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All Distribution articles – Page 666
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Magnolia takes US theatrical rights to Night Catches Us
Magnolia Pictures has acquired US theatrical rights to Tanya Hamilton’s debut feature and Sundance premiere Night Catches Us.
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NewsScreen starts new UK Marketing and Distribution Awards
The event, slated for Oct. 5, will honour outsanding achievement in UK film marketing and distribution in 15 categories which will be judged by an illustrious panel of judges chaired by Lord Puttnam.
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FeaturesThe foreign fallout
A decade after Crouching Tiger rewrote the rules for foreign-language films in the US, the situation is looking more difficult than ever for sellers and producers trying to infiltrate the domestic market. Anthony D’Alessandro takes the temperature in the US foreign-language distribution arena
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NewsIron Man 2 steals the show with $133.6m summer launch
Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 2 kicked off the summer season as it powered to the fifth biggest domestic launch in history thanks to an estimated $133.6m opening weekend through Paramount.
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NewsIron Man 2 adds $57.2m to fly past $190m overseas
Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 2 surged towards $200m in its second weekend as an estimated $57.2m from 10,774 sites in 61 territories boosted the tally to $194m.
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NewsParamount Famous takes North America on The Romantics
Paramount Famous Productions has made its first acquisition, taking all US and Canadian rights to Galt Niederhoffer’s Sundance premiere The Romantics.
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FCC approves select VOD launches of new releases before DVD and Blu-ray
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved a request by the Motion Pictures Association Of America (MPAA) that paves the way in some cases for VOD releases of new releases before their DVD or Blu-ray launch.
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D Films takes Canadian rights to South African biopic Winnie
D Films has acquired all Canadian rights in all media to South African film-maker Darrell Roodt’s upcoming Winnie Mandela biopic starring Jennifer Hudson.
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IFC acquires North America and multi territories on Cold Weather
IFC Films has picked up North American, Asian, Middle Eastern and East central European rights to Aaron Katz’s mystery Cold Weather.
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Sony sets May 25 2012 release for 3D Men In Black III
Columbia Pictures announced today that Men In Black III will be released in 3D on May 25, 2012.
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Wild Bunch sees Enchantment from Microcosmos team
Wild Bunch has added The Field Of Enchantment, blending nature documentry and fiction love story, to its Cannes lineup.
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Inferno boards sales on Paragraph's If I Were You
Inferno Entertainment has acquired sales rights ahead of Cannes to Paragraph Pictures’ drama If I Were You starring Marcia Gay Harden.
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European box office reached new high in 2009
Gross box office in the EU member states reached a record high of $7.97bn (Euro6.27bn) in 2009, according to provisional data published today by European Audiovisual Observatory.
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NewsNew UK distributor launches to concentrate on Italian films
Chris Johnson’s VITA strikes a multi-film deal with Fandango.
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FeaturesInternational Box Office: Boom Times
The global box office experienced an impressive 28% spike for the first quarter from the comparable period in 2009. International proved to be the driving force in terms of growth, helped in part by 3D screen expansion. Len Klady analyses the numbers and reveals studio market share.
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Myriad jumps aboard Elektra Luxx for Cannes
Myriad Pictures will commence international sales in Cannes on Elektra Luxx, Sebastian Gutierrez’s comedy follow-up to Women In Trouble.
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Little Film Company adds Coming & Going to Cannes slate
The Little Film Company has taken international rights to Edoardo Ponti’s irreverent comedy Coming & Going and will commence sales in Cannes.
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Cinema Guild acquires US rights to SXSW doc winner Marwencol
The Cinema Guild has picked up US rights to Jeff Malmberg’s SXSW grand jury best documentary winner Marwencol.
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NewsCentral Partnership to handle international sales on Konchalovsky’s The Nutcracker in 3D
The $90m epic will be launched on 1000 screens in Russia in December.
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NewsLorianne Hall joins Scanbox acquisitions team
Hall, an industry veteran in Europe and the US, is based in London and will be attending Cannes for the company.