All Screen articles in 3 June 2003
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The Matrix Reloaded passes international $100m mark in record time
The Matrix Reloaded became the first film to pass $100m in its second international weekend as it grossed a sensational $113.2m.After opening in 13 countries last weekend, the sci-fi sequel unloaded in a further 49 and raised its cumulative international total to $154m.The closest any film has previously come to ...
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Matrix Reloaded passes international $100m mark in record time
The Matrix Reloaded became the first film to pass $100m in its second international weekend as it grossed a sensational $113.2m.After opening in 13 countries last weekend, the sci-fi sequel unloaded in a further 49 and raised its cumulative international total to $154m.The closest any film has previously come to ...
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Matrix Reloaded passes $100m abroad in record time
The Matrix Reloaded scored a sensational $113.2m as it expanded into a further 49 countries over the weekend, becoming the first film in history to gross more than $100m in a single weekend at the international box office.The closest any film haspreviously come was New Line's The LordOf The Rings: ...
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Bruce Almighty topples The Matrix Reloaded with $86.4m opening
Universal'scomedy Bruce Almighty toppled The Matrix Reloaded from top spotover the four-day weekend as it opened on an estimated $86.4m.Itis the second biggest Memorial Day bow of all time behind The Lost World:Jurassic Park, which took $90.2m in 1997.JimCarrey stars as a jaded reporter who is granted God's powers for ...
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Bruce Almighty topples The Matrix Reloaded with $86.4m opening
Universal'scomedy Bruce Almighty toppled The Matrix Reloaded from top spotover the four-day weekend as it opened on an estimated $86.4m.Itis the second biggest Memorial Day bow of all time behind The Lost World:Jurassic Park, which took $90.2m in 1997.JimCarrey stars as a jaded reporter who is granted God's powers for ...
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Bruce Almighty topples The Matrix Reloaded with $86.4m opening
Universal'scomedy Bruce Almighty toppled The Matrix Reloaded from top spotover the four-day weekend as it opened on an estimated $86.4m.Itis the second biggest Memorial Day bow of all time behind The Lost World:Jurassic Park, which took $90.2m in 1997.JimCarrey stars as a jaded reporter who is granted God's powers for ...
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Bruce Almighty topples The Matrix Reloaded with $86.4m opening
Universal'scomedy Bruce Almighty toppled The Matrix Reloaded from top spotover the four-day weekend as it opened on an estimated $86.4m.Itis the second biggest Memorial Day bow of all time behind The Lost World:Jurassic Park, which took $90.2m in 1997.JimCarrey stars as a jaded reporter who is granted God's powers for ...
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Bruce Almighty topples The Matrix Reloaded with $86.4m opening
Universal'scomedy Bruce Almighty toppled The Matrix Reloaded from top spotover the four-day weekend as it opened on an estimated $86.4m.Itis the second biggest Memorial Day bow of all time behind The Lost World:Jurassic Park, which took $90.2m in 1997.JimCarrey stars as a jaded reporter who is granted God's powers for ...
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At Five In The Afternoon (Panj E Asr)
Dir: Samira Makhmalbaf. Iran-France. 2003. 106minsAlthough dialogue-heavy longueurs that are endemic to Iranian cinema will make Samira Makhmalbaf's film - which won the Jury Prize at this year's Cannes - trying for some, adepts will welcome it with open arms. It is filmed in traditional Makhmalbafian family style, in which ...
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Since Otar Left (Depuis Qu'Otar Est Parti)
Dir: Julie Bertuccelli. France-Belgium. 2003. 102minsThe modest but solid debut of French film-maker Julie Bertuccelli, Since Otar Left should be considered closely by festivals looking for a film that connects with audiences while admirably resisting every temptation offered by its touching story to plunge into bathos by over-plucking the heartstrings. ...
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Kitchen Stories (Salmer Fra Kjokkenet)
Dir: Bent Hamer. Norway, 2003. 95minsA charmingly glum, low-key audience-pleaser, Norwegian comedy Kitchen Stories was always likely to be one of the sweeter features on offer at Cannes. Although its drily reserved Nordic humour never approaches the harder edges of, say, Aki Kaurismaki's comedies, it should appeal to anyone with ...
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Matrix sequel reloads UK opening record
The Matrix Reloaded scored a triumphant bow for Warner Bros and recorded the highest ever opening for a non-PG rated film at the UK box office at the weekend. The 15-certificate sci-fi actioner claimed $14.6m (£8.9m) over the three day weekend (May 23-25) and has grossed $19.9m (£12.2m) since opening ...
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Mystic River
Dir: Clint Eastwood. US. 2003. 137 minsAnyone seeking lessons in the graceful art of the selfless auteur need look no further than Clint Eastwood. The producer, director and composer on Mystic River, Eastwood serves the story rather than indulges his ego and creates the framework for a fine ensemble cast ...
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8 Mile opens at number one in Japan
Opening in its final territory over the weekend, Universal'sdrama 8 Mile went straight to number onein Japan with a gross of $2.2m from 233 sites. The film's international runningtotal is now just over $113m.As expected, given the widespread youth appeal of its lead star Eminem, the film's Japanese opening drew ...
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MGM severs Fox video ties in four territories
Spurred by strong projected growth for international DVD playersales, MGM Home Entertainment has reclaimed full control of its distributionoperations in the UK, Australia, France and Germany.The decision to recapture distribution in theseterritories is consistent with MGM's contractual option to reclaim back-roomfunctions as part of its international distribution agreement with TwentiethCentury ...
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James' Journey To Jerusalem
Dir. Ra'anan Alexandrowicz. Israel. 2003. 85mins.The first fiction feature by documentary film-maker Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, James' Journey To Jerusalem is a dark satire that confronts the black market labour and moral bankruptcy of the once idealistic Israeli society. Originally planned as part of a TV drama series called Voices From The ...
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La Petite Lili
Dir: Claude Miller. France. 2003. 104minsBetter forget all about Chekhov before you go to see this. Though a free adaptation of The Seagull, one more among so many, Claude Miller's film has none of the subtle, sensitive intelligence of the great Russian playwright. Instead, it is a clever but blunt ...
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14 directors team for Hong Kong SARS shorts
Hong Kong's film industry is joining various sectors in the community to demonstrate its fighting spirit against the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). According to Cheung Tung Joe, chairman of the Hong Kong Film Awards Association, a total of 14 directors have offered their services to the making of 12 ...
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ADV Films to make live-action feature of Japanese animated TV series
ADV Films has acquired the rights to produce a live action feature of Japanese animated TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion and has teamed with Lord Of The Rings effects producer Weta Workshop in New Zealand to create the visual effects. The film is a collaboration between ADV, Weta and Gainax.ADV ...
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ADV Films to make live-action feature of Japanese animated TV series
ADV Films has acquired the rights to produce a live action feature of Japanese animated TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion and has teamed with Lord Of The Rings effects producer Weta Workshop in New Zealand to create the visual effects. The film is a collaboration between ADV, Weta and Gainax.ADV ...