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AUSTRALIA 5 July
Columbia TriStar secured 441 prints for Spider-Man 2 for its opening weekend, four more than UIP's Shrek 2 was released on two weeksearlier, but the A$7,132,602 gross of the red superhero came nowhere nearneither the first nor the second weekend of the green giant.Five openers besides Spideyhit the chart on ...
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NEW ZEALAND 5 July
Spider-Man 2grossed NZ$1,156,748 from 75 screens on its opening weekend for ColumbiaTriStar. The result secured it the top position but only just: the filmattracted only about NZ$3,500 more in ticket sales than UIP's Shrek 2, which is in its third weekendin cinemas and is on 10 more screens.The best performer ...
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Thirst
Dir. Tawfik Abu Wael.Israel-Palestine. 110mins.A typical choice for Critics' Week at Cannes this year,Tawfik Abu Wael's first film is slow, elaborate and spare and, while itfunctions perfectly as a metaphor, will have trouble keeping its audience alertonce its symbols have been adequately deciphered.A brave debut for the28-year-old director, an Arab-Israeli ...
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Eurimages bankrolls Kahn, Chereau features
New feature projects by Cedric Kahn, Jan Svankmajer andPatrice Chereau are among 12 European co-productions which have been awarded atotal Euros 4.64m by the pan-European co-production fund Eurimages.The largest single amount - Euro 600,000 - was given to byCedric Kahn's L'Avion, which explores a child's universe and starsIsabelle Carre, Vincent ...
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Czechs launch new documentary market
The Czech International Documentary Film Festival inJihlava is to launch the first ever market for Eastern and Central Europeandocumentaries, it was announced during this week's Karlovy Vary Film Festival.Called East Silver, the launch comes as documentaries arereaching new heights of popularity, particularly in the theatrical market.Acollaboration with the Institute for ...
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Buddy, Beautiful Country lead Amanda nods
Two local films have dominated the nominations for the 20thNorwegian film and TV awards, the Amandas, which will be handed out during theHaugesund Film Festival on Aug 27.Hans Petter Moland's international refugee drama BeautifulCountry and Morten Tyldum's romantic comedy Buddy receivednominations for best film and best script, and Buddy's Anders ...
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Shrek 2 sparkles in UK
Shrek 2 added $76.7mto its international gross last weekend headed by record-breaking performancesin the UK and Spain.The UK/Ireland launch on July 2 yielded theterritory's biggest ever three-day opening weekend, excluding previews,with $19.4m (£10.6m) taken from 512 locations. This included theterritory's biggest ever Saturday gross taking $8.2m (£4.5m), aheadof Harry Potter ...
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DVD market to peak in 2007-08
Home entertainment softwarerevenues will peak at $60bn in 2008 before sliding slightly to $57bn in 2010 asthe DVD sector replaces VHS then settles into a pattern associated with amature industry, according to forecasts released yesterday by Informa Media. The figures compare with a total home entertainment market worth $52bn in ...
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Dawn Of The Dead crosses $95m worldwide for Strike, Universal
Universal/Strike's Dawn Of The Dead crossed $95m at the worldwide box officethis week after adding $400,000 in 13 markets through UIP at the weekend.The horror remake has amassed a$20m international running total through UIP, rising to $37m through alldistributors.Van Helsing is still active in 20 countries and has grossed$145m to ...
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Planeta 2010 makes first theatrical acquisition
Planeta 2010, the start-up multimedia division of publishing company Grupo Planeta, has acquired all rights to its first feature film, the Italian animation La Gabbianella E Il Gatto.The division picked up theatrical, video, pay-TV and free-TV rights to the film, which was produced by Italy's Cecchi Gori Group and successfully ...
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Spider-Man 2 spins multiple box office records
Sony's Spider-Man 2 leapt into action over the Independence Day holiday weekend,easily ranking top as it spun an estimated $115.8m record gross for Friday toMonday and an all-time high of $180.1m in its first six days.Both marks stem from the sequel's $40.5m record opening day lastWednesday (Jun 30) and studio ...
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Harry Potter flies high in Japan with $11.5m in second weekend
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban grossed an estimated $26.2m from morethan 8,460 screens in 50 countries at the weekend, raising its internationalrunning total to $369.4m.In its second weekend in Japan the family picture took a superb$11.5m and remained top with a $38.2m cumulative score.Azkabanraised its UK total by ...
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North American box office basks in Spider-man 2's holiday glory...
Sony executives have estimatedfour and six-day opening records for Spider-Man 2 in a triumphant Independence Day holiday weekend, tempered only by thefact that the original picture's legendary three-day mark remained unbeaten.Sam Raimi's sequel opened topin the US charts and grossed $180m from Wednesday to Monday and $115.8m fromFriday to Monday, ...
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...while industry opening records broken in 12 international territories
Sony's Spider-Man 2 launched its international run with a powerful $43m haul from morethan 28 territories at the weekend, fuelled by a spectacular Asian blitz thatdefied a typhoon and beat all-time records in seven out of eight markets.All in all the sequel brokeopening records in 12 markets and set the ...
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Spider-Man 2 spins multiple box office records
Sony's Spider-Man 2 leapt into action over the Independence Day holiday weekend,easily ranking top as it spun an estimated $115.8m record gross for Friday toMonday and an all-time high of $180.1m in its first six days.Both marks stem from the sequel's $40.5m record opening day lastWednesday (Jun 30) and studio ...
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JAPAN Production Listings - July 6 2004
JAPAN - July 7PRE-PRODUCTIONGODZILLA FINAL WARS(Toho Studio) Backers: Toho. Dist (Jap): Toho. The final installment of thefamous Japanese monster Godzilla series. Set in the near future, this time themutant monsters simultaneously attack New York, Paris, Tokyo and Shanghai.Prod: Shogo Tomiyama. Dir: Ryuhei Kitamura. DoP: Takumi Furuya. Main cast:Masahiro Matsuoka, Rei ...
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Japanese filmmakers turn to the past
It's not surprising that Japanese producers are making morefilms with the aid of digital technology, from DG cameras to animation paintprograms. Much of it is developed in Japan, even if its products are no longermade there. (The Japanese are almost as eager to outsource manufacturing andtech jobs as the Americans ...
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Kenworthy named new BAFTA chairman
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts hasannounced that Duncan Kenworthy OBE has become its new chairman, succeedingoutgoing chair Michael Attwell after his two year tenure. Attwell will continue to serve the Academyas deputy chair for a further year.Meanwhile, the elections to decide the British Academy'sCouncil of Management 2004/2005 ...
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Five new Swedish features get state funding
Five newSwedish feature films have been greenlit after securing support from theSwedish Film Institute.HenryMeyer's drama Four Weeks In June (Fyra Veckor I Juni), about a girl whois fed up with men and love, will be produced by Peter Kropenin of OmegaFilm. The film received $653,000 (SEK5m) in state funding and ...
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Filmax unveils Captain Thunder multimedia project
Barcelona-based mini-studio, The Filmax Group, is finalising plans for its "most ambitious" project this year: a feature film and spin-off multimedia ventures based on popular Spanish cartoon character Capitan Trueno (Captain Thunder).Director Juanma Bajo Ulloa - whose last feature film, 1997's Airbag, became the highest grossing Spanish film ever in ...