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NewsAvatar soars overseas on $136.8m and $1bn worldwide
Fox International’s Avatar became only the fifth release in history to cross $1bn worldwide as it held on to the overseas crown thanks to an estimated $136.8m from 13,784 screens in 109 markets. It boosted the running total to $676.9m after three weeks.
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NewsAvatar stays top in North America on $68.3m
Avatar surged into the new year on top of the world, buoyed by exceptional word of mouth that saw the Fox release add an estimated $68.3m to boost the North American tally to $352.1m and reach $1.018bn worldwide after a mere three weekends.
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NewsBodyguards And Assassins tops holiday box office in China
Cinema Popular’s action thriller Bodyguards And Assassins has topped the Chinese box office over the holiday period racking up a $30m (RMB208m) to December 29.
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NewsWarner Bros to reach record $3.99bn global BO in 2009
Warner Bros Pictures Group is on course to reach a global box office industry record of $3.99bn for the 2009 reporting year, beating its previous industry mark of $3.66bn set in 2007.
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NewsAvatar adds $153m as Fox Int'l sets BO industry record
Avatar grossed much more in its second weekend than Fox International originally estimated, adding $152.8m for $413.2m after 12 days in release. The result propelled Fox International’s annual box office to an industry-high $2.28bn with four days to go, overtaking Warner Bros Pictures International’s $2.24bn record from 2007.
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NewsWTO rejects China’s appeal against opening its film market
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has rejected China’s appeal against a ruling that it must stop forcing US content owners to use state-owned companies to distribute movies and books.
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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.