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XXX continues its run, with $2m over weekend
The action picture XXX, which is being distributed internationally byColumbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI), added another $2mover the weekend to raise its international cumulative score to $122.5m. TheVin Diesel starrer held well in Belgium and Holland in spite of bows by HarryPotter And The Chamber Of Secrets inboth territories ...
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Chamber Of Secrets conjures up another $58.7m
Harry Potter And TheChamber Of Secrets raised itsinternational cumulative score to $128m after 10 days with a mighty $58.7m haulover the weekend, according to studio estimates released today. The secondinstalment in the Potter franchise recorded 8.632m admissions from 5,249screens in 20 territories and established another set of records along the ...
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Adam Bialow promoted in international dept at Lions Gate
Adam Bialow has been promoted to vice president ofinternational business and legal affairs at Lions Gate Entertainment in a movethat highlights the distribution and production company's expandingworldview. Bialow will beresponsible for business and legal affairs for Lions Gate's internationaltheatrical, home video and television arms and will continue to report to ...
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Lucas to be honoured by the National Board Of Review
The National Board of Review (NBR) is to present GeorgeLucas with a special award in honour of his 'visionary cinematicachievements', the film body announced today (Nov 25).The presentation will take place at the annual awards galaon Jan 14, 2003, at Tavern on the Green in New York. A full list ...
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Miramax swoops on MDP's The I Inside
Miramax Filmshas acquired all distribution rights for North America, Italy and Australia/NewZealand to MDP Worldwide's psychological thriller The I Inside. The film will be released in NorthAmerica under the Dimension Films label.Starring RyanPhillippe, Sarah Polley and Stephen Rea and directed by Roland Suso Richter,the picture centres on an amnesiac's journey ...
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Bond lives another day with killer $47m opening
Reports of the demise of James Bond have been greatly exaggerated of late and the superspy struck back over the weekend as MGM's Die Another Day opened top of the table with a record-breaking $47m haul, according to studio estimates.The 20th Bond may have divided the critics but there was ...
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Callas Forever to open Palm Springs festival
Franco Zeffirelli's Callas Forever will receive its North American premiere when it opens the 14th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival on Jan 9, 2003. The director, a longtime friend of the legendary opera singer, and lead actors Fanny Ardant and Jeremy Irons are expected to attend. The picture takes ...
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Greek Wedding swings past $200m
My Big Fat Greek Wedding confirmed its place among the box office elite on Tuesday (Nov 19)when it joined the select band of pictures that have grossed more than $200m. Thecomedy-romance passed the mark exactly seven months or 215 days after its USrelease on Apr 19, with a domestic box ...
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Mondays In The Sun snapped up by Lions Gate
Lions Gate Films has boughtall North American rights from Sogepaq to Mondays In The Sun, Spain's entry for the 2002 Foreign Language FilmOscar. The social drama was recently released to critical and commercialsuccess in Spain and won four awards at this year's San SebastianInternational Film Festival. Javier Bardem stars as ...
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New Line lines up premieres for The Two Towers
In a move that enshrines thenotion of a global market, New Line is to stage a series of world premieres forThe Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers. The eagerly awaited second instalment in Peter Jackson'sadaptation of JRR Tolkien's trilogy will make its North American bow inNew York on Dec ...
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Harry Potter international tally soars to $59.5m
Actual international boxoffice figures for Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets have proved to be even better than the estimates,with an opening weekend total of $59.5m from 7.1m admissions on 4,265 screens. ' In the UK the picture set four newindustry records, beating the marks set by the original ...
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Columbia marches into Korea with remake of Mamet film
Sony Pictures Entertainment'slocal-language production arm Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia (ColumbiaAsia) is to make its first picture in Korea in partnership with Koreanproduction outfit C & Film. The two will produce a Korean-language remakeof David Mamet's 1988 thriller Things Change."Local Korean film hasboomed at the box office in these past ...
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World records crumble to Chamber Of Secrets
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets stormed to the top of the charts in eight international markets with a stunning non-holiday weekend tally of $54m from 3,284 screens and 6.3m admissions. Results in the UK were particularly impressive. In a new series of industry records that beat the old ...
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Panic Room tops $100m international gross for CTFDI
Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) held firm in the UK despite the Harry Potter juggernaut, securing third and fourth places with Mr Deeds and XXX respectively. XXX, showing on around 2,500 screens in the international market including those territories booked by co-producer Revolution Studios and its partners, took $4.4m ...
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$75m in 24 hours for Episode II video and DVD
The DVD and video release of Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones notched up $75m in its first 24-hour period after going on sale at midnight on Tuesday in parts of North America. Twentieth Century Fox said in a statement that one quarter of initial shipments were ...
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Splendid, Artisan team on U-Boat
Splendid Pictures has begun production in Los Angeles on the wartime thriller U-Boat, starring William H Macy, Lauren Holly and Scott Caan. North American rights have gone to Artisan Entertainment as part of a two-picture deal under which Artisan also acquired North American rights to Heaven's Pond, which is currently ...
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Movielink breathes new life into video-on-demand
After years of hype and false starts, video-on-demand took a giant leap forward this week with the soft launch in the US of online video rental service Movielink - backed by five of the US majors - Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures, MGM, Universal Studios and Warner Bros.Screen International put the ...
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Palm Springs Film Festival starts with early screening of Chicago
The 14th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, which runs from Jan 9-20 2003, kicks off on Dec 19 with a pre-release special screening of Chicago. The Broadway adaptation is expected to be one of Miramax's jewels in the crown during the awards season and stars Rene Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, ...
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Palm sells Lockdown to Columbia TriStar
Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures has sold US theatrical, non-theatrical, video, TV and other ancillary rights on its prison drama Lockdown to Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. The picture, which was produced and financed by Palm Pictures and jointly made with No Limit Films and Burg/Koules Productions, chronicles the brutal prison experiences ...
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Diller steps in to run newly spun-off Universal Entertainment
Vivendi Universal Entertainment chairman Barry Diller has been named interim co-chief executive officer of an expanded entertainment division, loosely called Universal Entertainment. The music and highly lucrative video game divisions join Vivendi Universal Entertainment's film, television and theme park assets under one roof in a move analysts say will create ...