif., sept. 11, 2019, - sony pictures entertainment (spe) today announced a commitment to generate clean, solar electricity with sunpower (nasdaq:spwr) technology at its historic studio lot in culver city, calif. the 1.6-megawatt project is expected to generate over 58 million kilowatt hours of solar power over 25 years, counteracting greenhouse gas emissions from over 9,000 passenger cars for a year according to the…, about sony pictures entertainment, sony pictures entertainment (spe) is a subsidiary of tokyo-based sony corporation. spe's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition, and distribution; television production, acquisition, and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies…, about sunpower, as one of the world's most innovative and sustainable energy companies, sunpower (nasdaq:spwr) provides a diverse group of customers with complete solar solutions and services. residential customers, businesses, governments, schools and utilities around the globe rely on sunpower's more than 30 years of proven experience. from the first flip of the switch, sunpower delivers maximum value and…, sunpower's forward-looking statements, this press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the private securities litigation reform act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements regarding project plans and timelines, projected energy output, and product performance. these forward-looking statements are based on our current assumptions, expectations, and beliefs and involve substantial risks and…
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