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Outlook remains stagnant for German market
The German advertising market will remain stagnant until next year, according to a survey by accountancy firm KPMG of 129 managers from the fields of film, broadcasting and publishing. The study found that almost half (48%) of the managers were not expecting an upturn in the advertising sector until 2004 ...
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Johnny English closes on $100m in international BO
Universal's smash spy spoof Johnny English grossed $3.9m from 2,679 sites in 29 countries over the weekend, raising its international running total to $98.6m.Holding firm in second place in the UK behind X2, Johnny English took $1.1m from 418 sites in its fifth week, dropping 41% from last weekend.The film ...
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X2 powers to $120.3m in international box office
Fox's X2: X-Men United was still the top international film in its second weekend, grossing $30.9m on 7,462 screens in 94 territories for a superb $120.3m international running total.Russia was the only new market following last week's sprawling day-and-date global release. The sci-fi sequel grossed just under $2.1m on 175 ...
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Back to school: new releases can't touch X2
Despite four new entries hitting the UK top ten this week none were able to come close to 20th Century Fox's X-Men sequel, X2. With a vast lead the comic-book title took $4.9m (£3.1m) in its second weekend, a 48% drop from its opening.X2 has already grossed $21.7m (£13.5m) in ...
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UK's Warner Village Cinemas sold to SBC for $402m
Independent UK exhibitor SBC International Cinemas has acquired Warner Village Cinemas, the UK exhibition joint venture between Warner Bros International Theatres and Village Roadshow, for $402m (£250m).At the same time, SBC is rumoured to be eyeing another local circuit, Cine-UK, which, with a current estate of 30 sites and 329 ...
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George Lucas launches digital animation unit
Seventeen years after selling Pixar to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs for $10m, George Lucas has launched his own digital animation unit called Lucasfilm Animation.These days Pixar is riding high on a market capitalisation of $3.3bn, fuelled by the wolrdwide success of titles like Toy Story and Monsters, Inc. Its films ...
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Buena Onda: by filmmakers, for filmmakers
Over the last year or so, many events have deeply affected the way we live and the way we (have to) think about the world. Wars have been waged, diseases have struck, ecological disasters are becoming so common we are immune to their being reported and people have been moved ...
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Portugese exhibitor to double screen count in 2004
Portugal's Socorama-Castello Lopes Cinemas exhibition chain plans to nearly double its screen count across the territory by the end of next year.The company, a joint venture between local exhibition pioneer Castello Lopes and four-year-old holding company JRP, aims to go from the 67 screens in 15 complexes it owned at ...
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Australia's FFC chief outlines new funding model
Six weeks into his new role as chief executive of Australia's Film Finance Corporation (FFC), Brian Rosen has called on local producers to make better use of his organisation's funds and to vary the ways they finance films. He also wants them to tell bigger stories that will attract the ...
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Bavaria Film takes int'l sales on Spanish Hours Of The Day
Bavaria Film International (BFI) has picked up international sales rights to Spanish filmmaker Jaime Rosales' directorial debut The Hours Of The Day (Las Horas Del Dia) which will have its world premiere in Cannes' Director's Fortnight sidebar on May 19.The story about the monotony of life in a small town ...
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Germany's VCL looks to US distribution
Germany's VCL Film + Medien has announced that it is advanced negotiations with an unnamed US major to have part of its feature film repertoire distributed by the studio through an independent label.In a statement, the video/DVD distributor-license trader stated that this deal "would give [..] the urgently needed ...
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Teresa Moneo named co-MD at Aurum
Teresa Moneo, former senior vice president of production at Miramax in London, has joined Spanish film distributor Aurum as co-managing director.She will work alongside Javier Gracia, Aurum's former subdirector of administration and finance, who has been promoted to co-managing director. Moneo and Gracia will both travel to Cannes with the ...
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X2 storms to $149m in second week
TwentiethCentury Fox's X2: X-Men United stayed top in its second session with anestimated $41.4m weekend haul that puts the sci-fi sequel on a mighty $149mafter 10 days.Thefilm is unlikely to extend its reign next week when Warner Bros opens TheMatrix Reloaded, but will now set it sights on putting as ...
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Anger, Darkness score abroad for CTFDI
Anger Management grossed $3.5m over the weekend ,scoring several number one openings to raise its international running total to$10.5m.The comedy, which is being handled by Columbia TriStar FilmDistributors International (CTFDI), opened top of the table in Germany on $2.3mon 870 screens, beating X2 in its second week.In the German-speaking parts ...
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Anger, Darkness score in foreign openings for CTFDI
Anger Management grossed $3.5m over the weekend, scoring severalnumber one openings to raise its international running total to $10.5m.The comedy, which is beinghandled by Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI), opened topof the table in Germany on $2.3m on 870 screens, beating X2 in itssecond week.In the German-speaking partsof Switzerland ...
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Welcome to Dogville
Whenever Danish maverick Lars von Trier premieres a new film at Cannes, audiences can expect something innovative and provocative. Breaking The Waves, The Idiots and Dancer In The Dark all aroused strong reactions on the Croisette - and his latest film, Dogville starring Nicole Kidman, should be no exception. Like ...
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Sundance acquires Die Mommie Die for US release
The Sundance Channel has acquired all US rights to Mark Rucker'sdirectorial debut Die Mommie Die with a theatrical release through the Sundance Film Series slatedfor autumn.An ode to the Ross Hunter-style cinema soaps of the 1960s, DieMommie Die deals withthe fall-out from a two-timing pop diva's attempt to murder her ...
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France's MK2 boards Korea's Hong Sang-soo project
The as-yet untitled fifth project by South Korean director Hong Sang-soo has secured partial financing from French production/distribution company MK2. The company will reportedly distribute the film directly through its French distribution circuit, as well as handling international sales and marketing outside of Asia.Currently in the casting stage, Hong's ...
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Australia's Imagine to release Undead
Australia's distribution newcomer Imagine Entertainment has picked up local rights to Undead, the horror film produced, directed and written by Queensland-based brothers Peter and Michael Spierig. Imagine principal John Vale will release the film after it has shown at all three east coast festivals, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. The film ...
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Odeon Cinemas' Segal to receive Cinema Expo award
Richard Segal, chief executive of the UK's Odeon Cinemas, is to be honoured as Exhibitor of the Year at the forthcoming Cine Expo cinema convention in Amsterdam (June 23-26).A well-respected executive in the UK cinema industry, Segal was installed as chief of Odeon shortly after the circuit was acquired by ...