All Distribution articles – Page 712
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NewsSony reports eighth number one launch of the year as 2012 takes $65m
Befitting its apocalyptic theme, 2012 brushed aside all before it and roared to number one thanks to an estimated $65m launch that delivered Sony’s eighth number one release of the year-to-date.
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NewsWide Pictures picks up major US titles for Spain
Spanish distributor Wide Pictures had a busy AFM taking distribution rights to several major US films, including Robert Redford’s The Company You Keep and David Schwimmer’s Trust, starring Clive Owen.
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NewsMicro-budget smash Paranormal Activity sweeps past $100m
Oren Peli’s micro-budget horror hit Paranormal Activity has crossed $100m at the North American box office, the film’s distributor Paramount announced last night [12].
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn snaps up US rights to thriller Harry Brown
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired all US rights to Harry Brown starring Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer following its UK premiere on Wednesday night [11].
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NewsITV puts Carlton Screen Advertising contracts into liquidation
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has put its remaining interests in cinema advertising company, Carlton Screen Advertising (CSA), into voluntary liquidation. It appointed Grant Thornton to handle the process on October 26.
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NewsSony unleashes 2012 in global day-and-date rampage
Sony launches the disaster movie 2012 across the globe this weekend in a thunderous assault echoing that unleashed by the elements in Roland Emmerich’s film.
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NewsIFC steps into Toronto thriller Cracks for North America
IFC Films has picked up North American rights to Jordan Scott’s boarding school thriller Cracks starring Eva Green.
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NewsRoss ushers in the new guard at Disney in major reshuffle
Acknowledging the fundamental shift in the way audiences consume entertainment, Disney chairman Rich Ross today [November 11) unveiled a restructure of marketing, distribution, and operations. He said the move would equip the studio to “find innovative ways to provide quality entertainment that is readily available.”
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NewsNational Schools Film Week attracts record attendees
This year’s National Schools Film Week (NSFW) attracted a record 450,000 attendees.
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NewsEssential, Gigapix team up on children's film slate
Essential Entertainment has signed a multi-picture deal with Gigapix Studios for five G and PG-rated live-action children’s films through its subsidiary Recess Films.
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NewsSony to adapt Quebecois action comedy hit Fathers And Guns
Sony Pictures has acquired remake rights to Fathers And Guns based on Emile Gaudreault’s action comedy De Pere En Flic that became the highest grossing French-language film ever released in Quebec and Canada this summer.
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NewsThe Secret of Kells heads for US release through GKIDS
GKIDS has acquired US rights to Irish director Tomm Moore’s animated film The Secret Of Kells.
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NewsNikkatsu sells Alien Vs Ninja to UK and Thailand
Japanese studio Nikkatsu has sold Alien Vs Ninja to Revolver Entertainment for the UK and M Pictures for Thailand.
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NewsThis Is It stays ahead of the pack overseas as $29m raises tally to $128.6m
This Is It continued to dominate the overseas market as a further $29m from 8,800 screens in 110 markets through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) raised the running total to $128.6m after two weekends.
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NewsCinema Epoch to open Skirt Day in theatres in spring 2010
Cinema Epoch has acquired US rights to Jean-Paul Lilienfeld’s drama Skirt Day (La Journee De La Jupe) starring Isabelle Adjani.
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NewsStrand takes US rights to My Year Without Sex
Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights to Sarah Watt’s Australian film My Year Without Sex from The Works International at AFM.
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NewsNeoClassics boards worldwide rights to The Over The Hill Band
Canada-based NeoClassics Films has acquired worldwide rights to Geoffrey Enthoven’s Belgian comedy drama The Over The Hill Band.
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NewsDadi seals Asian deals on $23m biopic Confucius
China’s Dadi Entertainment has wrapped up a string of Asian deals on its $23m biopic Confucius, including sales to Korea’s J.L. International, Thailand’s Sahamongkol and Singapore’s Cathay Keris Films.
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NewsOptimism creeps back into AFM as market enters home stretch
After a brutal 12 months in the independent film business, a mood of cautious optimism is infusing business as AFM 2009 enters the home stretch.
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NewsBuyers jive with Protagonist's Streetdance
UK sales outfit Protagonist Pictures is enjoying a bumper crop of sales for its teen dance movie Streetdance 3D backed by Vertigo, BBC Films and the UK Film Council.