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CTFDI takes $8.1m from S.W.A.T., bringing total to $68.1m
The police action thriller S.W.A.T. raised its cumulative total to $68.1mover the weekend.Released by Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International(CTFDI), it grossed $8.1m from 3,700 sites.Opening figuresand ranking for Russia were unavailable on Dec 14, although the distributorreported good holds throughout most of Europe on Friday and Saturday.
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AFI top ten list omits Mountain, Grams
The American Film Institute(AFI) announced its 10 best films of 2003 today (Dec 14), unveiling a heavilydramatic roster of mainstream and independent titles that is also distinguishedby several notable omissions.After deliberating for twodays the 13-person jury comprising academics, critics and trustees named thefollowing titles: American Splendor, Finding Nemo, The Human ...
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Samurai continues to wow in Japan with $4.6m weekend
Warner Bros International's The Last Samurai continued to slice through thecompetition in its second weekend in Japan, adding an estimated $4.6m (Yen511.9m)from 538 screens.The action epic, in which TomCruise plays a disillusioned Civil War veteran who undergoes a spiritualawakening in Japan, has now grossed $19.2m (Yeb2.1bn) in the territory.The runningtotal ...
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$10m more for Love Actually as international gross soars to $87m
Universal's Love Actually grossed an estimated $10m from 2,800theatres in 28 countries through UIP at the weekend, raising its internationalrunning total to $87m.The total excludes France,where the film is distributed by Studiocanal and has taken $3m to date. Theromantic comedy is looking good to pass $100m with 13 countries still ...
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Italy's Buskin opens co-production outfit in China
BuskinFilm, the Rome-based sales outfit, has opened an office in Beijing with the aimof co-producing projects and getting involved in product placement andservicing for international productions shooting in China. Buskinis already co-producing a project for China's CCTV with Beijing Xin Ying ShiCulture. The 20-part drama is the third instalment of ...
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UK plans multiple co-production treaties
The UK is to strike co-production treaties with SouthAfrica, China, India, Jamaica and Morocco, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowellannounced on Monday.The treaties will be developed with each country overthe next 18 months. Jowell recently signed a statement of intent with the SouthAfrican Minister for Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan."More than 27 ...
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Japan's MPT asks government to carry digital costs
Japan's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) has proposed that the Japanese government should shoulder the cost of the country's transition to digital terrestrial broadcasting, which is scheduled to begin in 2003. Representatives from the MPT, public broadcaster NHK and the commercial networks presented estimates of the cost to a ...
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Copenhagen kids festival gets new director
Dionysos ReitsKerasiotis is to take over as director of the Copenhagen InternationalChildrens Film Festival, 'Buster', from the sixth edition in September.Kerasiotis will replace outgoing director Ane Skak. After five years,the festival is showing impressive attendance figures. In 2004, 18.000 admissions were sold for a total of139 screenings over just a ...
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German media funds still tilt heavily to Hollywood
German media funds raised Euros 1.5bn from private investorslast year, 15% less than 2003's total of Euros 1.76bn, according to a marketanalysis by fund specialist Stefan Loipfinger's Fondstelegramm.For the first time this year, the analysis showed where theGerman private equity was being invested and fuelled the criticism that themedia funds ...
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Perfume, Klimt awarded German funds
New features by Tom Tykwer, Raoul Ruiz and Tomy Wigand areamong five projects awarded over Euros 4.6m by Bavaria's Film & TelevisionFund FFF Bayern in its latest round of funding.Tykwer's adaptation of Patrick Sueskind's bestselling novel Perfumefor Constantin Film Produktion received the largest amount - Euros 1.6m - withan additional ...
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International network of casting directors launched
Fifteen feature film casting directors from seven countrieshave founded the International Network of Casting Directors (INCD).The idea for an informal international network was floatedduring a meeting of casting directors during European Film Promotion's ShootingStars event at the Berlinale. Until now, casting directors have only been organised innational associations, but INCD ...
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Gaumont profits jump three-fold
Aftera few lackluster years, fortunes at French major Gaumont are on the rise.Announcing2004 figures on Monday, the company reported revenues of Euros 88.6m ($115m), a26% increase over 2003, and profits of Euros 9.7m up from Euros 2.8m theprevious year.Ina press release, the world's oldest film studio noted that the jump ...
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Atlantic Alliance forced to put Holocaust drama on hold after Rywin imprisonment
Production on Atlantic Alliance Pictures' Holocaust drama LoveIs A Survivor was put onhold yesterday (28) after producers said there were insufficient funds tocomplete the project.Atlantic Alliance president Harris Salomon said he and Britishassociates had secured 75% of the Euros 7m budget, but added that the balanceremained "elusive".Salomon said the New ...
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Atlantic Streamline sets start date for horror movie Butterfly
The psychological horror story Butterfly, A Grimm Love Story starring Keri Russell and ThomasKretschmann is set to begin filming in Germany in March.Marco Weber's Atlantic Streamline is financing and producing theproject, about a research student who descends into depravity in order tounderstand the mind of a cannibal killer.TS Faull wrote ...
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DTS opens new subsidiary offices in Paris, Rome
Digital technology company DTS (Digital Theater Systems) hasopened subsidiary offices in Paris and Rome following its recent expansion intoHong Kong and Canada.Both new offices will offer exclusive transfer facilities and theusual DTS range of audio delivery and image restoration services."The opening of subsidiaries in Paris and Rome furtherreinforces DTS' commitment ...
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AUSTRALIA 1 March
Constantine was the most popular film at the boxoffice for the four-day weekend to Sunday February 27, taking A$2,986,988 from289 screens. This was nearly three times more than the result for TheAviator, which was in second position after leading the chart for the twoprevious weekends. Constantine had easily the biggest ...
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Australian newcomer buys Shortbus, Dumplings
Australiantheatrical newcomer Accent Film Entertainment has acquired both Shortbus,which is still in pre-production, and Dumplings, from Fortissimo FilmSales. "Hedwig And TheAngry Inch was such a wonderful film that we were very keen to jump onboard director John Cameron Mitchell's new film Shortbus aboutrelationships in New York post-9/11," said general manager ...
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CineMedia strikes output deal with Buena Vista
Germany's CineMedia has secured an output deal for theatrical distribution in German-speaking territories of its film titles with Buena Vista International. The long-term deal covers all current feature films where CineMedia has German territorial rights and kicks off with What Women Want, the Mel Gibson film that goes into production ...
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South Australia offers production incentive
South Australia is soon to offer producers a new incentiveto shoot in the state - a 10% rebate on the cost of local cast and crew,including post-production personnel.South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) chief executiveHelen Leake told Screendaily.com that the initiative is being introducedon a trial basis and is capped at ...
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SPAIN Production Listings - March 2
PRE PRODUCTION ALATRISTE(Estudios Picasso, Origen PC, Universal Studios) Budget: Euros 20m. Intl sales:TF1 International. The tales of a 17th century adventurer and his sidekick.Dir/scr: Agustin Diaz Yanes, based on the novel by Arturo Perez Reverte. Maincast: Viggo Mortensen, Eduardo Noriega, Javier Camara, Elena Anaya and AriadnaGil Shooting from March 7 ...