All Box Office articles – Page 190
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NewsMonsters Uni, Pac Rim excel
Disney executives announced that the Pixar family film Monsters University was on course to cross $700m at the worldwide box office.
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NewsWetlands grosses €1.9m in Germany
David Wnendt’s much-talked about adaptation charts second on debut with almost 240,000 admissions.
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NewsLa Cage Dorée reaches €10m at box office
Ruben Alves’ comedy also records third straight week as number one in Portugal.
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NewsElysium tops UK box office
Sony’s sci-fi debuts at number one with $4.8m (£3.13m), including previews; Warner Bros’ We’re The Millers grosses $2.9m (£1.85m) over the four-day weekend to chart second.
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NewsButler stays top in US on $17m
Lee Daniel’s The Butler held on to top spot at a lacklustre box office weekend that marked the penultimate session of blockbuster season.
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NewsJurassic Park storms China
UPDATED AUG 26: Universal Pictures International’s Jurassic Park 3D grossed a confirmed $28.9m from 3,373 theatres in 11 territories, fuelled by a $28m launch in China. Despicable Me 2 crossed $800m worldwide.
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NewsDisney crosses $2bn int'l
The studio announced on Friday [23] that it had crossed the threshold in record time.
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NewsOctane fired up for Haunted 2
A Haunted House 2 is scheduled to kick off production on Monday [26] through IM Global’s Octane genre division. Open Road will distribute in the US on Mar 2014.
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NewsElysium eyes UK launch
Sony Pictures Releasing International’s champion of last weekend, Elysium, opens in the UK in what is expected to be a low-key international session that also sees Disney-Pixar’s Monsters University arrive in China and Italy.
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NewsSPC plots Blue Jasmine expansion
Sony Pictures Classics announced that it will expand Woody Allen’s box office hit Blue Jasmine this weekend from 229 screens to more than 1,200, making the awards contender Allen’s widest ever release.
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NewsJurassic Park 3D storms into China
Universal’s 3D reboot opened at number one in China on Tuesday [20] on an estimated $6.3m (CNY 38.5m) from 2,500 screens.
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NewsHide and Seek tops Korean box office
Next Entertainment World (NEW) has topped South Korea’s weekend box office with debut director Huh Jung’s horror thriller Hide And Seek.
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NewsKick-Ass 2 tops UK box office
Universal’s sequel scores $3.9m (£2.48m) debut, including previews, to land the top spot; Disney’s Planes leads the Fri-Sun weekend with $2.7m (£1.7m).
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NewsThe Butler beats Kick-Ass 2 on US debut
Lee Daniel’s The Butler dominated a weak session in North America thanks to an estimated $25m opening weekend through The Weinstein Company.
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NewsElysium rules int’l box office on $23.4m
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) claimed a tight weekend as Neill Blomkamp’s sci-fi adventure led the field with four major number one debuts. There was good news for Warner Bros too as Pacific Rim became its biggest release in China on just over $100m.
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NewsUPI unleashes Kick-Ass 2 in 18 territories
Universal Pictures International rolls out Kick-Ass 2 day-and-date with North America in approximately 18 territories, among them the UK, Germany, Italy and Mexico.
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NewsStudios savour int'l BO results
The announcement by Paramount top brass that World War Z had delivered career-best box office for Brad Pitt served as reminder of the consistency of international markets this summer.
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NewsUPI breaks int'l box office record
Universal Pictures International (UPI) top brass announced that as of Monday the company had reached $1.8bn - its biggest year at the box office.
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NewsAlan Partridge tops UK box office
The first big screen outing for Alan Partridge tops chart with $3.37m (£2.18m), including previews, through StudioCanal; Sony’s Grown Ups 2 leads Fri-Sun weekend; Universal’s Despicable Me 2 becomes 2013’s highest grosser.
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NewsElysium rules US on $30.4m
Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 independently financed sci-fi action film launched at number one in North America thanks to an estimated $30.4m opening weekend through TriStar that consigned a trio of studio openers to lower top five finishes.