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NewsDKR vanquishes Total Recall in US with $36m hold
The Dark Knight Rises had enough in the tank to retain top spot in its third weekend in North America as an estimated $36.4m session through Warner Bros propelled the running total to $354.6m.
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NewsHilton, Stephens and Van Mil heading for the UK’s PFM
Sydney-based Jamie Hilton was voted the Australian producer most worth watching at the close of the MIFF 37º South Market, the four-day financing event that wrapped last night during the Melbourne International Film Festival.
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NewsIndependent Cinema Office launches new digital marketing course
Course aimed at marketeers promoting cultural or specialised releases.
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NewsTed breaks the Bat at the UK box office
Universal’s comedy storms to an estimated $14.3m (£9.32m) opening; Fox’s Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days opens strongly in third.
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NewsOliver Stone’s Savages to open Zurich Film Festival
Stone to make his third visit to Zurich Film Festival which gets underway September 20; thriller has grossed an estimated $46m in US and rolls out internationally in September.
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Ecuador’s SuperCines inks deal with AAM, Cinevise
Deal covers 150 screens, marks AAM’s first deal in Ecuador.
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NewsProduction Finance Market strikes Indian partnership
Partnership with Primeexchange will see one producer attend Film Bazaar in Goa.
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Magnet Releasing acquires all rights to Occupy Unmasked
Stephen K Bannon directed the Citizens United Productions documentary about the Occupy movement.
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NewsLionsgate UK, BFI partners in £100k Games for Films competition
Competition to promote upcoming releases aimed at games developers; prizes total £100,000.
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NewsKim Basinger joins cast of One Square Mile
EXCLUSIVE: Charles-Olivier Michaud’s first US film also stars Richard Jenkins.
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NewsInside, B.A. Pass among winners at Osian’s Cinefan
Delhi-based festival is shaping up to be a useful mid-year platform for India’s burgeoning indie film scene.
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NewsWarner Bros holds back 'unique' Gatsby for summer 2013
Baz Luhrmann’s film is out of this season’s awards race and must wait for the following year after studio chiefs decided its broad appeal was more suited to a summer release. The film was originally scheduled for a Dec 25 2012 launch.
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NewsUniversal Pictures crosses $1bn in record time
Top brass announced on Monday (Aug 6) that it had reached the North American milestone three months faster than its previous studio record of Nov 7, set in 2008.
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Weinsteins to finance and distribute The Ends Of The Earth
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has acquired worldwide rights to the epic romance from producers Escape Artists. Jennifer Lawrence is in talks to star.
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NewsDark Knight Rises up to $378m international BO
UPDATE: Warner Bros Pictures International confirmed on Monday (Aug 6) that The Dark Knight Rises grossed $66.7m at the weekend from 15,400 screens in 58 markets and drew 9.4m admissions. The running total has reached $378.1m.
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Sundance Selects takes US rights to The Central Park Five
Ken Burns co-directed the Toronto-bound documentary with his daughter Sarah Burns and her husband David McMahon. The film premiered in Cannes earlier this summer and will receive a theatrical launch.
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Production starts on Untitled Nicole Holofcener Project
Fox Searchlight made the announcement on Monday (Aug 6). The film stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Toni Collette, Ben Falcone, Eve Hewson and the celebrated teenage fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson in her feature debut.
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