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Focus trumpet Sunshine as Kaufman's biggest hit
EternalSunshine Of The Spotless Mind raised its domestic box office tally by $2.4m to $25.9m at theweekend to become the biggest grossing film written by Charlie Kaufman.In 24 days FocusFeatures' acclaimed quirky romance has overtaken Being John Malkovich, which was released by USA Films in 1999and grossed $22.9m over five ...
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Cinemark sets two new multiplexes in Brazil
CinemarkInternational, one of the leading exhibitors in Latin America that celebratesits 20th anniversary this year, is to open two new theatres in Brazil in May.The MuellerShopping theatre will be located inside an existing five-storey shopping centrein the heart of Curitiba and features an eight-screen multiplex comprising morethan 2,200 seats in ...
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Muccino's Remember Me finally gets US distribution
Howard Cohen andEric d'Arbeloff's US independent distributor Roadside Attractions has picked upNorth American distribution rights to Gabriele Muccino's family drama RememberMe, My Love (RicordatiDi Me) from The Works.Roadside plans a summerrelease for the picture, which played at the Toronto Film Festival last yearand Sundance in January. It was nominated for ...
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Return Of The King is top in Japan for ninth straight weekend
New Line International's The Lord of The Rings: TheReturn of The King continued to rule themall in Japan for the ninth consecutive weekend, adding $1.6m from 589 screensto raise its total there to a superb $86.2m.The trilogyfinale is active in 48 markets on 1,874 screens but figures were hard to ...
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Universal Pictures Int'l appoints director of acquisitions
Universal Pictures International today announced the appointment of Ben Roberts to the position of director of acquisitions. Based in London, the newly-created appointment is effective April 2004.Ben Roberts' responsibilities as director of acquisitions will centre around the development of UPI's strategy of all-rights acquisitions for Universal's key operating company ...
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Starsky & Hutch grossed A$4,350,736 for BVI from 288 screens, which was more than double the result of any other film in Australia during the extra long Easter holiday weekend - the figure is for five days instead of the usual four and includes two public holidays. The film's A$15,106 ...
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NEW ZEALAND
Along Came Polly's NZ$300,945 gross for UIP from 40 screens was enough to knock Scooby-Doo 2 - Monsters Unleashed down into second position at the New Zealand box office over the Easter weekend. In dollar terms there wasn't much between the two films, but Scooby-Doo 2, which is in its ...
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50 First Dates enjoys strong weekend in 12 markets for CTFDI
Columbia's romantic comedy 50 First Dates grossed an estimated $6.3m from 1,261screens in 12 markets through Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International(CTFDI) at the weekend, raising its international running total to $16.1m.Highlights were a third place $3.1m bow in the UK on 419 - astrong holiday opening that should see the ...
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Intertainment/Franchise trial is set to begin on April 20
After more than three years of delays, the claim for damages bythe German media company Intertainment against Franchise Pictures is set to goto trial on April 20 in Los Angeles.At a pre-trial conference on Good Friday, the judge in chargeannounced that the case will be heard by ten jurors. A ...
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Shaun is a smash for Universal with $3m opening in UK
Universal's horror spoof Shaun Of The Dead opened second in the UK through UIP atthe weekend on an estimated $3m from 358 screens.Meanwhile Dawn Of The Dead, the rather more serious remake of George Romero's seminalgenre title, grossed $210,000 from 200 screens in Mexico, raising its totalafter ten days to ...
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The Truth About Love located in Bristol
Romantic comedy The Truth About Love, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Dougray Scott and Jimi Mistry, begins filming in the UK this month.Directed by John Hay (There's Only One Jimmy Grimble) and produced by Tracey Adam at Lex Filmed Entertainment, The Truth About Love is billed as a film in which ...
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City Screen looks to expand UK arthouse circuit
Arts Alliance Media (AAM), the venture capital firm which owns a majority stake in City Screen, is looking to expand the art house cinema chain yet further.The company has already earmarked another unnamed London cinema outside the West End to add to the City Screen circuit, which currently stands at ...
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Swedes back English language features
The Swedish Film Institute (SFI) has greenlit six new Swedish feature films and given financial support to Lars von Trier's Manderlay.Colin Nutley's English-language drama The Queen of Sheba's Pearls won most backing. $1.04m (SEK 8m) has been allocated to the film, which is being produced by Maritha Norstedt of Sweetwater ...
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Wellspring boards Cannes-bound Tarnation
US independent distributor Wellspring has come on board JonathanCaouette's acclaimed docudrama Tarnation as co-producer and worldwide distributor.Wellspring will provide completion financing and marketing fundsfor domestic and international release on the picture, which has secured aDirectors Fortnight slot in Cannes next month.The company's worldwidesales division will begin marketing the picture at ...
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Wellspring boards Quinzaine-bound Tarnation
US independent distributor Wellspring has come on board JonathanCaouette's acclaimed docudrama Tarnation as co-producer and worldwide distributor.Wellspring will provide completion financing and marketing fundsfor domestic and international release on the picture, which has secured aDirectors Fortnight slot in Cannes next month.The company's worldwidesales division will begin marketing the picture at ...
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Italian cinema hit by distribution bottleneck
New research shows that 30 completed Italian films are currently in limbo, still searching for a distributor or simply waiting to be released.Among the Italian market's self-described "frozen" films are Egidio Eronico's Rua Alguem, which stars Charlton Heston and F. Murray Abraham, and Fiorella Infascelli's Il Vestito da Sposa with ...
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Wild Bunch picks up Mar del Plata winner
French sales house Wild Bunch has picked up international sales duties on Buena Vida Delivery, the Argentinian dark comedy which won last month's Mar Del Plata festival and the Toulouse festival of Latin American films."We don't often board such obviously cinephile pictures, but we feel strongly that this film will ...
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Period epic Kisna wraps Himalayan shoot
Hindi film producer-director Subhash Ghai has completed a forty-day shoot of his period epic Kisna in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas.The US$5m Kisna is the most expensive film made by Ghai's Mukta Arts. The company's credits include Taal, which was the first Indian film to feature in both the ...