All articles by Diana Lodderhose – Page 6
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Lust, Caution boasts highest screen average internationally
French film 99 Francs was the highest new entry in this weekend's international chart as it generated $3.7m from 431 sites in three territories, putting it just within the top 10 in its opening weekend. (See Screen International's full international chart, compiled by Len Klady, here.) The French comedy, directed ...
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Fat Boy outruns new releases to lead fourth week at UK box office
British comedy Run, Fat Boy, Run dominated the UK box office for the fourth weekend in a row, keeping a firm hold of the number one slot with a $2.01m (£988,788) take from 398 sites.The film, released by Entertainment Film Distributors, is one of four films that refused to budge ...
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International - The Russians are coming
Russian films made their mark this weekend as three titles from the territory collectively accounted for 4.7% of the international revenue from the top 40 films over the three-day period. Two new entries - Mongol and 12 - both made the top 30 this weekend while Day Watch, the follow-up ...
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Mongol and 12 drive Russian boom at international box office
Russian films made their mark this weekend as three films from the territory collectively accounted for 4.7% of the international revenue from the top 40 films over the three-day period. (See Screen International's full International Box-Office Chart, compiled by Len Klady, here.)Two new entries - Mongol and 12 - both ...
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Run, Fat Boy, Run tops UK box-office for third week
David Schwimmer's directorial feature debut, Run, Fat Boy Run, topped our UK chart for a third weekend, taking $2.4m (£1.2m) from 401 sites for a $12.8m (£6.3m) total to date.The British comedy, which is released by Entertainment Film Distributors and stars local favourite Simon Pegg, fell by 22% this weekend ...
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International - Korea ambitions
Three Korean films made a big impact on the international chart this weekend, and their collective total accounted for 5.4% of the international revenue from the top 40 films over the three-day period.Three new Korean openers - Kidnapping Granny K, Two Faces Of My Girlfriend and The Happy Life ...
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Korean trio makes splash in Screen International chart
Korean films made a big impact on the international chart this weekend together accounting for 5.4% of the international revenue from the top-40 films over the three-day period.Kidnapping Granny K, Two Faces Of My Girlfriend and The Happy Life all made the top 25 films at the weekend, having only ...
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Run, Fat Boy, Run strolls to second UK chart-topping weekend
Run, Fat Boy, Run topped the UK chart for a second weekend, grossing $3.1m (£1.5m) from 411 sites, making its total $9.1m to date in the territory. Click here to see chart.The film, released by Entertainment Film Distributors, may have fallen by 23% but still beat Sony Pictures Releasing International's ...
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The Simpsons Moviemakes number one opening in Italy
The Simpsons Movie was the top film in Italy this weekend, openingwith $8.2m from 616 screens for a whopping $13,380 screen average.Fox International's animated adventure knocked Shrek The Third off the number one spot this weekend after two weeks at the top.Shrek, distributed by Universal Pictures International in Italy, fell ...
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Hutton joins Fox as head of UK publicity
Twentieth Century Fox has appointed Annabel Hutton as its head of UK publicity.Hutton, a former Premier PR executive, will replace Fox publicity head Liz Green. She will be based in London and will report directly to Fox's UK marketing director Elizabeth Kesses.Hutton, who has worked in film since 1994, oversaw ...
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International - A Hero's welcome
Fuji TV's Hero was the hot international opener this weekend, according to Screen's international chart. Generating $8.9m in its home territory from 475 screens, the Takuya Kimura-starrer catapulted to the number three spot.While Universal Pictures International's (UPI) The Bourne Ultimatum may have crept back up to the number one slot, ...
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International box office - Western Europe - Domestic bliss
Box office gross in Western Europe is predicted to surge by 17% over the next five years - a rate of around 3% a year - largely due to expanding local film industries and advances in digital cinema, new research predicts.The report from Dodona Research sees box office in Austria, ...
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King Apatow
Producer-writer-director Judd Apatow has created something of a domestic empire, with 2007 hits such as Knocked Up and Superbad showing formidable staying power in a sea of franchise films and remakes. They have so far taken over $240m at the US box office and $277m globally. Knocked Up has taken ...
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Box office summer '08 - preview
The books have barely closed on summer 2007 and already next summer's calendar is filling up fast with strong Hollywood product. While this year distributors benefited from a lack of major sporting events, 2008 presents hurdles such as the Summer Olympics, which start in Beijing on August 8, and the ...
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Japanese Hero makes heroic impact on Screen's international chart
Fuji TV's Hero was the hot international opener this weekend, according to Screen's international chart. Click here for full details.Generating $8.9m in its home territory from 475 screens, the Takuya Kimura-starrer, directed by Masayuki Suzuki catapulted to number three in the weekly chart of top performing films in international markets.While ...
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Run, Fat Boy, Run races to top of UK box office
Simon Pegg ran up another big hit in the UK at the weekend as Entertainment's Run, Fat Boy, Run took the number one slot in its first weekend and generated $4.1m (£2.01m) from 413 sites (including $330,204 of one-day previews).The comedy, which is David Schwimmer's directorial debut, had a site ...
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Fourth Jones titled The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
The fourth instalment of Indiana Joneshas been officiallytitled Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull. The film is currently still in production and is directed by original director Steven Spielberg. It stars Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, and Transformers star Shia LaBeouf. Karen Allen returns as Marion Ravenwood from ...
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International box office - Czech Republic - Recovery position
Admissions in the Czech Republic grew 13% year on year for the first half of 2007, with cinemas earning total revenues of nearly $31.3m (czk637m). If the trend continues, 2007 will outpace last year's 11.5 million admissions, continuing the recovery from 2005's 9.5 million.The Czech Republic, which has a population ...
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Western European box office set to grow 17% over next five years
Box office gross in Western Europe is predicted to surge by 17% over the next five years largely due to advancements in digital cinema and expanding local film industries, new research predicts. According to a report from Dodona Research, box office in the Western European market - which includes 13 ...
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United Kingdom - East meets west
A chance meeting on holiday set Donal Fernandes on the previously untrodden Estonian route to Cannes.The first-time producer was on a trip to the Eastern European country when he bumped into local film-maker Kadri Kousaar, who was struggling to produce her first feature, Magnus.He had previously met her in 2006 ...