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North American box office scales new heights in 2004
Early estimates today (2)declared 2004 a record year at the North American box office, spurred on by asuperb opening 12 days for Universal's Meet The Fockers that saw the comedy race past $150m (seeseparate story).According to industry calculations annual ticket sales amounted to $9.4bn, a 1.4%rise from $9.27bn in 2003 ...
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Meet The Fockers stays top as records fall
Universal's Meet TheFockers stayed atop the US charts with a mighty second weekend's businessthat propelled the comedy past $150m and helped set a new annual domestic boxoffice record.The picture grossed an estimated $42.8m over three days, raising its runningtotal to $163.4m, which means Fockers should pass Meet The Parents'$166.2m lifetime ...
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Meet The Fockers reigns supreme
Universal's Meet TheFockers stayed atop the US charts with a mighty second weekend's businessthat propelled the comedy past $150m and helped set a new annual domestic boxoffice record.The picture grossed an estimated $42.8m over three days, raising its runningtotal to $163.4m, which means Fockers should pass Meet The Parents'$166.2m lifetime ...
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Meet The Fockers reigns supreme
Universal's Meet TheFockers stayed atop the US charts with a mighty second weekend's businessthat propelled the comedy past $150m and helped set a new annual domestic boxoffice record.The picture grossed an estimated $42.8m over three days, raising its runningtotal to $163.4m, which means Fockers should pass Meet The Parents'$166.2m lifetime ...
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BVI readies National Treasure in trio of major markets
BuenaVista International's (BVI) adventure National Treasure is in line for a holiday boost this upcoming weekendwith a handful of openings including South Korea, Mexico and Brazil on Dec 31.The picture has amassed $54.5m to date and executives anticipate typicallystrong holiday business to raise the international running total even further.The Incredibleswill ...
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Alexander climbs to $32.7m on 1,345 international screens
Anumber two opening in Germany helped to raise Alexander's international running total to an estimated $32.7mfollowing a $3.8m weekend haul through I.S. Film Distribution on 1,345 screens in 25 territories.Figures are incomplete due to the holiday season, with particularly lengthy reportingdelays expected in many parts of Asia following the weekend's ...
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Bourne Supremacy on cusp of $100m for UIP
Universal'sthriller sequel The Bourne Supremacy is on the cusp of passing $100m and has grossed $99.1m through UIP todate. The final territory of Japan will open on Feb 5 2005.Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reasonadded an estimated $4m through UIP on 2,260 screens in 21 territories at theweekend for a ...
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Ocean's, Polar Express march on for Warner Bros Int'l
Ocean's Twelve grossed an estimated $22.6m through Warner BrosPictures International at the weekend on 5,183 prints in 46 markets, raisingthe cumulative total to $67.8m.The picture continued to rank number one in several markets and opened top inBelgium on an impressive $1.2m on 75 that recorded the second biggest opening thisyear ...
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Meet The Fockers is top for Christmas on $44.7m
Universal's Meet TheFockers trounced the competition at the weekend, opening top on a three-dayestimated $44.7m gross that included the biggest Christmas Day take of alltime.The comedy sequel took $68.5m since it opened last Wednesday, while the $19.1mChristmas Day haul overtook last year's $14m record set by The Lord Of TheRings: ...
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Kung Fu Hustle smashes Asian records through SPRI
Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia's action comedy Kung FuHustle embarked upon a blistering record-breaking trail at the weekend as it amassed an estimated $15.1m on 730 screens in fivemarkets through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI).Stephen Chow's comicalgangster tale opened to a massive $7.8m on a record 492 screens in China ...
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Meet The Fockers romps to the top
Universal's Meet TheFockers trounced the competition at the weekend, opening top on a three-dayestimated $44.7m gross that included the biggest Christmas Day take of alltime.The comedy sequel took $68.5m since it opened last Wednesday, while the $19.1mChristmas Day haul overtook last year's $14m record set by The Lord Of TheRings: ...
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BVI full of good cheer as The Incredibles passes $200m
Buena Vista International(BVI) executives were in fine fettle going into the holiday break after The Incredibles' passed $200m at the international box office on Dec 22.The Pixar hit has amassed $202m and BVI chiefs will look to a pair of strong openings in Russia on Dec 24 and Australiatwo days ...
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Focus Partnership exits Warner Village Cinemas in Italy
Warner Bros International Cinemas (WBIC) and VillageCinemas, who jointly owned 90% of Warner Village Cinemas in Italy, have boughtthe remaining 10% of the venture currently held by Focus Partnership.As of yesterday (22) WBIC and Village Cinemas each own 50% of the business."With Focus, we were able to build a thriving ...
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IMAX signs deal with Russia's Suvar-Kazan
IMAX Corporation has signed a deal with Suvar-Kazan Company, the leading exhibitor in Kazan, Russia, to install an IMAX MPX theatre system in a new multiplex in the city.The site is expected to open in November 2005 in Kazan, which is situated roughly 500 miles southeast of Moscow, as part ...
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Polar Express passes $20m on IMAX 3D worldwide
The Polar Express has grossed $22.3m on global IMAX 3D screens and is on the cusp of passing $20m at the North American box office, accounting for more than one-fifth of the WarnerBros picture's $123.4m domestic running total.The picture has amassed roughly $19.9m in North America since opening on Nov ...
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The Incredibles nears $200m for BVI
TheIncredibles added an estimated $26.7m forBuena Vista International (BVI) at the weekend, raising the picture'sinternational cumulative total to $189.5m.Highlightswere first place debuts in Mexico and South Korea, where the picture took $3.5mon 680 screens and $1.8m on 221 respectively.Strongholds saw Japan add $3.2m in its third weekend for $20.1m, while ...
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AVP approaches $80m for Fox International
FoxInternational's action title Alien Vs Predator opened in its final major market of Japan at the weekend, rankingfourth on an estimated $2.9m on 380 screens.Thepicture's international running total now stands at $77.1m.Elsewhere,the distributor released the cartoon adaptation Garfield in China, where itgrossed $384,000 for an undisclosed rank. The international cumulative ...
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WBITD signs Nordic deal with Viasat Broadcasting
Warner BrosInternational Television Distribution (WBITD) has signed a three-year deal withNordic media and telecommunications giant Modern Times Group's ViasatBroadcasting for the shared rights to a range of theatrical and televisiontitles.Under the termsof the deal Viasat gains rights to broadcast free-to-air television premieresof first-run titles in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish territories ...
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Kino picks up The Rider Named Death, The Ninth Day
KinoInternational has picked up US rights to Karen Shakhnazarov's The RiderNamed Death and Academy Awardwinning director Volker Schlondorff's The Ninth Day.TheRider Named Death premiered at theMontreal Film Festival and is set to open in New York City in April 2005.AndreyPanin stars as the Russian terrorist Boris Savinkov, who was an ...
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Kidman, Shore to receive Palm Springs honours
Nicole Kidman will receivethe Chairman's Award and Oscar composer Howard Shore will be honoured with the FrederickLoewe Award for Film Composing at the 16th annual Palm SpringsInternational Film Festival (PSIFF).Alejandro Amenabar, who directed Kidman in The Others, will present thehonour at the awards gala on Jan 8. Shore will receive ...