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NewsChina's Wanda Group poised to buy stake in Legendary
China’s Dalian Wanda Group is reportedly in talks to acquire a majority stake in Legendary Entertainment.
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NewsToronto critics hail 'The Forbidden Room'
Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson will share the C$100,000 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award following the critics group’s gala dinner on January 5.
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News'The Force Awakens' sets biggest third weekend in North America
JANUARY 5 UPDATE: With the North American box office record poised to fall on Tuesday or Wednesday, Disney confirmed that Star Wars: The Force Awakens added $8m on Monday to reach $750.2m following a $90.2m weekend that wiped out Avatar’s $68.5m third-weekend mark from exactly five years ago.
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NewsUS titles dominate French box office in 2015
The US share of the French market rose to 54.5% in 2015 against 45.4% in 2014.
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NewsAlibaba Pictures removes missing digital chief
Alibaba Pictures has removed group digital content chief, Patrick Liu Chunning, who has been in police custody relating to a corruption investigation since July 2015.
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News‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ tops 2015 buzz chart
Erotic romance beat James Bond, Star Wars and Avengers to the top slot.
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NewsAscot Elite, Universum ink distribution deal
EXCLUSIVE: Kickboxer reboot, The Dressmaker and Kill Your Friends to get physical release through Universum in Germany.
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News'The Force Awakens' nears £100m at UK box office
Disney’s continuation of the space saga posts third straight week as UK’s number one; Paramount’s Daddy’s Home defies newcomers with an impressive hold.
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NewsDistribution networks get €1.15m EU funding boost
EXCLUSIVE: Beta, Celluloid Dreams, Protagonist, The Match Factory, Feltrinelli join indie distribution schemes.
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NewsChina box office up by 49% to $6.78bn in 2015
China’s box office grew by 48.7% to hit a record $6.78bn (RM44bn) in 2015, according to the state film regulator, with local films grossing $4.17bn (RMB27.1bn) or 61.58% of the total haul.
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NewsNSFC names 'Spotlight' best film of 2015
The National Society Of Film Critics elected Tom McCarthy’s ensemble drama Best Picture of the Year 2015.
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NewsUS Briefs: 'The Hateful Eight' triumphs in Capri
Quentin Tarantino’s Western was named best movie as the 20th edition of Capri, Hollywood - The International Film Festival closed at the weekend.
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News'The Deer Hunter' cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond dies aged 85
Visionary cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, who escaped his native Hungary to set up in Hollywood and became one of the most acclaimed practitioners of his generation, has died aged 85 in Big Sur, California.
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News'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' scales $1.54bn global
JAN 5 UPDATE: Disney/Lucasfilm’s juggernaut added $14.5m internationally on Monday to reach $786.1m and the global haul climbed by $22.5m to $1.536bn.
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NewsUniversal hits $6.9bn global in 2015
EXCLUSIVE: Combined box office for all the studio’s films released in 2015 from January 1 through December 31 reached a world record $6.88bn worldwide.
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NewsNew Year’s Honours for Idris Elba, David Oyelowo
Leading lights from the British Isles have been recognised for their contributions to drama in the annual list.
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NewsFox, Warner Bros each cross $2bn international
With the top two distributors of 2015 Disney and Universal yet to report final calendar year results, two others each came in at more than $2bn.
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News'The Force Awakens' surges to $1.4bn worldwide
JAN 2 UPDATE: A further estimated $59.5m from the global box office on Friday saw Disney/Lucasfilm’s behemoth reach $1.391bn.
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News'Force Awakens' Disney's biggest North American release
JAN 1 UPDATE: Star Wars: The Force Awakens – already Disney’s biggest film in North America since Thursday – is on the cusp of being crowned the biggest release of 2015.