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As expected Constantin Film's release of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol.1 slaughtered last week's chart-topping children's film Brats, cutting it down 73.1%. Bill's 37 prints scooped 25,635 admissions, where as Brats' 104 prints took just 19,472, which was still enough for a second place in front of the Coen-brothers' Intolerable ...
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Zenpix sells four to Screen Media Ventures for domestic DVD and syndicated TV
Santa Monica-based producer and distributor Zenpix has solddomestic DVD/video and syndicated television rights to four theatrical titlesto New York-based international acquisition and distribution house Screen MediaVentures (SMV).The four titles, Vanessa Middleton's in-release romantic comedy 30Years To Life, LisaFrance's family drama Anne B Real, Julia Montejo and Jesus Nebot's thriller No ...
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Nemo has strong fourth weekend holdover in UK
Finding Nemo continued to plough throughinternational waters as it grossed $6.8m at the weekend to raise its internationalrunning total to $134m.The result wasdriven chiefly by a strong fourth weekend holdover in the UK that saw Nemo drop 34% and stay top for the thirdconsecutive weekend, adding $6.5m for a $36.4m ...
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Mukta's Ghai lines up Oberoi for Kisna love story
Indian filmmaker Subhash Ghai's next film will be musical love story Kisna with Vivek Oberoi in the title role. Ghai told ScreenDaily.com that Kisna is set in the 1930s and that it will begin shooting in December in the foothills of the Himalayas in India. It is slated for an ...
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Juarez joins Juarez at Spain's Intuition Media
The 29th annual Iberoamerican Film Festival of Huelva, Spain (Nov 8-15) has unveiled the full line-up of films for this year's first edition under new director Porfirio Enriquez.The festival, which also hosts a growing three-day Co-Production Forum (Nov 9-11), has become a key meeting point for Spanish, Portuguese and Latin ...
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US post outfit Soundelux launches London office
U.S. sound post-production company Soundelux has opened a London office, offering sound supervision and sound editorial services to international feature producers completing their films in the U.K.Supervising sound editor Eddy Joseph will head the new facility. Joseph's credits include Cold Mountain, Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone and Enemy ...
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Despite being listed in a recent UK poll of the top 100 books of all time, the film adaptation of Louis Sachar's best selling children's title Holes made little impact on the UK/Ireland box office.Two new family films launched wide at the weekend to take advantage of the national school ...
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Twins Effect stars double up again for Roses
After developing a taste for action in The Twins Effect, Hong Kong singer-actresses Gillian Chung and Charlene Choi have signed up to star in action comedy Black Roses (working title), to be co-directed by Donnie Yen and upcoming director Barbara Wong Chun-chun.Carl Chang, the former CEO of Emperor Multimedia Group ...
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New York's Emerging Pictures teams up for China shoot
New York-based Emerging Pictures is teaming with China Film and two Hong Kong companies - Media Asia and the Chinachem property group - to co-produce Fei, the second feature from mainland-born director-producer Ann Hu. The film, which started shooting in China last week, features Chinese stars Zhou Xun (Hollywood Hong ...
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Beaune conference ends upbeat, but down on US
The 13th annual Rencontres Cinematographiques de Beaune in France was a generally upbeat affair, but also one that marked the departure of lobbyist, Pascal Rogard. The Rencontres, which is organised by France's association of writers, directors and producers (ARP) was founded by Rogard (who remains as managing director of ...
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CTFDI takes Bad Boys II to $100m with $9.1m weekend
Bad Boys IIis expected to pass $100m in international ticket sales today or tomorrowfollowing a $9.1m weekend haul that raised its total to $99.9m for ColumbiaTriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI).There were no major openingsfor the action sequel, which dropped 24% in its second weekend in France andadded $2.9m for a ...
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Cruelty hits for Universal with $12.6m weekend
Fired by two major international number one openings Universal's IntolerableCruelty grossed anestimated $12.6m through UIP at the weekend from 2,030 sites in 22 countries.Helping the black comedy on its way to an $18.4m internationalrunning total was a table-topping bow in Australia on $1.7m including previews.It took 23% market share and ...
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Cinecitta mulls expansion into East Europe, Africa
Italy's Cinecitta studio is working on plans to expand its activities into Eastern Europe and North Africa.The Italian studio is exploring partnerships with studios in Eastern Europe with the aim of providing the mother-ship with pan-European productions. The scenario would see films shoot locations in the inexpensive east and then ...
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Spacey's Beyond The Sea wins German backing
Kevin Spacey's Bobby Darin biopic Beyond The Sea is among the projects which have received a total Euro 3.3m production support from Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg in its latest round of funding.The $22m drama, which has also received backing from the German Federal Film Board (FFA) and is being co-produced by Jan ...
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Belgian tax shelter takes Quantum leap
Dutch producer Matthijs van Heijningen is set to be one of the first foreigners to make use of the new Belgian tax shelter regulations with English-language mystery piece, Quantum Movie (working title).The Euros7m production focuses on a historical meeting between physics genius Albert Einstein and other physicists at Brussels' Hotel ...
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Japanese majors to build major Tokyo cinema complex
Toho is joining forces with another Japanese major, Toei, to build a cinema complex in Shinjuku - a major Tokyo entertainment district. The move follows Toho's acquisition of Virgin Cinemas Japan for $83m earlier this year.The partners plan to construct the new complex in a commercial tower that Toei is ...
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German film fund changes under fire
Germany's Federal Finance Ministry (BMF) has come under fire from fund initiators and media lawyers for the recent additions to its Media Ruling requiring all decisions on a private film fund's activities to be taken exclusively by a board elected from the investors (ScreenDaily.com, August 2003).In a discussion organised by ...
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New theatrical distributor launches in Germany
Leading German independent producers Egoli Tossell Film and Wueste Film have joined forces with the Berlin-based exhibitor timebandits Medien to launch a new theatrical distributor - timebandits films.The distributor will have its headquarters in Potsdam. Timebandits Medien's co-owner Burkhard Voiges will serve as head of distribution.The initial line-up of films ...
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Singh's Videovision to handle Maqbool sales
Anant Singh's South African company Videovision Entertainment has signed a landmark deal with Indian production outfit Kaleidoscope Entertainment to handle international sales for critically acclaimed Indian film Maqbool. Producer Bobby Bedi's Maqbool, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, is set against the backdrop of the Mumbai underworld and stars Om Puri, ...