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Ocean's Twelve eyes Korean haul
Barely one week after Ocean's Twelve smashed through the $100m barrier the Warner Brosrelease seeks an assured follow-up when it opens in South Korea today (7). The caper sequel has amassed $113.9m and goes out in theAsian territory through Warner Bros Pictures International on an unspecifiednumber of screens. The 2001 ...
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Grey officially named head of Paramount
After days of open speculation, Brad Grey has been confirmed asthe new chairman and chief executive officer of Paramount Motion Picture Groupand will start work in his new role on or before Mar 1.Grey's appointment follows an extensive job search put into placeafter the current incumbent Sherry Lansing announced last ...
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Twenty one films cross $100m mark at international box office
Twentyone films crossed the $100m mark at the international box office in 2004,according to Screen International research.TwoWarner Bros titles, Ocean's Twelve and The Polar Express passedthe $100m mark in international markets over the New Year's weekend.Thefigures show that the international market is becoming an increasinglyimportant source of revenue for US ...
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Hong Kong box office surges in 2004
2004 was a greatyear for Hong Kong's theatrical business with strong box office revenues postedfor both local and foreign productions. The figurescompiled by the Motion Picture Industry Association (MPIA) put total box officetaking at $118m (HK$917m) as of December 30 - almost returning to the high 2001level of $129m.HongKong-produced films ...
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PGA opts for Aviator, Sideways, Neverland
Finding Neverland,Million Dollar Baby, Sideways, The Aviator and The Incredibles havebeen nominated for the Producers Guild of America's Darryl F Zanuck Producer ofthe Year Award.The nominees were announcedin Los Angeles yesterday (5) among a host of television categories and thewinner will be unveiled at the PGA awards gala at Culver ...
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Film banker Jorge Gallegos confirmed dead in Tsunami
It was confirmedyesterday that veteran film banker Jorge Gallegos (pictured) died on Dec 26last year, while on holiday in Khao Lak, Thailand, as a result of the tsunamicatastrophe.Gallegos is survived by hiswife Lorna and their two sons Christian and James, who themselves all threesurvived the tsunami. The family has selected ...
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IMAX signs with Lark for six systems in China
IMAX Corporation and China'sLark International Multimedia have signed an agreement that will see six ImaxMPX theatre systems installed in multiplexes over the next four years. Under the agreement, new andretrofitted facilities will open in major urban areas through 2008. Specificlocations are pending. It's the largest multi-theatre deal the giant-screencompany has ...
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UK home video market growth hit by piracy in 2004
The UK video retail market grew by 12% last year, according to figuresreleased by the British Video Association. Although impressive, the 12% growth in 2004 is significantly down fromthe 30% growth posted in 2003 - a slowdown blamed on a maturing market and anincrease in piracy.First reports from the BVA ...
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Five titles nominated for BBC Four's World Cinema Award
UK broadcaster BBC Four hasannounced the nominations for the BBC Four World Cinema Award 2005, as voted byUK film critics, film school heads and exhibitors. Two Asian martial arts films- Zhang Yimou's Hero and Takeshi Kitano's Zatoichi - make thefive strong shortlist. The other competitors are Pedro Almodovar's BadEducation, Walter ...
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Spotless Mind shines in BAFTA shortlist
Fifteenfilms have been selected to go through to BAFTA's second round of voting forthe best film category - including four British pictures and threeforeign-language titles.It takes three rounds of voting for BAFTA members tomake their final choice of winning films. The first round, which closed onTuesday night (Jan 4), has ...
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Berlinale unveils Panorama line-up
TheBerlinale's Panorama section has announced the first films to make itsselection.Thearthouse strand, which plays alongside the Berlinale's official Competition,includes a string of features from high profile directors including KevinSpacey, Fruit Chan, Dominic Savage and Sally Potter as well as notable films by newcomers.The wide-ranging selection has aparticularly strong focus on ...
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Revolution signs US free-TV representation deal with Debmar, Mercury
Revolution Studios has signed a deal with Mort Marcus’ DebmarStudios and Ira Bernstein’s Mercury Entertainment to act as distributionagents for the free television rights to its pictures.The deal includes syndication rights, network television rightsand certain basic cable rights, outside of Revolution Studios’ existingoutput deal with Fox Broadcasting.Marcus and Bernstein acquire ...
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Old guard meets new in DGA nominations
Clint Eastwood, MarcForster, Taylor Hackford, Alexander Payne and Martin Scorsese have beennominated for the Directors Guild of America's DGA Award for OutstandingDirectorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2004.Eastwood is nominated for MillionDollar Baby, Forster for FindingNeverland, Hackford for Ray, Payne for Sideways, and Scorsese for The Aviator.The winner will be ...
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Doc fever continues as What The Bleep passes $10m
Samuel Goldwyn Films &Roadside Attractions reported yesterday (4) that William Arntz, Betsy Chasseand Mark Vicente's docudrama What The #$*! Do We Know' has passed $10m at the North American box office.The picture wasself-financed by Arntz to tune of $5m and released by the filmmaker in February2004. Samuel Goldwyn Films and ...
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Nunnari buys film rights to Coelho's 11 Minutes
Gianni Nunnari'sHollywood Gang Productions has optioned movie rights to Eleven Minutes, the bestselling novel by Paolo Coelho,who also wrote the worldwide hit The Alchemist.ElevenMinutes centres on ayoung Brazilian girl's quest for romantic satisfaction as she navigates thewaters of sexual pleasure and true love.The titlederives from the apparent fact that the ...
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French box office hits 20-year high
The French box office for2004 was released Tuesday by France's exhibitors federation (FNCF). In what isthe best year of the past twenty, 196 million tickets were sold, a 12% increaseon 2003. The first half of the yearproved the engine for the growth, with a 19% increase over the first six ...
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North American box office narrowly beats 2003
Final annualNorth American box office figures released by Nielsen EDI reveal that 2004 narrowlybeat 2003 by 0.5% with $9.21bn in total ticket sales compared to $9.17bn.Despite weekend reports from other sources declaring 2004a record year, in the final reckoning Nielson EDI said this was not the case,which means 2002 remains ...
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Israeli cinema grows on all fronts
While Israel's overallcinema attendance figures for 2004 shows no significant increase over the lastcouple of years (approx. 9.5 million admissions), the local industry has made amajor leap forward, recording its best results for the last 20 years. Less than 1% of the localaudience went to see home-grown films five years ...
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Fourteen films to compete for Rotterdam Tiger awards
The InternationalFilm Festival Rotterdam has selected fourteen films for the Tiger AwardsCompetition of its 34th edition. The Competitionline-up includes four world premieres, four international premieres and fourEuropean premieres. Two titles were supported by the IFFR's Hubert Bals Fundand one title was previously selected as CineMart Project.The jury memberschoosing the winning ...
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World premiere of The Moguls closes Santa Barbara
The SantaBarbara International Film Festival will kick off with a special preview ofWoody Allen's Melinda And Melinda starring Will Ferrell and Radha Mitchell on Jan 28 and closes onFeb 6 with the world premiere of Michael Traeger's comedy The Moguls starring Jeff Bridges.Overall nine world premieresand 11 US premieres will ...