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Takers snatches US box office crown in tight weekend
Screen Gems’ heist thriller Takers edged out Lionsgate’s The Last Exorcism over the weekend as $20.5m secured the crown by the tightest of margins according to confirmed results issued on Monday [30]
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Airbender rules on $18m as Avatar crosses $2bn overseas
Inception was finally forced to cede authority to another film as Paramount/PPI’s The Last Airbender ruled the waves over the weekend thanks to an estimated $18m haul from 5,843 sites in 51 territories that boosted the running total to $120m.
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Sony projects world's first 3D press conference to Madrid
US studio Sony broke new ground Friday by projecting the first 3D press conference for its film Resident Evil: Afterlife to Spanish press in Madrid.
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Bavaria, Beta bulk up slates ahead of awards season
Bavaria Film International has taken on worldwide sales rights to Icelandic film-maker Fridrik Thor Fridriksson’s melancholic comedy Mamma Gogo ahead of its international premiere in Toronto.
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YouTube UK offers 400 movies online
YouTube has launched a new movies section of its site in the UK, offering more than 400 films free, on demand.
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Metrodome in the black for first half of 2010
UK distributor Metrodome Group has announced its half year financial results for 2010, with profits of £161,000 for the six months ending June 30.
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Liman teams up with FIP on Mandarin-language Toronto premiere
Fox International Productions president Sanford Panitch announced last night [26] that Doug Liman will present the company’s Mandarin-language film The Butcher, The Chef And The Swordsman.
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Toy Story 3 heads to $1bn and beyond at worldwide box office
History beckons Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 3 this weekend as it prepares to become only the seventh film to join an elite club of box office titans on Friday [August 27].
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Roadside, Liddell partner again on I Love You Phillip Morris
Roadside Attractions and Liddell Entertainment have announced their second acquisition of the week, partnering for North America on the highly regarded true-life drama I Love You Phillip Morris.
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LoveFilm strikes digital deal with MGM
LoveFilm has agreed a UK distribution deal with MGM to enable its members to watch MGM titles online and on internet-enabled devices through the LoveFilm Player.
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IMAX’s international push
Andreas Wiseman examines Imax’s recent international boom, from big deals with Chinese exhibitors to the company’s first foreign-language film release.
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Avatar: Special Edition ready for global IMAX blitz
Fox’s Avatar: Special Edition will open in 175 IMAX theatres around the world this weekend.
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Roadside, Liddell Entertainment confirm Biutiful acquisition
Roadside Attractions has confirmed it has picked up Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Biutiful, partnering with Liddell Entertainment on US rights.
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Lightning adds TIFF premiere Beautiful Boy to autumn slate
Santa Monica-based Lightning Entertainment has acquired international sales rights to Shawn Ku’s drama Beautiful Boy ahead of its world premiere in Toronto.
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Marketing Movies Online conference planned for Sept 29 in London
Film training specialist Diversity in Visual Arts (DiVA) and digital strategy consultant MTM London will host a one-day conference titled Marketing Movies Online.
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Magnolia takes US rights to All Good Things
Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights to Andrew Jarecki’s All Good Things and is planning a December theatrical release.
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Freestyle picks up US rights to I Want Your Money
Freestyle Releasing will handle the US theatrical release on RG Entertainment’s politically charged documentary I Want Your Money.
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Dimension Films greenlights Piranha 3D sequel
Dimension Films chief Bob Weinstein has greenlit a sequel to Piranha 3D three days after the horror film opened in the top ten on $10.1m.
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Arts Alliance Media signs big digital deal with Australian exhibitor Hoyts
Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has signed a deal to equip 400 Hoyts cinemas with its Theatre Management System, across the entire Hoyts circuit in Australia and New Zealand.
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UK veteran James Lee proposes creation of Government-backed film distributor
Ex-UK Film Council Board member and former Chairman of Scottish Screen James Lee has called for the creation of a State-backed “British National Distribution Company.”