All articles by Diana Lodderhose – Page 8
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300 continues to carve up the international box office
Collective takings of nine major territories saw a 10.8% increase year-on-year and generated $209m at the box office last weekend, according to Screen International's Screen Index. Japanese box office revenue saw the biggest increase - the territory was up a whopping 50.4% compared to the same weekend of 2006, after ...
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300 boosts US's box office, Mexico notes 118% year-on-year increase
Collective box office revenue of nine territories was up 29% last weekend compared to the same weekend in 2006, according to Screen International's Screen Index. North America led the increase - the territory saw a 41.1% year-on-year increase and took $149.6m at the weekend. Top film 300 - an adaptation ...
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Market Focus - Commercial decisions
Distributors have long known that advertising in cinemas is an effective way to access audiences before the release of a film. But new UK research suggests audiences are more receptive to commercials shown there than to any other form of advertising.Research by TNS on behalf of the Cinema Advertising Association's ...
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FDA and The Script Factory to offer free script seminars
Film Distributors' Association (FDA) and The Script Factory will join forces to provide a script-reading training programme and a series of seminars exclusively for UK film distributors. Three one-day script-reading training courses, which are free to those working in film distribution, aim to help distributors enhance feature film script analysis. ...
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Marketing - Moving pictures
Movie posters have always generated anticipation in audiences, and have retained their effectiveness by adapting to the marketplace.In the 1970s, a gradual shift from matte to clay-coated glossy paper encouraged new designs. Star Wars and Star Trek posters increased in popularity and were responsible for making movie poster collectors out ...
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Marketing - Poster technology - Sheets ahead
The poster is one of the oldest advertising media, and in an age of targeted internet campaigns and interactive pop-ups it would be understandable if film distributors had started to lose interest in paper and ink.But this is not happening. Not only does the film poster remain an important release ...
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Screen Index up 8% with continued boom in Italy
Local films helped push collective global box office takings of nine territories up 8% last weekend compared to the same weekend last year, according to Screen International's Screen Index. Italy continues to surge and was up 51.8% year-on-year thanks to the success of Fausto Brizzi's sequel Notte Prima Degli Esami ...
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Hot Fuzz breaks Shaun Of The Dead UK box-office tally in first week
Universal's Hot Fuzz has already beaten Shaun Of The Dead at the UK box office, raking in a whooping $13.9m (£7.1m) in its first seven days. The new cop comedy marks the reunion of Shaun's team: director Edgar Wright, actors Simon Pegg (who also co-writes with Wright) and Nick Frost, ...
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Italian box-office up massive 79.1% year-on-year; other regions struggle
Global box office takings of nine major territories collectively fell 9.7% year-on-year this week, pushed by dips in the French, Korean and North American markets, according to Screen International's Screen Index. France dropped by 32.6% compared to the same week last year despite new entries from studio Oscar-nominated films. Blood ...
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Hot Fuzz rocks UK box office with preview figures
Universal's cop comedy Hot Fuzz has generated over $2.9m (£1.5m) in its first two days in the UK box office, hinting at the film's potential weekend success. British lovers preferred the spoof to romantic rival Music And Lyrics as it generated $1.8m (£946,448) on Valentine's Day - its opening day ...
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Viva! Film Festival to premiere Salvador
The 13th annual Viva! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival returns to Manchester from March 15-25 and will host the UK premiere of Goya Award winning Salvador on its opening night. The festival, which will showcase up to 100 Hispanic films including features, shorts and documentaries from Spanish and Latin ...
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Scandal rocks UK box office
Notes On A Scandal has catapulted to number one at the UK box-office due to an impressive mid-week performance. The Oscar and BAFTA nominated drama - a collaboration between Fox Searchlight and DNA films - generated £1.89m ($3.68m) as of February 8 from 300 sites. The film, starring Cate Blanchett ...
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Italy soars, Japan and North America sour in global box office
Six of the nine major territories saw increases in box office takings this week but drops in the North American and Japanese markets accounted for a virtually static year-on-year comparison, according to the Screen International Screen Index. Collective global grosses were boosted by just 0.19% compared to the same week ...
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Global box office down slightly this week, as Germany and Japan slip
Global box office takings took a slight dip of 2.9% this week in comparison to the same week last year and fell by less than 1% from last week, according to the Screen International Screen Index.The marginal decrease was led by year-on-year falls in major territories such as Germany, Japan, ...
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Screen Index down 17% this week but Italy is booming
Collective global box-office takings of nine major territories fell 17% this week compared to the same week last year, largely due to drops in North America, France and South Korea, according to the Screen International Screen Index. This week, North America saw a 19.3% dip in its top 30 films ...
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Eight major territories, led by Italy, show box-office increases this week
Eight major territories collectively saw box-office increases compared to the same week last year, due to the success of big-name studio films this week, according to Screen International's own Screen Index. Italy leads the increase - the territory was up 43% after The Pursuit Of Happyness grossed $4.7m in its ...
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Happy Feet ends James Bond's UK reign
Warner Bros' animatedfeature film Happy Feet has kicked JamesBond from the top spot in the UK box office this weekend, taking $5.43m (£2.76m). The penguins barely knockedSony's Casino Royale from itsthree-week tenure at number one by raking-in a site average of $12,206 (£6,217)from 445 sites across the UK. The animated ...
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Meadows get mobile with 15 second short
Award-winning Britishdirector Shane Meadows has made a short film shot entirely on a mobilephone. The Stairwell, a 15-second short film, premiered on www.nokiashorts.co.uk on August 15 aspart if this year's Nokia Shorts competition. Meadows, who has directedsuch films as Dead Man's Shoesand TwentyFourSeven, shot thefilm in a few hours on ...
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Grosvenor Films nears thriller Messages wrap
Grosvenor Films wraps itsnew £1.2m supernatural thriller Messageson August 7 in London.Thefilm, directed by David Fairman, tells the tale of pathologist Dr. RichardMurray who receives cryptic messages from his dead wife which enable him totrack down the identity of a serial killer.He eventually becomes a suspect after turning up at ...
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Arnold takes Red Road with UK Film Council
The UK Film Council'sDevelopment Fund has invested in six new feature projects, including RedRoad from Oscar winning director Andrea Arnold.Arnold, who won this year'sOscar for Best Short Film with Wasp, has been awarded £10,962 for herfirst feature length project. The film is the latestcollaboration between Glasgow-based Sigma Films and Lars ...