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NewsFast 6 rules int'l on $160m
UPDATED MAY 28: The world belongs to Fast & Furious 6 as the action thriller grossed a confirmed $161.3m from 9,683 venues in 59 territories to deliver the biggest international opening weekend in Universal’s 101-year history.
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NewsFast 6 takes US pole on $120m
UPDATED MAY 27: Universal’s Fast & Furious 6 scored a rip-roaring $120m over a record four-day Memorial Day weekend at the North American box office that also set a new benchmark for a US holiday weekend.
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NewsCannes Palme d'Or goes to Kechiche's Blue
UPDATE: Kechiche shares top prize with lead actresses Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux in emotional closing ceremony.
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NewsSundance Selects acquires Like Father
Sundance Selects announced on Sunday [26] it had acquired US rights to Kore-eda Hirokazu’s jury prize winner Like Father, Like Son from Wild Bunch.
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NewsPathe scores Philomena, Mandela deals
Other hot sellers include Cannes Competition hit The Great Beauty by Paolo Sorrentino.
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NewsPanh's The Missing Picture wins Cannes UCR prize
Other winners include Omar, Stranger By The Lake, La Jaula De Oro and Fruitvale Station.
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NewsFipresci prizes awarded in Cannes
Winners include Blue Is The Warmest Colour, Manuscripts Don’t Burn and Blue Ruin.
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NewsSPC bites into Jarmusch film
Sony Pictures Classics has swooped on North American rights to Jim Jarmusch’s vampire tale Only Lovers Left Alive in Cannes ahead of the world premiere on Saturday [25]. Hanway Films handles international sales.
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NewsGatsby crosses $100m in US
The Great Gatsby has crossed $100m at the North American box office on its 14th day of release, Warner Bros announced on Friday [24].
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NewsMe, Myself and Mum wins Directors' Fortnight
Guillaume Galliennes’s autobiographical comedy about his relationship with his mother scoops unofficial top prize at Cannes.
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NewsMEPs vote for “cultural exception”
The European Parliament has voted to keep culture out of EU-US trade talks.
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NewsSPC tucks into The Lunchbox
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all North American rights to Cannes Critics’ Week winner The Lunchbox.
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NewsBlanc Biehn to enter Woods
Blanc Biehn Productions announced in Cannes it has signed a deal with investor Hackybox Pictures to produce Hidden In The Woods.
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NewsNeedle wins Cannes short film prize
Winners also come from Belgium, Romania and Czech Republic.
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NewsBuyers strike for Fortissimo's Borgman
Territories sold for Cannes Competition title include Russia, Portugal, Hungary, Poland and more.
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NewsSelfish Giant wins Cannes Europa Cinemas Label
Clio Barnard’s UK feature The Selfish Giant has been awarded the Europa Cinemas Label in Cannes.
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NewsEuropaCorp revenue jumps 10%
Hike led by sales of TV series including XIII, No Limit and Flight of the Storks.
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NewsRobert Redford joins 3D Wenders project
EXCLUSIVE: Wim Wenders has announced that Robert Redford is to direct one of the films in the 3D/2D series Cathedrals Of Culture project.
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NewsShoot starts for The Fitzroy
Dresden Pictures has started shooting 1950s-set black comedy The Fitzroy directed by Andrew Harmer.
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NewsSpringsteen doc gets global launch
Arts Alliance Media is planning a worldwide cinema broadcast of music documentary Springsteen & I on July 22.