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Nemo rises to number 11 of all time after bonanza Christmas
Finding Nemo added a little over $22m at the weekendto raise its international cumulative score to more than $440m, according toearly estimates from Buena Vista International (BVI).The latestfigures elevate the animated hit to the 11th biggest ever internationalperformer ahead of Spider-Man, which managed $418m. Nemo's $780m global box office ranks ...
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Towne teams with Carlton for another remake of The 39 Steps
The Oscar winning writer and director Robert Towne (Chinatown,Shampoo) has signed adeal with Carlton International Media to remake The 39 Steps, John Buchan's classic thriller that wasfirst filmed, famously, by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935.Towne will write and direct thestory about a man who becomes embroiled in a complex murder plot ...
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Love Actually nears $55m in UK, scores big in Korea
Love Actually has become Working Title's second biggest and Universal's thirdbiggest film ever in the UK as it climbed 25% in its seventh week on anestimated $2.1m for a mighty $54.1m running total, ranking third.The romantic comedy - released by Universal through UIP in mostcountries - also ranked third in ...
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Splendor gets best film vote from National Critics
American Splendor was voted best film of 2003 at the 38th NationalSociety of Film Critics Awards on Saturday (Jan 3), while Bill Murray won bestactor for Lost In Translation andCharlize Theron took actress honours for her acclaimed performance in Monster.Clint Eastwood was namedbest director for Mystic Riverand best foreign film ...
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Watts, Johansson, Ferretti and Sheldon join Palm Springs Film Festival honours list
Naomi Watts, Scarlett Johansson, production designer DanteFerretti and writer Sidney Sheldon will receive special honours at the upcoming15th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival's awards gala on Jan 11.Watts, who has already been nominated as best lead actress of 2003by the Broadcast Film Critics Association and other bodies for her ...
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Return is still king of the box office
New Line's TheLord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King is expected to pass $300m any day now in North Americafollowing an estimated $30.8m third weekend haul that boosted its domesticgross to $291.9m.Internationalresults are even more impressive as the fantasy finale raised its tally to astaggering $385m, which combines ...
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Nemo takes global box office crown
Finding Nemo became the biggest global release of 2003 in the last weekend of the year as it added $25.5m from international markets to raise its worldwide tally to $745m.By Dec 29 the animated hit had amassed $405m at the international box office, which combined with the $340m domestic gross ...
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Love Actually raises international tally to $120m
Universal's Love Actually added an estimated $10m from 2,300sites in 31 countries through UIP at the weekend to raise its internationalrunning total to $113m.The figure rises to $120m including France, where the filmhas taken $5.5m and is distributed through Studiocanal, and Russia, where ithas taken $1.5m to date.In Australia the ...
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Return Of The King surges towards $500m
After just a fortnight intheatres, New Line's The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King already ranks as the fifth most successful globalrelease of 2003 after The Matrix Reloaded, Finding Nemo, PiratesOf The Caribbean and its immediate predecessor The Two Towers. It will only be a matter of ...
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Return Of The King still rules them all with 12-day $223.7m total
New Line's The Lord Of The Rings: The Return OfThe King became the second fastest film of all time to pass $200m over arecord breaking Christmas weekend at the box office, staying top in its secondweek on $51.2m for an estimated $223.7m running total.Peter Jackson's trilogy finale passed $200m on ...
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Mona Lisa Smile gives Julia Roberts her biggest bow in Mexico
Julia Roberts scored her biggest ever debut in Mexico at theweekend as Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) opened MonaLisa Smile on an estimated $1m.In its first international release the romantic comedy wentout on 230 prints and ranked third behind The Lord of The Rings: The ReturnOf The King and ...
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King rewrites European record books
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King went on a five-day internationalrecord-breaking rampage that amassed $125.9m from 7,403 screens in 28territories, according to the latest updated figures from New Line.Peter Jackson's Tolkien trilogy finale scored the biggest openingday and weekend of all time in the UK, Germany ...
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Fox scores with Return Of The King in Taiwain
Capitalising on a shrewd territorial pick-up, Fox International released The Lord Of TheRings: The Return Of The King in Taiwan on 218 screens at the weekend for a record $3.6mindustry opening there.Elsewhere for Fox International, Master And Commander grossed $3.6m from 2,294 screens in 37 territoriesto raise its international running ...
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Last Samurai holds up strongly in Japan
Warner Bros The Last Samurai raised its running total in Japan to an estimated $29.1m(Yen 3.2bn) following an impressive $4.6m (Yen 506m) third weekend haul that sawa drop of less than 1%.According to the distributor, the weekend result is 103% of theamount taken by both The Fellowship Of The Ring ...
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Saccani rejoins Universal as vice president of production.
Former Universal Pictures' director of development Damien Saccani isrejoining the studio as vice president of production."Damien showed a good deal of promise when he was hereyears ago, and since then he has become a first-rate executive with keenintelligence and taste, a terrific knowledge of the business and fantasticrelationships with talent," ...
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Palm Springs to screen 52 of 56 foreign Oscar submissions
Sixty-nine world and US premieresare among a line-up of 200 films from 60 countries that will play at the 15thPalm Springs International Film Festival, which runs from Jan 8-19.The festival opens with TimBurton's father-son drama Big Fishand closes with the US premiere of John Irvin's musical comedy The Boys FromCounty ...
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Washington DC critics name Return Of The King best film
The Lord OfThe Rings: The Return Of The King has been named best film and Peter Jackson best director by theWashington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA).The 23-membergroup named Bill Murray best actor for Lost In Translation and Naomi Watts best actress for 21Grams, while supportinghonours went to Benicio Del ...
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Warner Bros and Rowling win German plagiarism court case
A district courtin Hamburg has upheld a plagiarism claim brought by Warner Bros Entertainmentand J K Rowling against a German educational publisher.According to thestatement of claim the company, Verlag an der Ruhr, published three schoolbooks related to the character, lore and trademarks of the Harry Potter serieswithout formal permission of ...
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Seven films shortlisted for FX Oscar - but no Matrix
The Academy of MotionPicture Arts and Sciences has announced the seven films that will be consideredfor achievement in visual effects for the 76th Academy Awards.The titles are: Hulk,The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, Master And Commander, Peter Pan,Pirates Of The Caribbean, Terminator 3 and X2.Curiously,neither of ...
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Wellspring takes US rights to Strayed
US-based Wellspring Media has acquired all US rights toAndre Techine's Strayed (LesEgares), which premiered in competition atCannes earlier this year. The company plans a summer 2004 US release followedby DVD and video roll-out.Based on GillesPerrault's best-selling novel, Strayed stars Emmanuelle Beart as a widowed schoolteacher who fleesParis as the Nazis ...