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PPI reports $43m int'l holiday weekend for MI:4
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol ruled the roost for the second weekend thanks to an estimated $43m haul that drove up the running total to $140m through Paramount Pictures International (PPI).
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Ghost Protocol leads US holiday weekend on $27m
The fourth entry in Paramount’s Mission: Impossible action franchise climbed two places after expanding wide just before the holiday weekend and added an estimated $26.5m for $58.9m.
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Alberto Barbera succeeds Marco Mueller as Venice head
In a surprising turn of events, but which had been largely leaked in Italian wire reports, the board of the Italian Biennale arts organisation in a vote on Tuesday (Dec 27) has not confirmed Marco Mueller in the role of artistic director.
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Jessica Chastain, Howard Shore to receive PSIFF honours
The Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) has announced its final two honours of the current awards season.
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Breakaway Media on board world sales of Dolphin Boy
Mark Austin’s Breakaway Media and Pamela Rosenberg’s Hemisphere Productions in association with First Hand Films are handling worldwide sales on the documentary, which will screen at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in January.
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Ghost Protocol targets $200m heading into New Year
The Tom Cruise behemoth has raced to $169.3m and Paramount Pictures International (PPI) will look to retain its box office crown with strong holiday holdovoer business.
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Arthur Christmas dominates UK box office on Christmas weekend
Sony’s animation continues to impress on £2m, seeing off holdovers Sherlock Holmes and Alvin and the Chipmunks
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Ghost Protocol enters 2012 as top int'l film on $37m hold
Ghost Protocol soared past $225m thanks to an estimated $37m weekend haul from 54 markets through Paramount Pictures International (PPI) that propelled the running total to $225.3m and ensured supremacy for the third consecutive weekend.
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Paramount slate generates $5bn worldwide in 2011
Paramount celebrated another table topping performance for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in the week the studio announced its films crossed $5bn worldwide in 2011.
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Demi Moore, Eric Roberts, Adam Brody join Lovelace
The publicity machine behind the upcoming biopic about the porn star Linda Lovelace has unveiled the latest round of casting.
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Latido to handle international sales of Violeta Went To Heaven
Francisca Gavilán stars as famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra in Sundance-bound drama.
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Norway sees 2011 boost in admissions and best results for local films in 36 years
2011 cinema attendance up 5.7% on 2010; national films take 24.5% marketshare.
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Norlin takes over Stockholm's production grant
Lisa Aschan had been originally awarded the $700,000 prize.
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Kaleidoscope signs urban thriller Victim
UK outfit acquires drama written by and starring Ashley Chin and Michael Maris.
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Spain passes anti-piracy law to come into effect in March
New official committee will have authority to prosecute copyright infringing websites.
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Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol explodes at UK box office on £8.2m
Fourth instalment in the MI franchise beats newcomer The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, but figures boosted by previews.
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Moneyball, Hugo, The Artist among 2012 PGA nominees
Categories include the Darryl F Zanuck Producer Of The Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, The Producers Guild Of America Producer Of The Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures and previously announced documentary contenders.
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Molinare to shift focus away from equity post deals
EXCLUSIVE: London-based post-production outfit Molinare has revealed that its long term strategy will be based primarily around attracting productions through the quality of its work, as opposed to being required to make equity investments.