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Disney gets more box office Treasure in US, while Juno soars
Buena Vista's National Treasure: Book Of Secrets held on to top spot for the third consecutive weekend thanks to an estimated $20.2m haul that raised the tally to $171m as the first weekend of 2008 got off to an auspicious start.The adventure sequel starring Nicolas Cage should overtake the $173m ...
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Chipmunks land in Australia, Brazil, six other territories
Warner Bros Pictures International top brass will expect robust holdover business to boost the $117m running total of last weekend's box office champion I Am Legend.There are no releases scheduled for the sci-fi horror this weekend however several major launches lies ahead in the coming weeks, the first of which ...
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Legend leads international weekend with $46.1m in 25 markets
I Am Legend heads into 2008 as the number one overseas film following a $46.1m estimated haul from 25 markets that raised the running total through Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) to $117m after three weekends.The sci-fi horror dominated the UK with a mighty $21.8m (£10.9m) haul from 438 sites ...
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National Treasure 2, Juno soar at domestic box office
Buena Vista's National Treasure: Book Of Secrets was the number one domestic film at the close of 2007, capping a record year at the box office that generated $9.7bn according to early estimates and beat by some way the $9.45bn previous best set in 2004.The adventure sequel added approximately $35.6m ...
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National Treasure: Book Of Secrets strikes box-office gold in US
Buena Vista's National Treasure: Book Of Secrets proved too strong for the competition in a crowded weekend and launched at number one withan estimated $45.5m. Nicolas Cage reprises his role as a treasure hunter who this time investigates the truth behind President Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Helen Mirren, Jon Voight and ...
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Seven number one openings for I Am Legend
I Am Legend consolidated on last weekend's promising launch in Asia with seven new number one debuts through Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) that contributed to an estimated $25.3m weekend haul from 15 markets.The sci-fi horror adaptation currently stands at $54.3m and is well poised to build throughout the holiday ...
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2007 review: Hollywood looks for local heroes
These are dynamic times for Hollywood's overseas business. The studios' international infrastructure is evolving to accommodate a trend that has been around for years and is poised to explode. By the end of 2007, local-language releases such as The Orphanage (El Orfanato) in Spain, Saawariya in India and Dororo in ...
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High stakes at box office in awards corridor
Handling a prestige film in North America has always called for a combination of art and science and, faced with today's increasingly crowded market place, it is more important than ever distributors get the balance right. This season alone finds a multitude of films in the mix: from critical darlings ...
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Hollywood Film Festival launches six Mobile Awards
Top brass at the Hollywood Film Festival and the Hollywood Awards have launched the Hollywood Mobile Awards to recognise innovative content and sites dedicated to mobile devices. Six awards - best mobile short, best mobile video game, best mobile music video, best mobile commercial, best mobile advertising ...
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Indian director Vidhu Vinod Chopra signs with ICM
Indianfilmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra, who directed the short documentary Oscar nomineeAn Encounter With Faces, has signed with ICM.Choprais preparing his English language debut, the thriller 64 Squares, and isdeveloping the Indian fantasy epic Talisman and a satire on India's educationalsystem.Hiscredits include the Bollywood Munna Bhai franchise as well as Parinda, ...
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Vivian Mayer-Siskind moves from Universal to Summit Entertainment
Communicationsexecutive Vivian Mayer-Siskind has been named senior vice president ofworldwide publicity at Summit Entertainment.Mayer-Siskindwill report to Summit's soon to be named president of marketing and mostrecently served as senior vice president of publicity for Universal StudiosHome Entertainment (USHE) brand marketing division.'Vivianis the kind of seasoned executive that we have been ...
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Sundance adds Coogan comedy Hamlet 2 to premieres
Sundance festival organisers have added Andrew Fleming's comedy Hamlet 2 starring Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Elizabeth Shue and Amy Poehler to the line-up.The film, the first to be produced and financed by fledgling Los Angeles-based L+E Productions, will receive its world premiere on January 21.Fleming and Pam Brady co-wrote the ...
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Palm Springs unveils 'streamlined' festival line-up
The Palm Springs International Film festival (PSIFF) will screen 222 films culled from more than 66 countries featuring four world, 40 US and 25 North American premieres.Pierre Salvadori's French romantic comedy Priceless starring Audrey Tautou and Gad Elmaleh will close the festival on January 14 2008 and as previously announced ...
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New Line, MGM team for two Hobbit movies with Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson and New Line have buried the hatchet and will return to Middle Earth together in a two-film deal with MGM to bring JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit and an original sequel to the big screen.MGM and New Line will co-finance and co-distribute the projects, which New Line will release ...
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Focus Features launches online film portal Film InFocus
Focus Features has launched the film portal FilmInFocus featuring editorial content that the company said highlighted 'the most original stories from the world's most innovative filmmakers'.The site will feature original content from Refresh Content's crew of Filmmaker Magazine writers and editors Peter Bowen, Scott Macaulay and Nick Dawson, as well ...
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UPI celebrates $1bn gross in year one of operations
Universal Pictures International (UPI) crossed $1bn on December 16, marking a successful launch year for the company and Universal's biggest annual overseas gross since 2001.The top four titles for the year were The Bourne Ultimatum on $213m, Mr Bean's Holiday on $192m with Japan still to go in January 2008, ...
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Wild Bunch, Senator form joint German distribution venture
Wild Bunch and Senator Entertainment are to form a joint distribution venture in Germany as part of a broader agreement that will see the partners collaborate on co-productions and financing.The German distribution deal comes after Wild Bunch acquired 50% of Senator's shares of distribution subsidiary Central Film Verleih GmbH, which ...
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Lucas, Hamm to star in A2/Code's The Boy In The Box
Josh Lucas and Golden Globe TV nominee Jon Hamm will star in A2 Entertainment Group and Code Entertainment's thriller The Boy In The Box.Lucas will play the father of a boy that went missing years ago and whose case bears striking parallels to a current investigation.James Van Der Beek, Rhona ...
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YouTube founders to receive PGA Vanguard Award
The Producers Guild of America's (PGA) 2008 Vanguard Award will go to YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen.The award, which recognises outstanding achievement in new media and technology, will be presented at the 2008 Producers Guild Awards on February 2 2007 in Los Angeles.'YouTube has connected its global audience ...
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Charlie Wilson's War, Sweeney Todd fail to make AFI's Ten Best list
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced its 10 movies of the year yesterday [Dec 16], an annual roster that in the eyes of the jury advances the art of the moving image, enhances America's cultural heritage, inspires audiences and artists and/or makes a mark on American society.The titles are, in ...