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Christal to release controversial Canadian serial killer film
Karla, the US-produced true-life account of Canadianserial killer Karla Homolka, has secured a theatrical release in Canada viaMontreal-based Christal Films. The company plans open the film on 100 screensnationwide on January 20.Directed by Joel Bender andproduced by Michael Sellers of LA-based Quantum Entertainment, the film starsLaura Prepon as Homolka and ...
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Michalchyshyn gets senior job at Sundance Channel
Former Alliance AtlantisCommunications senior vice-president of dramatic programming LauraMichalchyshyn has joined US cable network The Sundance Channel as executivevice president of programming and marketing.Michalchyshyn will be basedin New York and will report to Sundance Channel founder Robert Redford andpresident and chief executive officer Larry Aidem.She will be responsible forall creative ...
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Hustle opens top in Indonesia, Philippines
Kung Fu Hustle maintained its muscular form at theinternational box office over the weekend and is closing in on $50m following acouple of record releases in minor Asian markets.The picture opened top through Sony Pictures ReleasingInternational (SPRI) in both Indonesia and the Philippines, grossing $271,000on 42 screens and $261,000 on ...
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MDC takes on sales for prize winning pair
MDC International is to handle internationalsales on two prize-winning feature debuts: French director David Lanzmann's DooWop and Serbian writer-director Srdjan Koljevic's comedy Red ColouredGrey Truck (Sivi Kamion Crvene Boje).Lanzmann's film received the FIPRESCI Jury'sprize at November's International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg and aSpecial Award from the International Jury. Red Coloured Grey ...
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UK/IRELAND 11 January
Mirroringits strong openings in Canada and the US, Entertainment Film Distributorslaunched supernatural thriller White Noise into the lead at the UK boxoffice.Grossingan excellent $3.3m (£1.8m) from 314 sites the Canadian-British co-productioneasily beat the wide release of Martin Scorsese's The Aviator and fellowopener Alexander. One factor in White Noise's favour was ...
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GERMANY 11 January
While there was littlemovement among the top six last weekend - with Ocean's Twelve holding onto the No. 1 slot for the fourth week running against Buena Vista's TheIncredibles-, the top 10 welcomed four strong performers in new entries AfterThe Sunset, Ray, House Of The Flying Daggers and Alles Auf ...
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ITALY 11 January
Bridget Jones: The Edgeof Reason shot to the top of theItalian box office last weekend, with a huge gross of $4,291,627. The UIPromantic comedy opened on 399 screens and earned an outstanding average of$10,756 per screen.01 Distribution's horrorflick, The Grudge, also opened strongly, landing in second place with atotal gross ...
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AUSTRALIA 11 January
For the third consecutiveweekend of Australia's busy summer holiday season Meet The Fockers and TheIncredibles were first and second at the box office. The UIP comedy sequelgrossed A$3,843,658 from 324 screens over the four days and has already sold A$21.6million worth of tickets in 15 days. The BVI animation took ...
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The Incredibles adds $15.3m to bring total to $315.7m for BVI
Buena Vista International's TheIncredibles added an estimated$15.3m at the weekend, boosting its international running total to $315.7m.Much of the business camefrom strong holdovers. The picture added $2.3m for $14m in its third weekend inAustralia, $1.9m for $57.4m in its eighth in the UK, $1.7m for $21.4m in itsfifth in Germany, ...
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Alexander doubles domestic gross in int'l markets
Powered by a massive launchin Spain, IS Film Distribution's Alexander grossed an estimated $16.9m on approximately 3,000 screens in 35territories at the weekend to raise its cumulative total to $66.3m, roughlytwice as much as the picture has taken in North America.The epic grossed $6.9m(Euros5.1m) on 396 Spanish screens that marked ...
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Anti-piracy expert calls for new business models
Building legitimate alternatives to online piracy is asimportant as legal action, according the executive leading Warner Brothers'global anti-piracy operations.Darcy Antonellis told delegates at the ScreenInternational European Film Piracy conference in London thatforward-thinking business initiatives were vital to any strategy againstcounterfeiting."We need to look at new business models with content thatcan ...
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Four apiece for Jamie Foxx and Sideways in SAG noms
Jamie Foxx won an astoundingfour Screen Actors Guild (SAG) nominations and Hilary Swank nabbed three whenthe nominations were announced yesterday. Foxx is eligible in bestactor (Ray), best cast (Ray), best supporting actor (Collateral) and also best actor in a TV movie or miniseries (Redemption).Swank is eligible in bestactress (Million Dollar ...
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Odyssey takes on August Rush sales
Ralph Kamp and Louise Goodsill's OdysseyEntertainment is to handle worldwide sales and distribution on SouthpawEntertainment's August Rush. To be directed by Kirsten Sheridan, August Rushis billed as a modern-day fairy tale about a ten-year-old orphan whose musicalgifts lead him on a journey to find his parents. It will be scored ...
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News Corp to buy back Fox Entertainment Group in stock swap
Following its recent reincorporation into the US, Rupert Murdoch'sNews Corp announced yesterday (Jan 10) that it would take full control of FoxEntertainment Group (FEG) in a stock swap worth approximately $6bn.By buying back the remaining 18% of FEG, Murdoch hopes to simplifythe structure of his media empire.A successful stock swap ...
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The Grudge opens strongly in Brazil, Norway, Italy
Senator International’s The Grudge enjoyed a strong run at the weekend,grossing an estimated $6.1m on 1,664 screens in 14 territories to raise itsinternational running total to $32.8m.The horror story opened top in Brazil through Europa on $1.1m on213 screens, and second in Italy through Rai/01Distribution on $3.7m on 327.In other ...
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Don Kim named as Universal Pictures Korea chief
UniversalPictures International (UPI) has appointed Don Kim, formerly of Johnson &Johnson Visioncare, to be managing director of Universal Pictures Korea.Kim replaces Chang Gon Kim, who headed the Korea officefor two years, and will report to Wayne Borg, Vice President for Latin Americaand Asia Pacific. He will head thecompany's planned expansion ...
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Singapore theatrical business soars in 2004
Singapore'stheatrical business saw a 9% year-on-year rise in box office revenues in 2004 to $73m(S$120m) thanks largely to the popularity of summer releases. Spider Man 2, which grossed $3.27m,finished on top to become not only Singapore's highest grossing film in 2004,but also the fourth biggest film of all time after ...
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Italy pins hopes on local directors for 2005
While the run-up to Christmas has once again been boosted by the releaseof blockbuster Italian comedies, only a handful of homegrown films have managedto gross more than Euros 1m - which is considered the benchmark for a strongrun at the box office - since September. Nevertheless, the local industry isconfident ...
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Ben-Ami gets promotion in anti-piracy department at Warner Bros
Yotam Ben-Ami has been promoted to vice president of worldwideanti-piracy operations, North America, at Warner Bros Entertainment.Ben-Ami will oversee all North American anti-piracy operations andmanage strategic worldwide anti-piracy initiatives and projects, workingclosely with Warner Bros Entertainment's anti-piracy regional teams andbusiness units.He joined the company in 2002 as manager of corporate ...
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BAFTA puts cap on membership
BAFTA has decided to place a cap of 6500 on its worldwidevoting membership, effective immediately. The organisation said the decision followed many months ofdiscussion about how best to manage its membership base following an'enormous increase in membership applications over the past fouryears.'The American Academy has already capped its membership at6000. ...