All Screen articles in 31 December 2003
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Hong Kong star Anita Mui dies suddenly
Anita Mui Yim-Fong, an icon of the Hong Kong entertainmentindustry, died yesterday aged 40, from the side effects of cancer.Mui, who had a career that spanned twodecades, reached the top of both the music and film industries and came to beregarded as a national treasure. She drew plaudits from across ...
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Keil exits Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg
The German film industry has been rocked by the news thatKlaus Keil is to exit his post as chief executive of the regional public filmfunding body Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg (FBB) on 31 March 2004.Keil, who became the head of FBB when it was created by thefederal states of Berlin and Brandenburg ...
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Love Actually raises international tally to $120m
Universal's Love Actually added an estimated $10m from 2,300sites in 31 countries through UIP at the weekend to raise its internationalrunning total to $113m.The figure rises to $120m including France, where the filmhas taken $5.5m and is distributed through Studiocanal, and Russia, where ithas taken $1.5m to date.In Australia the ...
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Messier lands without a parachute
Former Vivendi Universal chairman Jean-Marie Messier hasgiven up his bid for a $25m severance package from the company, after beingforced by US regulators to relinquish claims to such a golden parachute.Messier had been seeking indemnities he believed owed to himfollowing his resignation in 2002. After a New York court upheld ...
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Return Of The King surges towards $500m
After just a fortnight intheatres, New Line's The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King already ranks as the fifth most successful globalrelease of 2003 after The Matrix Reloaded, Finding Nemo, PiratesOf The Caribbean and its immediate predecessor The Two Towers. It will only be a matter of ...
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Mona Lisa Smile gives Julia Roberts her biggest bow in Mexico
Julia Roberts scored her biggest ever debut in Mexico at theweekend as Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) opened MonaLisa Smile on an estimated $1m.In its first international release the romantic comedy wentout on 230 prints and ranked third behind The Lord of The Rings: The ReturnOf The King and ...
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Return Of The King still rules them all with 12-day $223.7m total
New Line's The Lord Of The Rings: The Return OfThe King became the second fastest film of all time to pass $200m over arecord breaking Christmas weekend at the box office, staying top in its secondweek on $51.2m for an estimated $223.7m running total.Peter Jackson's trilogy finale passed $200m on ...