All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1108
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NewsAvatar stays top on $75m in record $278m weekend
Fox’s Avatar held on to pole position in North America after a mere 3% slip on an estimated $75m as the weekend set an all-time box office record of $278m.
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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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NewsCalifornia court denies request to dismiss Polanski case
Roman Polanski may have to return to the US for the first time since he fled the country in 1978 after a California appeals court rejected a bid to have sex charges against him dropped.
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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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NewsChadha, Cholodenko, Niederhoffer added to Sundance world premiere roster
The Sundance Institute has added world premieres of Gurinder Chadha’s (pictured) It’s A Wonderful Afterlife, Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are Alright and Galt Niederhoffer’s The Romantics to the festival.
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NewsPSIFF launches Australian sidebar G'Day USA
The 2010 Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) has unveiled G’Day USA, a showcase of Australian cinema on January 9 that will kick off the nationwide G’Day USA Australia Week business and cultural initiative.Australia Film Day will launch with a screening of My Year Without Sex and the programme includes ...
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NewsAvatar storms to top of US charts on $77m
As expected Avatar made off with the weekend box office crown thanks to a $77m three-day haul according to figures released on December 21 that delivered the highest 3D launch for a film and the highest launch for a non-sequel, original story in North American history.
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NewsAmbush boards superhero project Super with Kevin Bacon, Rainn Wilson
Miranda Bailey’s LA-based Ambush Entertainment has joined Ted Hope’s This Is That as producing partner on Super, which has just attached Kevin Bacon and is shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, through January
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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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NewsAcademy announces 274 features eligible for 2009 best picture Oscar
Two hundred seventy-four features are eligible for the 2009 best picture Oscar, the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has announced.
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NewsSundance picks Metropolitan, Poison, Harold And Maude for UCLA screenings
The Sundance Institute has selected Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan, Todd Haynes’ Poison and Harold And Maude directed by Hal Ashby as the three films selected for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival’s From The Collection screenings.
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Sony, RealD sign technology deal to bring 3D into the home
Sony Corporation and RealD have signed a technology partnership to bring 3D home entertainment to the market in 2010.
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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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NewsBridges, Sidibe, Bullock, Mirren earn SAG nominations
Jeff Bridges, Colin Firth, Helen Mirren, Gabourey Sidibe, Christoph Waltz, Sandra Bullock (pictured) and Mo’Nique are in the running for top honours in the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.Awards ballots will be posted out on December 29 when the entire 100,000-strong Guild membership will have the opportunity to vote. ...
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FeaturesTen billion and a happy Hangover
The North American box office is on track for a record-breaking year. Jeremy Kay charts the highs and the lows.
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NewsRoy Disney, rebel shareholder and studio guardian, dies at 79
Roy Disney, Walt Disney’s nephew who led two major shareholder revolts that shaped the modern profile of the studio, has died in Newport Beach, California, following a long battle with stomach cancer. He was 79.