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Passion takes Easter box office crown
Newmarket Films' The Passion Of The Christ performed as expected over Easterweekend, resurrecting its box office supremacy as it climbed four places toease past $350m on an estimated $17.1m.Mel Gibson's celebratedaccount of the final hours of Christ's life now stands on $354.9m and is theeighth biggest grossing film ever in ...
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Wellspring boards Cannes-bound Tarnation
US independent distributor Wellspring has come on board JonathanCaouette's acclaimed docudrama Tarnation as co-producer and worldwide distributor.Wellspring will provide completion financing and marketing fundsfor domestic and international release on the picture, which has secured aDirectors Fortnight slot in Cannes next month.The company's worldwidesales division will begin marketing the picture at ...
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50 First Dates enjoys strong weekend in 12 markets for CTFDI
Columbia's romantic comedy 50 First Dates grossed an estimated $6.3m from 1,261screens in 12 markets through Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International(CTFDI) at the weekend, raising its international running total to $16.1m.Highlights were a third place $3.1m bow in the UK on 419 - astrong holiday opening that should see the ...
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Shaun is a smash for Universal with $3m opening in UK
Universal's horror spoof Shaun Of The Dead opened second in the UK through UIP atthe weekend on an estimated $3m from 358 screens.Meanwhile Dawn Of The Dead, the rather more serious remake of George Romero's seminalgenre title, grossed $210,000 from 200 screens in Mexico, raising its totalafter ten days to ...
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Intertainment/Franchise trial is set to begin on April 20
After more than three years of delays, the claim for damages bythe German media company Intertainment against Franchise Pictures is set to goto trial on April 20 in Los Angeles.At a pre-trial conference on Good Friday, the judge in chargeannounced that the case will be heard by ten jurors. A ...
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Godard's latest gets official screening at Cannes
Master French auteurJean-Luc Godard's latest film Notre Musique will be screened in the official selection but outof competition at Cannes Film Festival, according to organisers, who also enigmatically promised a surprise for Godard on the night of the film's screening.The film is split into threeparts: Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. Hell ...
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Memories sweeps prizes at Cognac thriller fest
The 22nd annualCognac thriller festival wrapped up on Sunday night with Bong Joon-Ho's MemoriesOf Murder the hands down winner. TheKorean film took the grand prize, the special police prize conferred byprofessional law enforcement agents the Premiere magazine prize and theMediatheques prize.Memories is a poignant look at a special ...
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German box office down in first quarter 2004
Germany's box office saw a fall in admissions and revenuesfor the first quarter of 2004, according to figures collated by EDI Nielsen.Admissions weredown 6.4% from last year's 37.58m to 35.18m in the first three months, whilerevenues slipped 8.6% from Euro 225.68m to Euro 206.27m.Apart from the final part ofthe Lord ...
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Return Of The King is top in Japan for ninth straight weekend
New Line International's The Lord of The Rings: TheReturn of The King continued to rule themall in Japan for the ninth consecutive weekend, adding $1.6m from 589 screensto raise its total there to a superb $86.2m.The trilogyfinale is active in 48 markets on 1,874 screens but figures were hard to ...
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Shaw Communications takes fibre-optic stake
Canadian cable operator Shaw Communications has signed a $270m (C$400m) deal with 360networks, the high-speed fibre-optic network headed up by former Microsoft CFO Greg Maffei. The agreement, which sees Shaw take an $100m equity stake in 360networks, gives the company a significant boost as a high-speed provider to its 1.8 ...
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Stage Beauty gets closing night slot at Tribeca
The worldpremiere of Richard Eyre's period drama Stage Beauty starring Billy Crudup, Claire Danes andRupert Everett will close the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on May 8. It isproduced by Tribeca Film Festival founders Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthalthrough their Tribeca Productions.Stage Beauty is set in 1660s London ...
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Scooby Doo 2 is top of the heap in UK, Mexico
Powered bystrong holds in parts of Europe and Latin America, Scooby-Doo 2: MonstersUnleashed grossed anestimated $15m at the weekend to raise its international running total to$44.2m.The familysequel, which is distributed through Warner Bros Pictures International, stayedtop in its second weekends in the UK and Mexico on $4.2m for $16.5m and ...
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Cinemark sets two new multiplexes in Brazil
CinemarkInternational, one of the leading exhibitors in Latin America that celebratesits 20th anniversary this year, is to open two new theatres in Brazil in May.The MuellerShopping theatre will be located inside an existing five-storey shopping centrein the heart of Curitiba and features an eight-screen multiplex comprising morethan 2,200 seats in ...
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Fox takes $9.2m from glorious Passion weekend
The Passionof The Christ added$9.2m from 2,208 screens in Fox International markets at the weekend to raiseits international running total in Fox territories to $59.1m.The picturefinished number one in almost every market handled by the distributor excludingTaiwan, Singapore and Uruguay.In Brazil itclimbed 17% and grossed $2m from 511 screens in ...
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Muccino's Remember Me finally gets US distribution
Howard Cohen andEric d'Arbeloff's US independent distributor Roadside Attractions has picked upNorth American distribution rights to Gabriele Muccino's family drama RememberMe, My Love (RicordatiDi Me) from The Works.Roadside plans a summerrelease for the picture, which played at the Toronto Film Festival last yearand Sundance in January. It was nominated for ...
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Echelon puts back Wake US release to May
EchelonEntertainment has put back the release of Henry LeRoy Finch's drama anddirectorial debut Wakeand will now open it in LA and New York on May 28.The picture, which centres on four brothers who convenefor a night of revelry only to discover they are attending a wake, wasoriginally scheduled to open ...
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Focus trumpet Sunshine as Kaufman's biggest hit
EternalSunshine Of The Spotless Mind raised its domestic box office tally by $2.4m to $25.9m at theweekend to become the biggest grossing film written by Charlie Kaufman.In 24 days FocusFeatures' acclaimed quirky romance has overtaken Being John Malkovich, which was released by USA Films in 1999and grossed $22.9m over five ...
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Austin joins THINKFilm in senior Canadian distribution role
Andrew Austin isto join ThinkFilm as senior vice president of Canadian distribution whileTamara Shannon has been promoted to vice president theatrical distribution.Austin hasworked in the Canadian film industry for almost 20 years, most recently servingas senior vice president and general manager at Seville Pictures.Prior to Sevillehe served as executive director ...
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Starsky & Hutch grossed A$4,350,736 for BVI from 288 screens, which was more than double the result of any other film in Australia during the extra long Easter holiday weekend - the figure is for five days instead of the usual four and includes two public holidays. The film's A$15,106 ...