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Christmas blockbuster Natale In India (literally, Christmas In India) has once again demonstrated the money-spinning value of Aurelio De Laurentiis's 20-year-old franchise of low-brow comedies, as it posted total earnings of $23,021,125 three weeks after its release.Distributed by Filmauro and starring Christian De Sica and Massimo Boldi, Natale In ...
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Rings reigns as top Singapore film of 2003
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King reigned as the top grossing film in Singapore in 2003, according to figures from the Cinematograph Film Exhibitors Association.Although the third Lord Of The Rings opened only on Dec 18, 2003, it took $2.6m (S$4.45m) in box office receipts within ...
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BVI heads UK distributor rankings for 2003
Buena Vista International has emerged as the leading distributor in the UK in 2003, with a £218m box office haul and 26.3% market share which was fuelled by hit films such as Finding Nemo and Pirates Of The Caribbean.UIP - which distributed films including Love Actually - was the second ...
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Warner scores biggest international year ever in 2003
Warner Bros PicturesInternational (WBPI) set a new company record for 2003, grossing $1.63bnaccording to latest figures.The amount surpassed theprevious record of $1.6m set in 2002 and means that the company has passed $1bnfor the past three years and six times in total, finishing top of the studiosin 2001 and 2002.WBPI's ...
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Miyazaki's Howl delayed till end of 2004
The release of Howl's Moving Castle, the new animation from Japanese hitmaker Hayao Miyazaki, will be moved back from July to November, sources at distributor Toho have revealed.The film, which was to be the tentpole of Toho's summer slate, has fallen far behind its production schedule, necessitating the change of ...
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Master And Commander slows for Fox with $3.3m weekend
Master And Commander grossed $3.3m from 1,491 screens in 36 Fox Internationalmarkets at the weekend, raising its international running total from thosemarkets to $62m.The naval adventure openedsecond place in both Thailand and New Zealand, grossing $392,000 from 96screens and $300,000 from 50 respectively.The comedy Stuck On You added $4.2m from ...
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Return Of The King takes $72.6m over four days
After just threeweekends The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King is closing in on $400m at theinternational box office and has the $1bn worldwide mark firmly within itssights.Latest figuresfrom New Line International reveal the fantasy finale grossed $72.6m from 8,826screens in 45 territories from Thursday-Sunday (Jan 1-4) ...
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Samurai jumps 70% in Japan for $61m total
Warner Bros PicturesInternational's The Last Samuraienjoyed the biggest weekend of its Japanese run to date, climbing 70% in itsfifth weekend on an estimated $7.2m (Yen782.5m) from 482 screens for a $61.1m(Yen6.7bn) running total.Warner reports the week ofDec 27-Jan 2 grossed Yen1.8bn, which represented a rise of 28% over theprevious week.The ...
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Fantasporto line-up reveals US accent
North American films have a notable presence at the upcoming 24th edition of Portugal's leading Oporto International Film Festival (Feb 20-Mar 1), better known as Fantasporto.Twenty films make up the Fantasy Film selection of the Official Competition. The Director's Week competition will feature 11, mostly European titles from directors such ...
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Indian war epic soldiers ahead at box office
One of the most anticipated and biggest budget Indian films of the past year - the war movie L.O.C Kargil - opened to reasonable returns in its home territory on Dec 26.Set against the backdrop of the Indo Pakistan war in 1999, the four hour long feature directed by J. ...
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Mike Nichols to get top honour from Directors Guild Of America
Mike Nichols will receivethe Directors Guild of America's (DGA) Lifetime Achievement Award, the guild'shighest accolade, at the 56th Annual DGA Awards ceremony on Feb 7 in LosAngeles."There is hardly anentertainment medium that Mike Nichols hasn't pioneered and mastered," DGApresident Michael Apted said in a statement. "You can put any of ...
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Moscow fest set for revamp, appoints new artistic director
The Moscow International Film Festival (18-27 June 2004) is to give itself a more business-like stance and a more Russian flavour and has appointed a new artistic director.Nadia Turincev, a Moscow-born executive, takes up the specially created post with immediate effect. She will remain in Paris, where she previously managed ...
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Nemo, Bill, Seabiscuit on Oscar sound editing shortlist
The Academy ofMotion Picture Arts And Sciences has unveiled a shortlist of seven titles inthe running for this year's achievement in sound editing Oscar.The titles are: FindingNemo, Kill Bill: Vol 1, The Last Samurai, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return OfThe King, Master And Commander, Pirates Of The Caribbean ...
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Klockworx to take Weeping Camel into Japan
Klockworx has acquired allrights in Japan to the Toronto Film Festival hit The Story Of The Weeping Camelfrom sales agent MenemshaEntertainment. In addition, New World Pictures bought rights to the film inThailand.The picture, a docu-dramaset in the Mongolian desert, charmed Toronto audiences with its simple tale ofa camel who rejects ...
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US Producers Guild nominate large-scale movies
The Producers Guild ofAmerica (PGA) has announced its line-up of nominees for the Darryl F ZanuckProducer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, which will be handedout at the 15th Annual PGA Awards on Jan 17 in Los Angeles.The films and accreditedproducers are:* Cold Mountain - Albert Berger, Ron ...
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Rotterdam line-up underlines festival's global accent
Sixteen films have been selected for this year's VPRO Tiger Awards Competition in Rotterdam (Jan 21-Feb 1), among them eight world premieres.The films come from all corners of the world, including Peru, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Japan and Macedonia (see full list below).International Film Festival Rotterdam director Simon Field said ...
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Australian box office contenders bowed before the all conquering concluding episode of the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, Return Of The King. Its A$7,686,250 weekend on 453 screens boosted total takings past A$26.6m on only its second week.The two films that challenged the King's A$16,967 screen average were newcomer Welcome ...
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Veteran Blanco to step down from Spain's DeA Planeta
Veteran Spanish executive Adolfo Blanco will step down from his position as director of distribution at DeA Planeta.Blanco has been with publisher Grupo Planeta for five years since it first began setting up its media division under the name Planeta 2010 prior to merging its media interests with Italy's DeAgostini ...
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Fandango buys into UK's Civilian Content
Italian production and distribution outfit Fandango, headed by Domenico Procacci, has acquired a 29% stake in Civilian Content, parent company of lottery franchise the Film Consortium and sales company The Works.Procacci, who paid around £830,000 for the stake, has bought out Civilian founder Richard Thompson who no longer holds a ...
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Marchand confirmed as chief of UK's Momentum
Xavier Marchand has been confirmed as the new managing director of UK distributor Momentum Pictures with a mandate to expand the company into Europe and boost its UK presence.The appointment, which was predicted by ScreenDaily.com (Dec 2003), became effective January 1.Marchand will report to Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution LP ...