All Screen articles in 4 August 2003 – Page 2
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Starz Encore in Fox hunt for recent classics
US pay TV channel operator Starz Encore has signed a long-termdeal with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution that will give StarzSuper Pak and Starz On Demand subscribers access to titles like IndependenceDay and the entire Alien and Die Hard franchises.The licensing agreement comprises older classics and moremodern hits such as ...
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Two Towers breaks Swiss outdoor record
New Line's The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers has achieved the unique distinction ofbecoming the only film playing solely in open air theatres to break into theSwiss top five.The second part of Peter Jackson's trilogy adaptation grossed$63,897 (SFR 87,156) on eight screens, climbing 141% and rising from 16th ...
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Arnie heats up the UK box office
A return of the high summer temperatures affected a lot of films in the UK this weekend, but Columbia TriStar's Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines rode the heatwave with a massive $9.8m (£6.1m) gross from 478 sites playing 762 prints.The launch figures included Thursday previews of $1.7m (£1.05m) from ...
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Saban's German bid accepted
KirchMedia's creditors have approved US media mogul Haim Saban's offer to buy a controlling stake in Germany's ProSiebenSat.1 media group.The insolvent KirchMedia announced that its creditor committee had voted unanimously to accept the proposal of insolvency administrator Michael Jaffe to sell KirchMedia's shares in ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG to Saban Capital ...
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Hulk crosses $87m overseas, but disappoints in Japan
Universal's The Hulk added $2.6m from 2,180 sites in 25 countries at the weekend toraise its international running total to $87.2m.The results do not include grosses for France and LatinAmerica, which are still being collated, but do encompass a disappointingJapanese opening figure of $1.2m from 432 theatres in its first ...
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Tomb Raider 2 tops Hong Kong box office
Paramount's Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life received a strong outing in its firstmajor international territory, Hong Kong, over the weekend.The action adventure claimed $826,168 (HK$6.4m) from 34 locationsover the four-day weekend (July 31-August 3), resulting in a stellar average of$24,299 per venue and a chart topping position.Cradle ...
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Locarno and Venice tussle over Russian selection
Given the close proximity of their dates and the subsequent programming rivalry, there never has been much love lost between the Locarno (Aug 6-16) and Venice (Aug 27 - Sep 6) festivals. It's situation that was highlighted recently by a squabble over the competition programming of a Russian film.The Return, ...
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Locarno, Venice tussle over Russian selection
Given the close proximity of their dates and the subsequent programming rivalry, there never has been much love lost between the Locarno (Aug 6-16) and Venice (Aug 27 - Sep 6) festivals. It's situation that was highlighted recently by a squabble over the competition programming of a Russian film.The Return, ...
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Indian film shoots travel to Germany
Germany has hosted a string of Indian shoots in recent months, suggesting that it could follow Switzerland, Austria and Ireland (Screen Daily, July 10) as a destination for Indian film productions."Places like Switzerland and Austria have made it comfortable for Indian units to come and shoot, but the Germans have ...
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Czech government plays down tax incentive talk
The Czech government has sent out yet another signal that it is not interested in offering tax incentives to incoming productions. Czech Culture Minister Pavel Dostal, long the target of criticism from foreign filmmakers, says he doubts Prague-based producers' claims that the film industry brings $250 million into the country ...
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Matrix Reloaded crosses Japanese milestone
The Matrix Reloaded has crossed the symbolic Y10bn ($83.3m) mark at the Japanese box office following its release on June 7 on 631 screens nationwide. Warner Bros Pictures Japan is expecting the film to take $91.6 (Y11b) during its first run which ends on August 15. Only a handful of ...
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Greenaway draws Venetian blind over missing Suitcase
Ardent fans of PeterGreenaway must have been left scratching their heads in puzzlement last week afterthe Venice Film Festival announced that Episode 3 (Antwerp) would have its world premiere on the Lido as thenext instalment of his on-going Tulse Luper Suitcases project.After all, it hasonly been a matter of months ...
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Chen back on track with Jin Chuan slate
Former Applause co-founder Teddy Chen has unveiled the debut slate of his start-up production outfit, Jin Chuan Pictures, including Aubrey Lam's romantic drama Hidden Track.The film, which started shooting on July 25 in Hong Kong and mainland China, stars mainland newcomer Popo and a host of Hong Kong stars including ...
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Ford, Eastwood to bookend Deauville festival
Although the official line up won't be announced until August 19, the Deauville Festival of American Film has released some details of the upcoming event. Bookending the festival are two Hollywood heavyweights: Harrison Ford and Clint Eastwood. Ford's Hollywood Homicide, which was directed by Ron Shelton, will open the festival ...
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Marie Trintignant dies after five days in coma
After nearly a week in a coma, French actress Marie Trintignant died on August 1 at a hospital outside Paris. The 41 year old suffered a brain haemorrhage following a violent argument with her boyfriend Bertrand Cantat, lead singer of the French rock group Noir Desir.Trintignant's injuries were suffered in ...
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Saban submits fresh bid for ProSiebenSat.1
US billionaire Haim Saban is poised to take over 72% of the voting shares in the German broadcasting group ProSiebenSat.1 as part of a bidding alliance with five private equity investors.Sources at the insolvent KirchMedia confirmed press reports on August 4 that a revived bid from Saban would be on ...
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American Wedding opens number one but Gigli bombs
Universal's AmericanWedding took an irreverent bite out of the box office pie at the weekend asit opened number one on $34.3m, according to studio estimates to be confirmedon Monday.As the only other top 10opener of the session Columbia/Revolution's crime caper Gigli was verymuch the bridesmaid with a dire joint seventh ...
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T3 continues to rule international roost and raises total to $141m
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines dominated theinternational markets over the weekend as it maintained its perfect record ofopening number one in every territory and added an estimated $40m for a $141mrunning total.The weekend haul, which includes Japan and Korea where T3is not being released by Columbia TriStar Film Distributors ...
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T3 continues to rule international roost, raises total to $141m
Terminator 3: Rise Of TheMachines dominated the internationalmarkets over the weekend as it maintained its perfect record of opening numberone in every territory and added an estimated $40m for a $141m running total.The weekend haul, whichincludes Japan and Korea where T3 is not being released by ColumbiaTriStar Film Distributors International ...
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Cinecitta targets UK producers with London office
In a continuing drive to raise its international profile, Rome's Cinecitta Studios is opening a new office in London, after opening branches in New York and Los Angeles.The office will be headed by Joshua Andrews, fomerly head of worldwide sales at Icon Entertainment and head of production at Odyssey Entertainment.Andrews ...