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Expanded Dubai Filmmart racks up more than 3,000 screenings
The Dubai International Film Festival’s Dubai Filmmart has announced that 3,193 screenings took place through its popular Cinetech trading platform, and at least two major deals were concluded during the week-long event (Dec 12-19).
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NewsWild Bunch takes on Asterix Chez Les Bretons
The $70m+ film has confirmed Gerard Depardieu reprising his role as Obelix.
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NewsJiang Wen’s Let the Bullets Fly sets records in China
Chinese filmmaker Jiang Wen’s Chinese Western-styled action film Let the Bullets Fly became the fastest Chinese-language film to break RMB100m mark ($15.15m) in Chinese cinemas, in only two and half days.
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Features3D special - read here!
Screen’s first 3D supplement looks at every aspect of Europe’s 3D revolution.
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NewsTron: Legacy opens top in North America on $44m
Buena Vista’s Tron: Legacy easily dominated the North American charts on an estimated $43.6m while Relativity Media’s heavyweight Academy Awards contender The Fighter surged 15 places to number four on $12.2m.
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News2010 3D releases mitigate German admissions drop
Additional revenues generated by 3D releases in 2010 cushioned the negative effects of a year-on-year decline in film-going in Germany.
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NewsDawn Treader wins snowy overseas session on $32m
Fox International’s Voyage Of The Dawn Treader clung on to the overseas box office crown on $31.5m despite a strong launch by Tron: Legacy as severe snow decimated ticket sales across Europe.
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India’s Scrabble Entertainment moves into the Middle East
India’s Scrabble Entertainment has signed non–exclusive D-cinema deployment agreements with five US studios to roll out digital screens in the Middle East.
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If You Are The One 2 to get US release on Dec 24
China Lion Film Distribution is to release Feng Xiaogang’s If You Are The One 2 in North America simultaneously with its China release on December 24.
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NewsDisney unleashes Tron: Legacy in first overseas wave
All eyes will be on Tron: Legacy this weekend as Disney plots world domination and attempts to usurp The Chronicles Of Narnia heading into the holiday season.
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NewsCMG concludes key sales on Sundance winner Gasland
Ed Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group (CMG) has closed further sales on Josh Fox’s award-winning documentary Gasland.
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NewsToho unveils 2011 slate, with new Studio Ghibli film for next summer
Japan’s Toho Studios announced its 2011-2012 slate on Dec 15, including a new offering from Studio Ghibli father-and-son duo Hayao and Goro Miyazaki.
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NewsPicturehouse takes UK rights to Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Picturehouse Entertainment, the new distribution arm of City Screen, has taken UK theatrical and DVD rights to Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams.
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Syfy, Universal team up for genre label Syfy Films
Syfy Ventures and Universal Pictures have created the genre label Syfy Films.
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WBPI strikes Nordic deals in wake of Sandrew Metronome restructure
Warner Bros Pictures International has partnered with two Nordic licensees to distribute the studio’s upcoming product commencing April 1, 2011.
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Moving Pictures, IFC, Film Movement active in busy day for acquisitions
Moving Pictures Film & TV (MPF&TV) has acquired all North American rights to Jonathan Newman’s romantic comedy Swinging With The Finkels, one of three independent acquisitions announced today [14].
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NewsSanctum to get two-week run in IMAX
The 3D underwater thriller will be released in IMAX from Feb 4, making it the busiest first quarter ever for IMAX.
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NewsNarnia leads UK box office; Optimum crosses £20m mark
Optimum has its biggest-ever opening with The Tourist; Vertigo’s Monsters passes $1m.
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NewsSwiss market share climbs by 50% as record number of local films released in cinemas
Swiss films’ market share climbed year-on-year by around 50% to 5.2% in 2010 from last year’s 3.5% with a record number of local film – 82 – released in the cinemas.
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NewsTepid domestic weekend rewards Narnia's $24.5m debut
Walden Media / Fox’s The Chronicles Of Narnia won a diffident North American session at the box office thanks to an estimated $24.5m haul.