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Talk To Her prospers for Fox in Latin America
Fox's Ice Age is expected to pass $200m by the end of November after a $142,800 weekend haul raised its international cumulative total to $198.8m. The animated picture will get a boost once it resumes its run in China following a nationwide blackout on foreign pictures declared by the government ...
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BVI scores with exclusive Treasure Planet run in France
Buena Vista International (BVI) opened Treasure Planet in an exclusive presentation in France, grossing a worthy $280,000. The animated feature is based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel Treasure Island and is scheduled to open in the US on Nov 29. Signs took $3.6m over the weekend for a $166m ...
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XXX crosses $100m barrier for CTFDI
Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International's XXX passed $100m toward the end of last week and now has an international running total of $110m after a $7.1m haul on 3,100 screens over the weekend. The action thriller opened number one in Argentina where enduring economic instability meant that $110,000 from 61 ...
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Film Momentum takes US rights to Last Party 2000
Film Momentum, Larry Meistrich's subscription-based distribution company, has acquired all US rights to Last Party 2000, the election campaign documentary narrated by Philip Seymour Hoffman. In the full-length picture Hoffman takes a behind-the-scenes look at electioneering and the American political process as he interviews politicians, activists and celebrities at Democratic ...
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Warner Bros sails past billion dollar mark overseas
Driven by the global success of Scooby-Doo, Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone and Ocean's Eleven, Warner Bros Pictures announced that it has passed the $1bn mark in international markets.In the year to date, the division has taken $1.006bn at the international box office. It is the fifth time it ...
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Till confirmed as head of UIP
In a move that ends weeks of speculation and will have confirmed the suspicions of many in the industry, Stewart Till has been appointed chairman and chief executive officer of United International Pictures (UIP). The announcement was made today by Rob Friedman, chief operating officer at Paramount Pictures and vice ...
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Female lead cast for Dirty Dancing 2
Romola Garai has signed as the female lead in Artisan Entertainment and Miramax Films' Havana Nights: Dirty Dancing 2. Garai, whose credits include Nicholas Nickleby and the BBC's I Capture The Castle, will star opposite Diego Luna. Directed by Guy Ferland and produced by Lawrence Bender, the story is set ...
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Star Wars: Episode II gets IMAX boost
Fox's Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones reaped the rewards of a limited IMAX roll-out in North America over the weekend, grossing $1.4m from 58 screens for a $24,746 per-screen average. Fox president of domestic distribution Bruce Snyder said in a statement that he was thrilled with ...
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Buena Vista Int'l enjoys the weekend
Signs grossed $6.3m over the weekend for Buena Vista International (BVI) to bring its international running total to $162m. The supernatural thriller produced BVI's biggest ever opening in Greece, where it scored $650,000 from 53 screens and was roughly 60% higher than the opening for director M Night Shyamalan's previous ...
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Fox sees international releases reap rewards
In addition to Fox Searchlight's apocalyptic thriller 28 Days Later taking the UK box office by storm, the company enjoyed a number of other successes over the weekendFox scored the highest ever debut for a Pedro Almodovar picture in Brazil, opening Talk To Her (Hable Con Ella) on 65 screens ...
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XXX thrills Italy, battles 28 Days Later in UK
XXX is expected to pass the international $100m mark by the end of the week after a $12.4m weekend haul that gives the Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) action thriller a $96m running total. The picture opened in Italy with $2m from 330 screens, comparing favourably to previous openings ...
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Christmas comes early as Santa Clause 2 flies atop the box office
Disney's The Santa Clause 2 brought some advance Yuletide magic to the North American box office over the weekend with a number one $29m opening, according to studio estimates released today (Nov 3). The debut was more than double that grossed by Columbia's action-comedy opener I Spy, which disappointed with ...
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Christmas comes early as Santa Clause 2 flies atop the box office
Disney's The Santa Clause 2 brought some advance Yuletide magic to the North American box office over the weekend with a number one $29m opening, according to studio estimates released today (Nov 3). The debut was more than double that grossed by Columbia's action-comedy opener I Spy, which disappointed with ...
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Ganis acquires feature film rights to Bush docu
Sid Ganis' Out of the Blue... Entertainment has optioned the feature film remake rights to Journeys With George, Alexandra Pelosi's acclaimed video diary of George W Bush's 2000 presidential campaign that will air on HBO on US Election Night, Nov 5. Ganis and Nancy Hult Ganis will produce the feature ...
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Ichino promoted to VP business affairs at Universal
Masako Ichino has been promoted to vice president of business affairs at Universal Pictures. Ichino will continue to negotiate deals for books, screenplays and other source material as well as above-the-line talent agreements for writers, producers, directors and actors. She will also continue to report to Jimmy Horowitz, Universal's executive ...
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MGM takes over own Canadian video distribution
MGM Home Entertainment Group is to assume all Canadian self-distribution responsibilities for video and DVD, taking over from Warner Home Video, president and chief operating officer David Bishop announced yesterday. The extension of operations will begin in April 2003 and will be headed up in Toronto by Martin Wragg, the ...
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Poland's Sobocinski to receive top cinematography prize
The veteran cinematographer Witold Sobocinski is to receive the American Society Of Cinematographer's (ASC) International Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to international cinema. Sobocinski, who was born in Poland in 1929 and has made more than 30 features mostly seen in Poland and Eastern Europe, is the first recipient ...
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Sundance unveils new grant for science themed films
The Sundance Institute has announced a new grant and a $20,000 prize from the Alfred P Sloan Foundation to develop and reward films that explore science and technology. Each year a selected project from the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program will receive support from development to pre-production with year-round resources. ...
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Box office bells ring for Greek Wedding in Australia
Australia has become the latest territory to be conquered by indie-sensation My Big Fat Greek Wedding, according to co-producer Gold Circle Films.The romantic comedy, directed by Joel Zwick and distributed in Australia by Roadshow, launched straight into number one at the Australian box office over the weekend, grossing $1.9m (A$3.4m) ...
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Ice Age inches closer to $200m after Baltic openings
Ice Age inched closer to $200m in international ticket salesover the weekend as it expanded into the Baltic States, where Fox registeredits best ever bow in Estonia, opening number one on $45,836 from four screens.This was also the industry's second highest opening of all time in Estonia. Theanimated feature also ...