All Screen articles in 9 October 2003 – Page 4
-
News
Afghanistan becomes Unveiled at Mill Valley
In a stirring plea to the international community at the weekend, one of the women journalists behind the documentary Afghanistan Unveiled used the film's world premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival to urge for more aid work in the war-torn country."The international aid organisations need to extend their coverage ...
-
News
Germany sees summer admissions plunge
German cinemas registered 14% fewer admissions and a 15% drop in box-office takings in the third quarter of 2003, compared to the same period 12 months ago, according to figures collated by Nielsen EDI.Cinemas reported Euros 159.8m in revenues and 28.4m tickets sold between June 30 and September 28, with ...
-
News
UK/IRELAND
Stephen Fry's directorial debut Bright Young Things met with a mixed reception from critics in the UK - but its box office launch reflected the faith distributor Icon Film Distribution put in the film.The comedy-drama, based on the novel Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh, took eighth place with a $545,488 ...
-
News
SWEDEN
The new release of Ulf Malmros' black comedy Slim Sussie was able to put a dent in the successful run of Mikael Haafstroem's Evil, which stayed at number one with more than double the screen average of the newcomer at second. Pirates Of The Caribbean continued its strong performance in ...
-
News
JAPAN
S.W.AT. opened at the top of the Japanese nine-major-cities box office with a strong $60,011 screen average on 22 screens - despite a free ticket giveaway. To attract the target young male demographic, distributor Sony launched a nationwide campaign offering free admission to anyone in the first year of junior ...
-
News
DreamWorks puts Oscar faith in extra House screenings
The trickle-down effect of the MPAA's ban on screener tapescontinued this week as DreamWorks SKG announced it has booked one month ofprivate screenings in Los Angeles for its awards contender House Of Sand AndFog.Vadim Perelman's drama, which is being handled forinternational sales by Winchester's Cobalt Pictures, will play twice a ...
-
News
LXG tops weekly international box office
Fox International's The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (LXG) was the number one internationalperformer of the weekend after grossing $14.6m from 3,327 screens in all itsterritories.In its first wave of major European openings, LXG scored a sensational $5.1m from 706screens in Germany for star Sean Connery's biggest ever bow in a ...
-
News
Lieberfarb makes noise on DTS board
In his first appointment since exiting Warner Home Videoin December 2002 DVD evangelist Warren Lieberfarb has joined the board ofdigital audio technology specialists Digital Theater Systems (DTS).Lieberfarb is one of three new arrivals alongside fellow industryveterans Joerg Agin and Joseph Fischer.Agin, who has held top executive roles at Eastman Kodak ...
-
News
AUSTRALIA
Australia's weekend chart was based on five days instead of the usual four because half of the country was treated to a holiday Monday. Cinema attendance was also high because of welcome wet weather and continuing school holidays.The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen did quite extraordinary business for 20th Century Fox ...
-
News
BVI hits milestones with Pirates, Bruce Almighty
In a milestone weekend for Buena Vista International (BVI), PiratesOf The Caribbean passed$300m and Bruce Almighty crossed $200m at the international box office.Piratesadded $11.1m from all territories and raised its cumulative score to $310.1m,becoming the distributor's third title to reach that threshold after TheLion King and Armageddon and its second ...
-
News
BVI hits milestones with Pirates, Bruce Almighty
In a milestone weekend for Buena Vista International (BVI), PiratesOf The Caribbean passed$300m and Bruce Almighty crossed $200m at the international box office.Piratesadded $11.1m from all territories and raised its cumulative score to $310.1m,becoming the distributor's third title to reach that threshold after TheLion King and Armageddon and its second ...
-
News
Cinema Park secures $20m for Russian multiplex chain
Cinema Park, the verticallyintegrated Russian production, distribution and exhibition outfit, has secureda $20m loan from World Bank Group member The International Finance Corporation forits ongoing theatre-building project.At a time ofmassive growth in the country's exhibition sector, Cinema Park plans to build achain of 20 multi-screen cinemas at a cost of ...
-
News
Bad Boys 2 tops Spanish, UK charts
Bad Boys 2 grossed$9.8m at the weekend for Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International(CTFDI), raising its international running total to $43.4m.The action sequel opened film number one in the UK on $4.5m from619 venues ($5.2m including previews), while Spain produced an estimated $3.1mnumber one bow in Spain from 403.Bad Boys 2is ...
-
News
Dinard enjoys Pearl Earring, Alcohol
The Dinard Festival of British film handed out its top prize on Sunday in a split decision. Peter Webber's Girl With A Pearl Earring took home the Hitchcock d'Or but will split the purse that goes along with the award with Richard Jobson who won the directing prize for his ...
-
News
French exhibitors sweat as box office downturn bites
Calling themselves the film industry's 'poor relation', French exhibitors worried very vocally about the future of their business last week at a meeting held during the 58th annual exhibitors' conference in Deauville. The event, organised by the National Cinema Federation (FNCF), is similar to Show West in the US and ...
-
News
...as foreign language hits benefit from French exposure
This year's two leading foreign-language releases at the international box office are both enjoying a major boost in France - where local films have been suffering of late.The biggest international foreign-language film so far this year is Zhang Yimou's Hero.It opened top in France last week (Sep 24-30) selling nearly ...
-
Reviews
School Of Rock
Dir: Richard Linklater. USA 2003. 100 minsOne of the best things about Richard Linklater's superb new comedy, School Of Rock, is that it doesn't take itself too seriously, as director Linklater has on occasion been wont to do. Employing the highest of high concepts - failed rock guitarist impersonates ...
-
News
Twin Sisters takes top prize at Utrecht
The Second World War-drama Twin Sisters - the Netherlands' submission to the Oscars - won the main award, the Golden Calf for Best Film at the 23rd Dutch Film Festival in Utrecht. Most awards however went to opening film, Robert-Jan Westdijk's Phileine Says Sorry, which won best actress (Kim van ...
-
News
NEW ZEALAND
Local film The Locals grossed NZ$62,060 from 22 screens, giving it a screen average of NZ$2,821, in its opening four days in its home market of New Zealand. This put the debut feature of short filmmaker and commercials director Greg Page in tenth spot. Distributor Essential came on board early ...