All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1511
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Chouchou continues to dominate French box office
In its secondweek in France the comedy Chouchou, which is being distributed by Warner Bros, held on to top spot,grossing an estimated $4m (Euros 3.8m) for a $10.2m (Euros 9.6m) running total.In Paris and the suburbs the picture recorded 127,500admissions on 46 screens, while nationwide the figures were 650,000 admissionson ...
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Prawer Jhabvala to get screenwriting honour at Nantucket
The Oscarwinning screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is to receive NBC'sScreenwriter Tribute at the eighth annual Nantucket Film Festival (NFF), whichruns from Jun 19-22.Jhabvala wonbest adapted screenplay Oscars for A Room With A View in 1987 and Howards End in 1993. She was nominated for TheRemains Of The Day in1994.Jhabvala'snext project ...
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Scooby cast sign on for Warner's sequel
Warner Bros hassigned up actors Freddie Prinze Jr, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard andLinda Cardellini to return in the sequel to Scooby-Doo which is set to start shooting on April14 and to open domestically on March 26, 2004.The filmreunites the team behind the first film - James Gunn, will be ...
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Audiences elect Head Of State over Core, Basic
Movie audiences flirted with the idea of a new President over theweekend as the Dreamworks comedy Head Of State opened at number one on an estimated$14m. The poorly reviewed $35m picture stars Chris Rock as an aspiringpolitician who ends up in the White House. It co-stars Bernie Mac and wasco-written ...
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US film organisations stress global free trade
Global trade partnership isa key plank in the United States' free trade and anti-piracy policies,America's trade representative Ambassador Robert Zoellick told filmindustry leaders and other members of the Entertainment Industry Coalition (EIC)today (Mar 27).Speaking in Los Angeles atthe official West Coast launch of the coalition, which was set up to ...
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Intermedia confirms 2002 results, losses of E98.7m
Internationalmedia,the corporate parent of Los Angeles-based Intermedia and IEG, has confirmed itspreliminary fourth quarter and year-end 2002 figures (Screendaily Mar 14), withseveral slight changes.Fourth quarterrevenues were Euros 103.2m, with the company recording a Euros 3.1m operatingprofit (EBITA).Revenues for thefiscal year ending Dec 31 2002 were Euros 259.7m, while Internationalmedia'scash position ...
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Taos announces five finalists for five-acre prize
Organisers atthe Taos Talking Picture Festival have announced the five finalists in line forwhat is arguably the most bizarre prize in the festival world - five acres ofland on Taos' Cerro Montoso in New Mexico.The winner willbe announced at the awards presentation on Apr 12 along with the winner of ...
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Tribeca Film Festival unveils international lineup for second event
The theme of culturalexploration is writ large over this year's second Tribeca Film Festival, whichfeatures 11 world premieres and three competition strands in its second editionrunning May 3-11.Announcing the line-up today(Mar 25), founders Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal and executive directorPeter Scarlet said the feature-length competitive sections included 41 ...
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Fox pulls in $11.3m over the weekend with Daredevil
Fox's Daredevil grossed $11.3m over the weekend, setting a couple ofrecords along the way and raising its international cumulative score to $36.3m.Leading off a raft of mostlynumber one openings, the comic book adaptation grossed $1.9m on 304 screens inAustralia for the second biggest industry March opening ever. It took $2.8m ...
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Harry passes $600m for Warner, local hits flourish
Warner Bros' Harry PotterAnd The Chamber Of Secrets hasbecome only the third picture in history to pass $600m at the international boxoffice.The family sequel, based onJ K Rowling's best-selling book series, has conjured up an estimated $604m. Thetwo biggest international pictures are Titanic ($1.2bn, Fox 1997) and Harry Potter And ...
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BVI opens The Recruit at number one in Spain
Buena Vista International's TheRecruit grossed $3m at theinternational box office over the weekend for a $6.5m international runningtotal.Opening number one in Spain,the spy thriller grossed $1m on 229 screens. Opening in China, ittook $400,000 on 180 screens and was the top grossing US picture of theweekend. The Mexican bow yielded ...
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Col TriStar takes another $6.1m with Revolution's Maid
Columbia TriStar/Revolution's Maid In Manhattan grossed an estimated $6.1m on 2,850 screens over the weekend, raising its international tally so far to $33.4m.Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) opened the romantic comedy strongly in Thailand, where it went to number one on $205,000 from 34 screens. In another impressive bow ...
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Bringing Down The House is top for third weekend
With the televised war and a lack of major openers creating the lowest domestic box office in two months, Buena Vista's Bringing Down the House held on to top spot for the third successive weekend, grossing an estimated $16.2m for an $83.4m running total.The comedy has traded strongly on its ...
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Cannes Marche points to online registration for advanced numbers
Registration for theupcoming 44th Marche Du Film (May 14-24) is up 55% compared to the same periodlast year, following the installation of a new online registration service.Set up at the behest ofexecutive director Jerome Paillard, the facility is, claims Paillard, the firstof its kind in the entertainment industry. It appeared ...
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MAC, Samy Boy take North American rights on Prey For Rock And Roll
Independent distributor MAC Releasing in association with Samy Boy Films has acquired all North American rights to Prey For Rock And Roll, which received its world premiere at Sundance.The picture stars Gina Gershon as the singer of an all-girl punk band and is based on rock star Cheri Lovedog's autobiographical ...
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Endgame Entertainment launches production and financing outfit
James Stern, the Tony Award-winning producer of stage hits The Producers and Stomp, has announced the formation of production and financing house Endgame Entertainment.The company comprises development and production division Endgame Productions and The Endgame Fund, a financing source for third party producers and distributors covering a range of ...
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Lilo takes another $2.3m in Japan for BVI
Buena Vista International(BVI)'s animated romp Lilo & Stitch grossed $2.3m in Japan over the weekend, dropping17% but raising its cumulative score in the market to $7.1m. Its internationalrunning total now stands at $107.3m.Spy thriller The Recruit grossed $1.3m over the weekend to raise itinternational running total to $2.9m. The highlight ...
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Fox takes $5.9m over weekend with Daredevil
20th CenturyFox's Marvel Comics adaptation Daredevil grossed $5.9m on 2,035 screens in international markets over the weekend,raising its cumulative score to $22.9m.Opening number one inMexico, it grossed $2m on 689 screens, which represented FoxInternational's fifth biggest opening of all time in the territory. A number one opening inBrazil ...
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Two Towers running 6% higher than Fellowship in Japan
New Line's The LordOf The Rings: The Two Towersremained number one in its fourth weekend in key cities in Japan, dropping amere 19% and adding $3.4m from 349 screens for a $37.7m cumulative score.The picture averaged $9,729and has grossed 6% more than Peter Jackson's first instalment, TheFellowship Of The Ring, ...
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Maid In Manhattan sweeps up $8.7m in second weekend
Maid In Manhattan continued to clean up at the international boxoffice, grossing $8.7m over the weekend for Columbia TriStar Film DistributorsInternational (CTFDI).The romantic comedy fromRevolution Studios was the number one international picture for the second weekin a row and has amassed just under $25m after two major weekends. No romanticcomedy ...