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News'Mr. Six' tops China box office with $68.5m
Mojin – The Lost Legend and Mr. Six crossed $200m and $100m, respectively.
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NewsBrie Larson, John Boyega among Bafta Rising Star nominees
Other nominees include Dakota Johnson, Taron Egerton and Bel Powley.
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News‘Mommy’ director Xavier Dolan slams Netflix UK
Filmmaker writes open letter to the streaming service, which changed the aspect ratio of his Cannes Jury Prize award-winner Mommy.
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NewsDisney grossed $5.85bn in 2015
The Walt Disney Studios announced its record-breaking calendar year results as combined grosses for all releases amounted to $5.845bn – the second biggest score ever behind Universal’s $6.88bn from last year.
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NewsRotterdam fest reveals eight Tiger competition titles
World premieres of new features from the US, South America and Asia; titles include A Woman, A Part starring Mad Men’s Maggie Siff; jury named.
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NewsFilm Edinburgh claims $10m boost to region
Features to shoot in the region include Steven Spielberg’s The BFG and Tommy’s Honour.
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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.