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The Village has $13.7m weekend for BVI
The Village reached $100.5m at the weekend followinga $13.7m haul from 3,870 international screens for Buena Vista International(BVI) at the weekend.A superior debutin Spain was the key driver as the mystery opened top on $5.2m on 405 screens,scoring M Night Shyamalan's biggest ever opening in the territory.The Village was the ...
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DiCaprio, Bening join awards rollcall at Hollywood Film Awards
Annette Beningwill receive the Hollywood Actress of the Year Award and Leonardo DiCaprio willcollect the Hollywood Actor of the Year Award at the upcoming Hollywood Film Awardsgala ceremony on Oct 18.Other awardsrecipients already announced include John Travolta for the lifetime achievementaward, Mel Gibson for producing, Michael Mann for directing, and ...
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Spider-man 2 will hit $400m on Tuesday, says CTFDI
Sony's Spider-Man 2 drummed up an estimated $4.8m on 1,230 screens in 35 territoriesthrough Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) at the weekendas it raised the international cumulative total to $399.1m. Executives expectthe picture to pass $400m by Tuesday.The key driver was Italy, whereSpidey tumbled 50% yet remained top on$4.5m ...
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Working Title's Wimbledon is an ace at UK box office for UIP
Revolution StudiosC; supernatural thriller The Forgotten went straight to the top of the chartson an estimated $22m at the weekend, a quiet weekend that saw FoxC;s FirstDaughter disappoint infourth place and a top 10 opening for Shaun Of The Dead, the first release from Focus FeaturesC;genre arm Rogue Pictures.The Forgotten ...
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Working Title's Wimbledon is an ace at UK box office
Serving up its first international matches Universal's Wimbledonaced the competition offthe court in the UK at the weekend as it opened top through UIP on an estimated$3.2m on 450 screens and 22% market share. It marks a triumph for the film'sproduction company Working Title which had seen the film flop ...
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Anchor Bay buys domestic on Dead And Breakfast
US independent Anchor Bay hasacquired domestic theatrical, TV and home video rights to Ambush Entertainmentand Goal Line Productions' horror picture Dead And Breakfast, which stars Jeremy Sisto, David Carradine and GinaPhilips.Arclight Films is handling international sales on the $500,000picture, which was written and directed by Ambush senior partner MatthewLeutwyler and ...
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Kinsey to open, Polar Express to close Chicago Film Festival
Bill Condon's Kinsey will open the 40th Chicago InternationalFilm Festival, which runs from Oct 7-21 and closes with Robert Zemeckis' animatedfeature The Polar Express.All in all thefestival boasts 111 features and 54 shorts from 44 countries, including theworld premieres of Pete Jones' coming out comedy Outing Riley and Ligy J ...
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PS and Machinist to open Woodstock FIlm Festival
Dylan Kidd's PS and Brad Anderson's The Machinist are the two opening films at theupcoming fifth annual Woodstock Film Festival, which runs from Oct 13-17 andcloses with Nicole Kassell's The Woodsman.A total of 120 films willscreen at the five-day event, which is dedicated to the memory of composerElmer Bernstein, who ...
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The Forgotten has $22m opening for Revolution and Columbia
Revolution Studios' supernatural thriller The Forgotten went straight to the top of the chartson an estimated $22m at the weekend, a quiet weekend that saw Fox's FirstDaughter disappoint infourth place and a top 10 opening for Shaun Of The Dead, the first release from Focus Features'genre arm Rogue Pictures.The Forgotten ...
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Supernatural thriller The Forgotten tops US box office
Revolution Studios' supernatural thriller The Forgotten went straight to the top of the chartson an estimated $22m at the weekend, a quiet weekend that saw Fox's FirstDaughter disappoint infourth place and a top 10 opening for Shaun Of The Dead, the first release from Focus Features'genre arm Rogue Pictures.The Forgotten ...
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Beyond The Sea to open AFI FEST
AFI FEST, theLos Angeles International Film Festival, will open on Nov 4 with the USpremiere of Kevin Spacey's Bobby Darin biopic Beyond The Sea.In addition theorganisers of the event have announced a presenting sponsor deal with Audiyesterday (23) and a name-change to AFI FEST 2004 presented by Audi,The centrepiece gala ...
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IFTA AGM yields new executive committee, board lineup
The IndependentFilm & Television Alliance (formerly AFMA), has announced its new executivecommittee and board of directors following its AGM in Los Angeles yesterday(23).The seven-personexecutive committee, headed up by chairman Michael Ryan in his second year inthe post, includes new members Lewis Horwitz of Horwitz Entertainment FinancialServices as vice chairman of ...
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The Apology wins Slamdance script contest
Organisers of the 9th AnnualSlamdance Screenplay Competition announced the 10 winners at an awards ceremonyin Los Angeles yesterday (23).The competition culled thetop 10 screenplays from more than 1,800 submissions, judged by a panel ofscreenwriters, filmmakers and industry professionals.Cash prizes of $3,000,$1,000 and $500 went to the top three, while each ...
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Second wave of layoffs implemented at Miramax
Barely six weeksafter the last round of Miramax lay-offs, the spectre of redundancy notices returned tothe mini-major yesterday (23 Sept) as a further 55 employees were told they werelosing their jobs as part of an efficiency drive.The numberaccounts for roughly 13% of the current 420-strong workforce. Most of thoseaffected have ...
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MGM to continue producing after Sony deal
Sony and itsequity partners issued a joint statement with MGM yesterday (23) that they haveentered into a definitive agreement under which the investor group will acquireMGM for $12 in cash per MGM share, plus the assumption of MGM's approximately$2bn in debt.The investorgroup, which comprises Sony Corporation, Providence Equity Partners, TexasPacific ...
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IFP/New York Market Awards announce winners
Colombianphotojournalist Scott Dalton's La Sierra won the documentary feature directoraward and a $10,000 grant at the IFP/New York's IFP Market Awardsyesterday (23), which honour works-in-progress by established and emergingfilmmakers.Andrea Williamsclaimed $10,000 and the directing prize for A Spoonful Of Sugar, while Seith Mann's Come Sunday took home two awards and ...
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IPW picks up film rights to Groo The Wanderer
Marc Toberoff's IntellectualProperties Worldwide (IPW) has picked up the motion picture rights to GrooThe Wanderer, the long-running comicbook that has been described as Conan The Barbarian meets Shrek.Created by Sergio Aragoneswith writer Mark Evanier, Groowas first published in 1983 and has spawned more than 170 instalments. Thetitular hero fuses an ...
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Big Bear Lake to open with Finding Home
The Big Bear Lake InternationalFilm Festival will open on Sept 17 with Lawrence David Foldes'Maine-set redemption drama Finding Home,which won a trio of awards including best director at the Monaco InternationalFilm Festival.Festival organiserswill also present Laszlo Kovacs with the Lifetime Achievement Award inCinematography award at the festival gala on the ...
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Pechels de Saint Sardos joins Classic Media
Industry veteranSandrine Pechels de Saint Sardos has joined New York-based production anddistribution outfit Classic Media as sales executive.Pechels de Saint Sardos will report to Classic Media's head ofworldwide distribution Doug Schwalbe and will handle international sales,distribution and marketing of productions including the upcoming family title PeterCottontail: The Movie.Pechels de Saint ...
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First Look takes near worldwide rights to Freeze Frame
Los Angeles-based distributionand sales house First Look Media has picked up worldwide rights excluding the UK and Irelandto John Simpson's futuristic thriller Freeze-Frameand will begin sales in Torontothrough First Look International.Freeze-Frame premiered atthe Tribeca Film festival earlier this year and starsBritish comic Lee Evans as a man who is acquitted ...