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Matrix Revolutions opens top for Warner Bros on $50.2m
As expected, The MatrixRevolutions opened number one at theweekend on $50.2m, a three-day estimated gross that was certainly nothing to besniffed at but one that still trailed its May predecessor by some 45%.Since opening on Wednesday to fairly dire reviews, the final episode in theWachowski Brothers' sci-fi trilogy has amassed ...
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Dream racks up Monster deals
LA-based production and international sales outfit Dream Entertainment has completed a raft of sales on Michael Davis' horror film Monster Man, which completed production last month.Gaga has picked up rights for Japan, Magna Pacific for Australia, Kinowelt for Germany, Gussi for Mexico, Scanbox for Scandinavia and Village Roadshow for Greece.In ...
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Revolutions trails predecessor in domestic opening
As expected, The Matrix Revolutions opened number one at the weekend on a $50.2m three-day estimated gross that was certainly nothing to be sniffed at but trailed its May predecessor by some 45%.Since opening on Wednesday to fairly dire reviews, the final episode in the Wachowski Brothers' sci-fi trilogy has ...
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Winkler to get ASC's Board Of Governors Award
Irwin Winkler, theOscar-winning producer and director whose credits include Rocky, Raging Bull and Goodfellas, will receive the 2004 American Society of Cinematographers Board ofGovernors Award at the 18th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards in LosAngeles on Feb 8 2004.The annual honour is theonly ASC award for non-cinematographers and goes to ...
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Showtime rescues controversial Reagans miniseries from CBS
US pay-TV network Showtime has jumped in to acquire the television rights to The Reagans after its Viacom stablemate CBS bowed to Republican pary pressure and opted against airing the four-hour mini-series on Nov 16.James Brolin andJudy Davis star as the former president Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy in ...
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Cruelty is kind for Universal, takes another $10.8m
IntolerableCruelty grossed $10.8mthrough UIP from 2,457 sites in 24 countries at the weekend to raise itsinternational running total to $35.6m.Chief highlightswere a strong $550,000 opening in Korea in 75 venues and number one holds insecond weeks in Australia, Italy and Spain.The black comedyenjoyed 22% market share in Australia and added ...
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LXG passes $100m for Fox International
FoxInternational's The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (LXG) elevated its international runningtotal to $105.4m with a $4.6m weekend haul from 2,457 screens in 23 marketsthat saw decent holdovers in the UK, Germany and Japan.Thefantasy-adventure added $1.4m from 362 screens in its third week in the UK,dropping 31% for a $9.8m running ...
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Nemo crosses $50m mark in UK alone
Buena VistaInternational (BVI)'s Finding Nemo stayed top of the UK charts for the fourth consecutive week witha $5.8m haul that raised its territory total to an extraordinary $52m.Overall the animated hit has grossed around $150m at theinternational box office and BVI will be eying its upcoming continental Europerollout with glee.Elsewhere ...
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Mel Stuart named recipient of IDA's Pioneer Award
Veteran directorand producer Mel Stuart will receive the International Documentary Association'sPioneer Award at the 19th Annual IDA Distinguished Documentary AchievementAward ceremony in Los Angeles on Dec 12."Mel Stuart richly deserves this recognition," IDApresident Michael Donaldson said in a statement. "His films have enlightenedpast and current audiences about some of the ...
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Willing to direct Burns in River King for Myriad
Edward Burnswill star in an adaptation of Alice Hoffman's supernatural thriller TheRiver King that is beingput together by Myriad Pictures' London arm, Canadian production company imXcommunications and UK-based Grosvenor Park's First Choice Films.Principalphotography in Canada is due to begin in spring 2004 with Nick Willing set todirect based on a ...
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Willing to direct Burns in River King for Myriad Pictures
Edward Burnswill star in an adaptation of Alice Hoffman's supernatural thriller TheRiver King that is beingput together by Myriad Pictures' London arm, Canadian production company imXcommunications and UK-based Grosvenor Park's First Choice Films.Principalphotography in Canada is due to begin in spring 2004 with Nick Willing set todirect based on a ...
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Palm packs Wolf, Butterfly domestic rights
ChrisBlackwell's Palm Pictures has acquired US and Caribbean rights to MichaelHaneke's Time Of The Wolf and North American rights to Lou Ye's Purple Butterfly. Both films played in official selectionat this year's Cannes Film Festival.The distributorplans limited theatrical releases followed by DVD/video roll-out for bothtitles in 2004, with Time Of ...
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Palm picks up US rights to Wolf, Butterfly
ChrisBlackwell's Palm Pictures has acquired US and Caribbean rights to MichaelHaneke's Time Of The Wolf and North American rights to Lou Ye's Purple Butterfly. Both films played in official selectionat this year's Cannes Film Festival.The distributorplans limited theatrical releases followed by DVD/video roll-out for bothtitles in 2004, with Time Of ...
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Shoreline sells Mexican Real Time to France
Shoreline Entertainment has sold Fabrizio Prada's Mexican drama Real Time to France's Pretty Pictures, which plansto release the film theatrically in early 2004.One of 25 titlesShoreline will be taking to MIFED, Real Time was shot in one continuous take andtells the story of five thieves whose greed drives them to ...
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Bad Boys 2 steals another $6m for CTFDI over weekend
Bad Boys 2 grossed $6m over the weekend to raiseits international running total to $109.8m.The actionsequel, which was released by Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International(CTFDI), added $1.9m from 646 screens in its third weekend in France, dropping33% for $10.1m and second place.In Germany inits fourth weekend it added $1.2m from ...
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Beatty, De Laurentiis, Cameron get honours at 2003 PGA Awards
Warren Beatty will receive the Milestone Award, Dino De Laurentiisthe David O Selznick Achievement Award Theatrical Motion Pictures and JamesCameron the Vanguard Award at the upcoming 15th Annual Producers Guild ofAmerica (PGA) Awards in Los Angeles on Jan 15 2004.Previous recipients of the Milestone Award - the PGA's mostprestigious honour ...
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Disney signs Brother Bear film-makers to their next film
The threefilm-makers behind Buena Vista's animated feature Brother Bear, which grossed $18.5m at the weekend(Oct 31-Nov 2), have signed a deal to make their next feature for Walt DisneyFeature Animation.Directors AaronBlaise and Robert Walker and producer Chuck Williams will reprise their roleson an unspecified project for the studio. All three ...
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Boll buys film rights to Dungeon Siege game
Germanproduction company Boll KG has acquired theatrical and related merchandiserights to the fantasy video game Dungeon Siege from Gas Powered Games.Executiveproducer and director Uwe Boll expects to begin filming toward the end of 2004and said the budget will be in the $50m range. Dan Sales' Interactive FilmSales International owns foreign ...
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here! gets domestic rights to Dutch camp classic Yes Nurse, No Nurse!
here! Films hasacquired North American rights to Peter Kramer's Dutch musical comedy Yes,Nurse No Nurse!Executive vice president of distribution and acquisitionsMark Reinhart acquired the rights from Fortissimo Films.Based on a Dutch1960s television show, the story centres on a group of eccentric residents atan Amsterdam rest home and the miserly landlord ...
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International rights to Prey go to Dream
LosAngeles-based production and international sales company Dream Entertainmenthas acquired all international rights to Alex Steyermark's directorial debut PreyFor Rock N Roll and willpremiere the drama at MIFED.Nadine de Barros, Dream's vice president of sales andacquisitions, negotiated the rights deal with Cinetic Media's Matt Littinrepresenting the film's producers Donovan Mannato, Gina ...