All Distribution articles – Page 686
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NewsAvatar propels Fox Int'l over the $2bn barrier for third time
Last weekend’s mighty overseas launch for Avatar has propelled Fox International past the $2bn mark in overseas ticket sales for the third time in the company’s history.
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NewsLorber Films takes US rights to Berlusconi doc Videocracy
Kino Lorber’s theatrical distribution arm Lorber Films has acquired all US rights to Erik Gandini’s Videocracy.
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NewsIFC picks up SXSW hit The Overbrook Brothers
IFC Films has acquired US rights to John Bryant’s road movie and SXSW hit The Overbrook Brothers.
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NewsAvatar is king of the world with $165.2m overseas launch
Avatar recorded the sixth highest day-and-date launch in history as Fox International’s epic adventure grossed an estimated $165.2m from 64 markets.
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NewsProdigal Sons finds home at First Run Features
First Run Features has acquired US rights to Kimberly Reed’s (pictured) festival favourite documentary Prodigal Sons and plans a late February 2010 in New York followed by a nationwide rollout through March.
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NewsSurvival Of The Dead attracts US distributor Magnet
Magnet Releasing has taken US rights to George A Romero’s latest zombie episode, Survival Of The Dead.
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NewsResistance is futile: Fox's Avatar invades 106 territories
This weekend the world will enter a new world as Fox International unleashes Avatar day-and-date with North America in 106 territories.
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NewsSony plans remake of Swedish Millennium crime series
Sony Pictures Entertainment is about to close a deal to option English-language remake rights to the Millennium Series, based on the late Swedish writer Stieg Larsson’s crime novels.
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NewsAvatar beats Dark Knight in advances for BFI's IMAX
James Cameron’s 3D epic Avatar (pictured) has grossed a $1m in advance ticket sales through London’s British Film Institute IMAX cinema alone. It comes ahead of the film’s release tomorrow (December 17).
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NewsMetrodome strikes UK distribution deal with iTunes
UK distribution company Metrodome Distribution has struck a deal with iTunes to make its new and back catalogue titles available to download in the UK.
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NewsPhilippe Lioret's Welcome finds US home at Film Movement
Film Movement has bought US rights to Philippe Lioret’s French, English and Arabic-language drama Welcome (pictured).
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OSGH opens four multiplexes in Chinese-speaking territories
Hong Kong-listed Orange Sky Golden Harvest Entertainment (OSGH) has announced the opening of four new multiplexes with 27 screens in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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NewsNew Moon holds on to overseas crown with $23.2m haul
Summit International’s New Moon held on to the overseas crown in what will almost certainly be its last weekend in charge ahead of the global launch of Avatar, adding an estimated $23.2m from 8,735 sites in 66 territories.
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NewsApparition boards all US rights to The Runaways
Apparition has acquired all US rights to The Runaways starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning, which is set to receive its world premiere in Sundance next month.
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NewsDisney's Princess belle of the ball on $25m as annual box office record tumbles
The Princess And The Frogstruck a blow for the 2D animated musical as Buena Vista expanded it wide, stealing the number one spot from The Blind Side with an estimated $25m weekend haul.
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NewsAnchor Bay takes select territories on Steve Austin action H2K
Anchor Bay Films has acquired US, UK and Australian rights to the next ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin action feature, Hunt To Kill (H2K).
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NewsParamount Digital Entertainment takes worldwide rights to talhotblond
Paramount Digital Entertainment (PDE) has acquired worldwide distribution rights excluding US television to Barbara Schroeder’s documentary talhotblond.
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NewsSummit sets US release for Polanski's The Ghost Writer for first half of 2010
Summit Entertainment will release Roman Polanski’s retitled The Ghost Writer in North America in the first half of 2010.
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NewsNew Moon seeks to retain overseas crown before Avatar touchdown
Summit Entertainment’s New Moon has reached $321.5m overseas and should register another solid weekend as it surges towards the $350m mark.
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NewsCine-Asia signs UK distribution deal with Weinstein's Dragon Dynasty
Cine-Asia, the DVD distributor, has signed a UK distribution deal with Dragon Dynasty, the Asian cinema brand owned by The Weinstein Company (TWC).