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Closer passes $50m for Sony with $6.5m weekend
Continuing itssuccessful international run, Closer added an estimated $6.5m on its peak level of 2,405international prints through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) atthe weekend to raise its running total to $55.2m.The drama stayedtop in its second weekend in Australia on $830,000 for $2.9m, and added $1m on330 in its fourth ...
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Elektra adds $2m for Fox as Sideways builds momentum
Elektra grossed an estimated $2m on 1,172international screens through Fox International at the weekend, raising itsinternational cumulative total to $18.9m.The comic bookadaptation opened in Italy on $626,088 on 215 for an unconfirmed ranking, andopened in fourth place in each of Peru and Ecuador.The Aviator, which the distributor handles only inSpain, ...
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Universal/UIP scores $2.7m weekend for Ray
Universal's Ray grossed an estimated $2.7m through UIPon 1,250 screens in 27 territories at the weekend, raising the internationalrunning total to $13.5m.Highlightsincluded a decent second weekend hold in Australia that raised the total by$550,000 on 205 to $1.6m. The picture added $390,000 on 198 in the UK for $2.7mafter three ...
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The Incredibles passes ET in all-time international pantheon
The Incredibles became the 20th biggest international release of all time at theweekend as it pushed ET out of the top 20.The Buena Vista International(BVI) release added an estimated $3.2m for a $359m international running total,powered by a $700,000 number one debut in Hong Kong, its final market.National Treasure grossed ...
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Foxx, Swank, cast of Sideways seal SAG Award victories
Jamie Foxx and Hilary Swank won top individual Screen Actors Guildhonours at the 11th Annual SAG Awards in Los Angeles at the weekend (5), while Sideways won the ensemble cast award.Foxx followed up on his recent Golden Globe win and Academy Awardnomination for his portrayal of the late Ray Charles ...
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Ocean's Twelve passes $200m at international box office
Ocean's Twelve passed $200m at the international boxoffice for Warner Bros International at the weekend as it raised its runningtotal by an estimated $11.2m to $201.1m.The key driver was the picture's $6.6m second place debut in 450 UK theatres, astrong launch that still wasn't enough to beat Meet The Fockers ...
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Vera Drake wins Evening Standard film prizes
Oscar nominees Mike Leigh and Imelda Staunton were bothwinners at the 2004 Evening Standard British Film Awards on Sunday evening.Leigh's Vera Drakewas named best film and lead actress Staunton was named best actress. Otherwinners included Paddy Considine, who won the best actor prize for his role in DeadMan's Shoes. Bridget ...
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Renaissance gets Pretty, sells Dogs
RenaissanceFilms has acquired international rights to Marcos Siega's PrettyPersuasion,and has concluded a string of sales on Rwandan genocide drama Shooting Dogs.UKbased international sales financing outfit Renaissance will give PrettyPersuasion itsfirst market screening at the European Film Market during this year'sBerlin Film Festival. RoadsideAttractions/Goldwyn recently acquired the North American rights at ...
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Overture sweeps Thai Oscars
Local Thai box office hit TheOverture (Hom Rong), a period film about a Thai classical musician, has wonseven Supannahongsa Film Awards.Directed by IthisoonthornVichailuck, The Overture won awards for best film, best director, bestscreenplay, best sound effects, best script, and best cinematography. It wasnominated in 14 categories. Pidisak Yaovanaan won thebest ...
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The Squid And The Whale
Dir: Noah Baumbach. US.2005. 81mins.Noah Baumbach, afilm-maker who made a splashy debut with three pictures in the mid-90s (Kicking& Screaming, Mr Jealousy, Highball), returns with astingingly honest, admirably unsentimental autobiographical portrait of hisparents' divorce which marks him out - again - as one of the smartest young USfilm-makers around today.One ...
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Brick
Dir/scr. Rian Johnson.US. 2005.Shot in 20 days with alow, low budget, Brick is an exciting debut from director-screenwriterRian Johnson. Having screened in American Dramatic Competition at Sundance, thefilm sold worldwide rights to Focus Features for nearly $3m and earned aSpecial Jury prize for originality of vision - and rightly so.The ...
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HONG KONG 7 February
Universe Entertainment's CrazyN' The City held onto the top spot in its third week, grossing US$268,948from 21 screens and seeing off competition from US openers Elektra and SeedOf Chucky. Crazy N' The City, a police comedy starring Eason Chan, Francis Ng andJoey Yung, has benefited from positive reviews and strong ...
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Kevin And Perry goes large at UK cinemas
The opening three day gross of Kevin And Perry Go Large has given Icon Film Distribution its first box office hit and number one film in the UK. The comedy teenage duo took $3.2m (£2m) over the Easter weekend (April 21-23). Playing on 336 screens, the British adaptation of ...
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Constantine
Dir: Francis Lawrence.US. 2005. 121mins.The Matrix meets The Exorcist in Constantine, orat least that how things superficially appear. In fact, while it does sharesome characteristics - including its distributors and star Keanu Reeves - withthe Wachowski brothers' trilogy, this graphic novel adaptation from Warner andVillage Roadshow also has enough atmosphere ...
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Finland's Frozen Land takes top Gothenburg prize
Finnishfeature Frozen Land (Paha Maa) by director Aku Louhimies has won the top prize inthe Nordic competition at the 28th Gothenburg Film Festival.Thefilm - an alternative and dark look at Finnish society - premiered lastmonth in Finland, taking the top spot at the box office for two weeks. FrozenLand is ...
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Fox, UTV partner on Nair's Namesake
Indian production anddistribution outfit UTV has partnered with Fox Searchlight on Mira Nair'sThe Namesake. The film is based on the 2001Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Namesakeby Jhumpa Lahiri and the script is written by Sooni Taraporewala.The novel tells the story of a Calcutta family who leaveIndia to come to Cambridge, ...
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Sweden's Sonet readies international shoots
Swedish distribution and productioncompany Sonet Film is readying a number of international film projects to addto its slate of local productions.The first project is English language title A PerfectFamily, a co-production with Sonet's newAmerican partner, independent production company Sound Pictures. Currently inpre-production, the absurd and romantic drama comedy centres on ...
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Studs cranks up for Dublin shoot with Gleeson
A five week shoot starts this week in county Dublin onBrother Films' Studs, the feature filmdebut of playwright and theatre director Paul Mercier who has adapted his ownplay of the same title for the screen.BrendanGleeson heads the cast as the mysterious, volatile and threatening soccertrainer who takes on a team ...
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Italy unveils Festa del Cinema cut-price tickets
The Italian film industry isto introduce its first ever three-day Festa del Cinema in April, when it willoffer cut-price tickets and is expected to heavily promote summer releases.The Festa del Cinema will take place between April 25 - anational holiday - and April 28. Spectators who buy one full price ...
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French DVD market surges
The French Film Commission (CNC) has released video and DVDfigures for 2004 in conjunction with market research group GfK. The numberspoint to the continuing development of the DVD market while video salesdecline. Overall, the DVD/Video market saw a 32.1% rise in sales toEuros 1.96bn. Sales of DVDs rose 30.4% on ...