All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1499
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Reloaded slows down with $3.1m over weekend
Approaching theend of its international run, Warner Bros Pictures International's TheMatrix Reloaded grossedan estimated $3.1m over the weekend with 547,284 admissions from 1,645 screens.The sci-fi sequel's estimated international total todate is a stellar $437.8m.Second weekendfinal figures from China will not be available until Tuesday (Jul 29). Elsewhere WhatA Girl Wants ...
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BVI's Bruce takes another $9m for $145m total
BruceAlmighty raised itsinternational total to $145.5m with a $9m weekend haul that was driven by somedecent holdovers.Going into thecomedy's fifth week in the UK, distributor Buena Vista International(BVI) reported a 5% drop for $1.2m to raise the running total there to $34.6m.The secondweekend in Mexico added $1.8m for a $6.9m ...
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Hulk, 2 Fast 2 Furious both pass $80m for Universal
Universal's TheHulk enjoyed several good holdoversat the weekend to add $5.1m from 3,076 theatres in 28 countries and raise itsinternational running total to $81.5m.With no new openings thecomic book adaptation remained number one in its second week in the UK,grossing $2.3m from 499 sites and dropping 37% for a $10.8m ...
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MGM's Legally Blonde 2 opens at the top in Germany for Fox
LegallyBlonde 2: Red, White & Blonde grossed around $2.7m on 961 screens at the weekend as FoxInternational unleashed the MGM comedy sequel in its first wave of majorinternational releases.It opened numberone in both Germany and Austria, grossing $1.6m from 551 screens and $188,000from 58 respectively.In Switzerlandand Taiwan the film ranked ...
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Global acquires four more for US distribution
The Global FilmInitiative, the US charitable foundation launched earlier this year to promotecross-cultural understanding through cinema, has completed its inaugural2003/04 slate with the acquisition of four acclaimed festival titles.DjamshedUsmonov's Tajik thriller Angel On The Right was culled from the official selectionin Rotterdam and Cannes and concerns a gangster who returns ...
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IFP announces Gotham nominees for new actor, director
Jesse Eisenberg,the young co-star of Roger Dodger, Judy Marte and Victor Rasuk from Raising Victor Vargas, and Paul Schneider from All The RealGirls are among thenominees for Breakthrough Actor Award at this year's IFP Gotham Awards.Others vying forthe honour, which was won last year by Maggie Gyllenhaal for her acclaimedperformance ...
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T3 tops international releases with $19.4m
Terminator 3: Rise Of TheMachines continued its march toward$100m over the weekend, grossing a mighty $19.4m from 2,590 screens (includingJapan and Korea, where CTFDI does not have distribution) for an $85.2minternational running total in its third week.In a series of impressive number one bows in its thirdweek on release, the ...
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Secretary team join Pressman in Arbus biopic
Secretary director Steven Shainberg and screenwriter ErinCressida Wilson have been hired to adapt Arbus, Patricia Bosworth's acclaimed biography ofphotographer Diane Arbus, for Edward R Pressman Film Corporation, BonnieTimmermann and Vincent Farrell's Iron Films.Michael Roban, who served asexecutive producer on Secretary,will serve in the same capacity on the project along with ...
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Shaw replaces Shields as international sales chief at Full Moon/Shadow
Christopher Shaw has beennamed director of international sales at independent production company FullMoon/Shadow Entertainment following the departure of Ed Shields to launch EJSInternational.Shaw, who has held severalpositions in the company's international department, will remain at Shadow'sHollywood offices.He will work closely withcompany founder Charles Band to oversee foreign sales of the ...
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Game Over wins the box office race
Dimension's Spy Kids 3D: Game Over was the clear winner in an otherwisetight top five this weekend, opening on an estimated $32.5m.The final instalment in RobertRodriguez's family espionage saga opened to mixed reviews; it finds the Cortezchildren entering a video game to thwart the maniacal Toymaker, played bySylvester Stallone.Antonio Banderas, ...
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InDigEnt taps Mark Christopher for film # 11
Mark Christopher whose lastfilm was the 1998 nightclub drama 54 is the latest director to sign on to make a low-budget film forInDigEnt, the digital video collective created by New York-based IFCProductions' Jonathan Sehring and Caroline Kaplan, producer-director GaryWinick and Cinetic Media's John Sloss.Christopher will make theoffbeat comedy Pizza, the ...
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Valenti hails US trade agreements with Chile, Singapore
Motion PictureAssociation of America (MPAA) president Jack Valenti hailed another blow toworldwide piracy yesterday (24) as Congress passed two trade agreements withChile and Singapore.The agreements,passed by members of the US House of Representatives, eliminate tariff andcustoms barriers to US entertainment products and pave the way for strictenforcement of copyright standards.'Today'saction ...
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O'Connor to head HBO US theatrical releasing arm
HBO Films hascemented its theatrical ambitions with the launch of a domestic releasing armsupported by a distribution partnership with Fine Line Features, the specialtydistribution division of HBO's AOL Time Warner sister company New LineCinema.United Artistsmarketing chief Dennis O'Connor has been brought in to head up the newunit - called HBO ...
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Studios look to consolidate summer box office takings
With upcoming international releases thin on the ground in the major territories this weekend, several films stand to consolidate their running totals.The French release of international hit Johnny English is cause for interest. The comedy, which has taken $117.3m to date internationally for UIP, was unable to repeat that success ...
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DPS buys into Vanguard Animation, forms co-production giant
Digital Production Studios(DPS), the New Jersey-based 3D animation subsidiary of IDT Media, has teamed upwith John Williams' UK-based Vanguard Animation in a major co-productionpartnership.The move paves the way foran animation giant following an eight-figure capital injection into Vanguardfrom the deep pockets of IDT Media's parent company IDT Corp, themultinational carrier, ...
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MGM in strongest ever position, says Yemenidjian
Fresh from the sale of its 20% equity stake in Rainbow CableNetworks, MGM's chairman and chief executive officer Alex Yemenidjian said thecompany was in its best ever financial shape as second quarter results wereunveiled.Company figures state that operating activities for the periodended Jun 30 generated $51.2m in net cash, compared ...
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Warner International hits $1bn after seven months
Driven by the worldwide successes of Harry Potter And TheChamber Of Secrets, The Matrix Reloaded and Two Weeks Notice, Warner Bros Pictures International has passed $1bn inticket sales after just seven months of the year.The $1.012bn running total is the sixth time the distributor hasreached the $1bn mark (after 1993, ...
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MPAA unleashes nationwide anti-piracy campaign on Thursday
After months of apocalyptic warnings about the global threat ofpiracy the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is ready to unleash itsfirst nationwide US educational campaign.Starting on Thursday (July 24) a series of 30-second publicservice announcements produced by 20th Century Fox will air on more than 35network and cable outlets ...
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Bruce takes another $10.4m for BVI, Nemo, Pirates start to roll
Bruce Almighty continued its solid international run over theweekend, grossing $10.4m to raise its running total to $128.2m.Buena VistaInternationalís (BVI) opened the comedy at number one in Mexico, whereit took $2.9m from 490 screens and recorded the biggest ever bow for star JimCarrey.The film also opened numberone in Venezuela on ...
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Bruce takes another $10.4m for BVI, Nemo, Pirates start to roll
Bruce Almighty continued its solid international run over theweekend, grossing $10.4m to raise its running total to $128.2m.Buena VistaInternational (BVI) opened the comedy at number one in Mexico, whereit took $2.9m from 490 screens and recorded the biggest ever bow for star JimCarrey.The film also opened numberone in Venezuela on ...