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Shall We Dance' opens top in Australia
Miramax's romantic comedy remake Shall We Dance' began its international roll-out with astrong $1.5m number one opening in Australia through Buena Vista Internationalat the weekend.The picture, which stars Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez andclimbed to third in the US charts this weekend, grossed AU$2.1m on 231 screens.Shall We Dance' is ...
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Universal's Bourne opens top in Germany
A number one $2.9m debut inGermany on 528 screens was the key driver as Universal's The BourneSupremacy raised its internationalrunning total through UIP to an estimated $85.5m.The German launch claimed21% market share as it eclipsed Shark Tale in its second weekend by 31%, opening 12% bigger than The BourneIdentity in ...
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Freestyle buys into Hamptons prize winner Riley
Susan Jackson, Mark Borde and Mike Doban's fledgling USdistributor Freestyle Releasing has acquired all North American rights fromVisualeyes Productions and Jellyworks to Eddie O'Flaherty's directorial debut FightingTommy Riley.CURB Entertainment will handle international sales on the title,which won the Kodak Award For Cinematography at the 12th annual at the HamptonsInternational Film ...
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Most High, Capricciosa are top winners at Hamptons
Reza Bagher's Swedish drama Capricciosa won the Golden Starfish Award for BestInternational Film at the 12th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival,while Marty Sader's drug drama Most High won Best Narrative and Leslie Sullivan's A Touch OfGreatness took the SpikeTV Best Documentary Award.The Golden Starfish Short Film Award went to Gary ...
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The Forgotten opens top in Spain and Mexico for CTFDI
Revolution Studios' supernatural mystery The Forgotten launched well in its first marketsthrough Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI), opening topin both Spain and Mexico on $1.4m on 262 screens and $1m on 300 respectively.Smaller launches in Taiwan,where it ranked top on $320,000 on 19, and South Africa, where it opened ...
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Levinson, Goldberg reteam to form DVD distributor Tango
UK industry veterans Paul Levinson and Warren Goldberg havelaunched DVD distributor Tango Entertainment, which will acquire product in allgenres for North America and the UK, with the aim of offering everything fromcut-price to star-driven titles.The company is currently based out of Santa Monica and London,with plans to open an East ...
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Columbia bears Ghost House's The Grudge to a wide audience
Ghost House Pictures' Japanese horror remake The Grudge, released in North America by ColumbiaPictures, scored the second biggest October debut of all time as it opened topon an estimated $40m, dethroning DreamWorks' animated hit Shark Tale in its fourth weekend.The Grudge drew mixed reviews but averaged an excellent $12,326 on ...
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Grudge gives Ghost House, Senator Int roaring start
Ghost House Pictures' Japanese horror remake The Grudge, released in North America by ColumbiaPictures, scored the third biggest October debut of all time as it opened topon an estimated $40m, dethroning DreamWorks' animated hit Shark Tale (the second biggest Oct opening of all time) in its fourth weekend.Rated a teen-friendly ...
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Fox International passes $1bn for fourth time
Powered by mightyperformances from The Day After Tomorrow, I, Robot and Garfield, Fox International passed $1bn in 2004 ticket sales this week.As of Oct 21, thedistributor reported a $1.07bn overseas gross, marking the fourth time it haspassed the milestone following 1998, 1999 and 2002.The road to $1bn began inearnest with ...
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Focus brings three new third-party films to AFM...
Focus Featuresis bringing three new high-profile acquisitions to AFM in Santa Monica nextmonth, namely Danis Tanovic's Hell, Isabel Coixet's The Secret Life Of Words, and Ol Parker's Click.Focus will handle all international sales on the features,which are currently in production, and will commence sales at the market, whichruns from Nov ...
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...while African American specialist Lee signs with Focus
DeaconEntertainment producer Damon Lee, whose credits include the comedy UndercoverBrother, has signed afirst-look deal with Focus Features.Focus presidentof production John Lyons and vice president of production Kahli Small will workclosely with Lee to develop such Deacon projects as the comedy Holidaze, written by Richard Murphy. Focus willhold worldwide rights to ...
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AVP, Alfie released in UK against Shark Tale
Fox International's AlienVs Predator and Paramount's remakeof comedy-drama Alfie face theunenviable task of trying to dethrone DreamWorks' box office champion SharkTale when they open in the UK on Oct22.The animated hit opened toplast weekend on $13.6m and will take some beating. AVP goes out wide on 470 prints and Fox ...
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William Greaves gets career award from IDA
William Greaves, thechronicler of African-American history whose credits include Ralph Bunche:An American Odyssey and FromThese Roots, will receive theInternational Documentary Association's (IDA) 2004 Career Achievement Award ata ceremony in Los Angeles on Dec 10."William Greaves has madeunique and important contributions to advancing our understanding andappreciation of humanity and the African-American ...
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Glickman in France for first international outing
Piracy and otherkey issues will be on the agenda when new MPAA chief Dan Glickman travels toFrance today (22) to hold talks with government ministers.In his firstofficial trip as MPAA president and chief executive officer, Glickman isheading for the annual Encounters of Beaune and will take part on a panel ...
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Reel World opens LA management outfit for international talent
Reel World Management has opened offices in Beverly Hillsto offer LA production companies direct access to international film andtelevision writers, directors, and co-producing partners.Reel WorldManagement is owned by managing partner and president, Roma Roth and Reel OneEntertainment, headed by Tom Berry (Screamers, The Assignment).Reel OneEntertainment executive produces eight-10 pictures each ...
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49 entries to vie for foreign language film Oscar
49 countrieshave submitted films to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences forconsideration in the foreign language category, the Academy announced yesterday(21).That's down fromthe record number of 55 last year and 54 in 2002. It's also a bad year for theAcademy in that some of the year's most acclaimed ...
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AFM announces conference & seminar schedule
Conferences and seminars covering US productionincentives, digital filmmaking, and how to exploit ancillary markets are amongthe line-up of events scheduled for next month's AFM in Santa Monica.Other subjectsat the market, which runs from Nov 3-10, include the marketing of women'spictures, cinematography and budget constraints, and writer-producercollaborations.The conferencespresented by Akin Gump ...
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Gyllenhaal confirmed as Mendes' lead in Jarhead
Jake Gyllenhaal has beenconfirmed as the lead in Universal's Gulf War drama Jarhead, which Sam Mendes will direct based on US MarineAnthony Swofford's memoirs.William Broyles Jr adaptedthe screenplay and Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher will produce under their Red Wagonbanner. Ivan Fenyo, Laz Alonso, Evan Jones, Jacob Vargas, Brian Geraghty ...
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Harmony Gold signs three-year sales deal with Slamdance
Production and distributioncompany Harmony Gold has signed a three-year deal to become the exclusiveinternational distributor for Slamdance Media Group.Harmony Gold will hold alltheatrical, broadcast and DVD distribution rights and will have access to aminimum of 12 new titles each year. Slamdance retains North American rights.The first two pictures willbe offered ...
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Focus teams with Hadida on Silent Hill
Focus Features has acquiredinternational sales rights to Davis Film Productions' adaptation of Konami'ssmash videogame series Silent Hill,with Christophe Gans set to direct and Davis Film's Samuel Hadida producing fora March 2005 start.Sales will commence at nextmonth's AFM. Hadida's distribution company Metropolitan Filmexport will releasein France and a North American distributor ...