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Van Helsing passes $140m for Universal/UIP
Universal's Dawn Of The Dead raised its international running total through UIP to $17.2m,rising to $32m through all distributors.The horror remake opened on$600,000 on 147 in Australia and took $52,000 on 41 in New Zealand.Van Helsing added $2m from 1,600 screens in 32 territories for a $141minternational running total, $131.5m ...
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Azkaban conjures up $65.5m weekend and crosses $200m
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban dominated the international box officewith a mighty weekend, grossing an estimated $65.5m to raise its running totalthrough Warner Bros Pictures International to $204m.The result combines with the $158.1m domestic total for a $362.2mworldwide score. Azkaban opened in an additional 16 countries and according ...
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Spain's Telespan 2000 wins bank cash injection
Telespan 2000, leading Spanish producer of box office hits TheOther Side Of The Bed, Torremolinos 73 and FootballDays, has completed a restructuring whichincludes a cash injection from local savings bank Banco Gallego in return for20% of the company. Bed and Football Days director David Serrano also becomes a shareholder. The ...
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Day After Tomorrow adds $33.7m for Fox International
Fox International's The Day After Tomorrow added $33.7m at he weekend to raise itsinternational running total to $239.2m.The weekend results for the eco-disaster picture were chieflypowered by $5.3m on 607 screens in its second weekend in Japan, where it rankednumber one, dropping 17% for $19.6m.Korea fell 6% in its second ...
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AusFilm names new Los Angeles-based commissioner
Marketeer Tracey Montgomeryhas been named as the new AusFILMcommissioner based in LA - the executive charged with leadingAustralia's efforts to attract international production to its shores.Mongomery, who is currently executive manager of locations andinternational production for the Pacific Film and Television Commission, basedin Queensland, is replacing David Pratt, who finishes ...
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Singapore Bet pays off with record haul
Singapore's satiricalcomedy The Best Bet scored$66,000 (S$113,530) on 38 prints on its June 9 opening, making it the biggestever opening day gross for a local film. It also raked in $99,000 from itssneak preview over the weekend.The $584,000 The Best Bet, made by homegrown TV comedian-turned-director JackNeo and starring a ...
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UK post-production trade body names first chief
Gaynor Davenport has been appointed the first ever chiefexecutive officer (CEO) of UK Post - the new association representing the filmand broadcast post production and effects industry.Gaynor was formerly chief operating officer of The ListeningCompany (TLC). TLC is a contact centre with a division specialising in media.Her clients included Sky, ...
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Spanish film-makers look to boost ties with Germany
Spanish producers have met with their German counterparts aspart of the Madrid's fourth German Film Festival to propose changes to aco-production deal signed in 2002.Measures agreed include lowering the minimum co-productionparticipation to 10 percent of the budget; loosening up the rules governingco-productions; setting up a fund for bi-lateral co-productions comparable ...
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Warner Bros swoops on RRRrrrr!!! remake rights
Asterix And Obelix: Mission Cleopatra director Alain Chabat has sold remake rights to hislatest film RRRrrrr!!! to WarnerBros. in the US. The film, released in January 2004, wracked up 1.7 million inadmissions.Although the film was co-produced and sold internationallyby StudioCanal, Chabat's production company Chez Wam handled the saledirectly according to ...
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Filmax consolidates market position as revenues rise
After a capital expansion of Euros 50m in September 2003from public sector sources, Filmax Entertainment consolidated its position inthe market last year according to its annual results, announcing revenues ofEuros 91.8m, a 11.4 percent hike from 2002 revenues.A mini-studio involved in production, exhibition anddistribution, Filmax's pre-tax profits for 2003 stood ...
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UK Film Focus unveils inaugural programme
180 international buyers from 30 countries are expected inLondon at the end of the month for the inaugural UK Film Focus.24 films will be screening at the event, held atLondon's National Film Theatre, it was confirmed late last week.There are eight world premieres, among them ShaneMeadows' Dead Man's Shoes(controversially overlooked ...
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IFC, FilmFour team for July's Me And You
IFC Productions will finance and serve as executive producer on MeAnd You And Everyone We Know with Film Four, based on a screenplay by artist and film-makerMiranda July who will also direct.The project focuses on a lonelyshoe salesman who commits a desperate act to reconnect with his family. Julywill star ...
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Riddick, Stepford can't touch Harry Potter
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban stayed top of the US charts in its second week at theweekend as it added $35.1m for $158.1m according to studio estimates, beatingoff spirited openings by three new releases.Warner Bros' family adventure finished some way ahead of the restof the pack, which was ...
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Riddick, Stepford can't touch Harry Potter
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban stayed top of the US charts in its second week at theweekend as it added $35.1m for $158.1m according to studio estimates, beatingoff spirited openings by three new releases.Warner BrosC; family adventure finished some way ahead of the restof the pack, which was ...
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Riddick, Stepford can't touch Harry Potter
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban stayed top of the US charts in its second week at theweekend as it added $35.1m for $158.1m according to studio estimates, beatingoff spirited openings by three new releases.Warner Bros' family adventure finished some way ahead of the restof the pack, which was ...
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Leading Thai exhibitors to merge
Thailand's two leading exhibitors - Major Cineplex Group andEGV Entertainment - are merging to create one of the largest cinema circuits inSouth-East Asia.Althoughboth companies are headed by members of the Poolvaraluck family, they've beenbattling for market supremacy for the past decade. According to Major Cineplexpresident, Vicha Poolvaraluck, the merger will ...
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South Korean film-makers stunned by quota reversal
In a reversal of position that hasstunned the local film industry, South Korea's Ministry of Culture and Tourismhas announced that it will now support the reduction of the nation's embattledScreen Quota System. TheMinistry's acquiescence makes it almost certain that the Screen Quota will beweakened in the near to mid-future.In a ...
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Iranian Tradition wins top Shanghai prize
The Seventh Shanghai International Film Festival awarded itsBest Film Award to Iranian film Tradition Of Lover Killing at its closing ceremony held on Sunday night.Meryl Streep and Chinese actor Chen Daoming were on hand topresent the award to director Khosro Masum. The film is about an impoverishedIranian family caught up ...
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Warner International crosses $1bn gross mark in record time
Fuelled by hits like TheLast Samurai, Troy, Something's Gotta Give and the latest Harry Potterinstalment, among others, Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) claims tohave passed $1bn at the box office in record time.The distributor announced internationalbox office receipts of more than $1.2bn on Jun 7, making it the first to ...
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TLA picks up Calson's fist fight drama Shiner for North America
TLA Releasing has picked upChristian Calson's directorial debut thriller Shiner and plans to release it on video in October.The distributor acquiredhome entertainment rights in the US and Canada for the picture, which will makeits world premiere at the upcoming 28th San Francisco International Gay &Lesbian Film Festival.TLA Releasing's director ofacquisitions ...