All articles by Vladan Petkovic – Page 16
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SERBIA/MONTENEGRO 2 September
Two newcomersentered the Serbian-Montenegrin market this weekend, pushing down Garfield and Shrek 2. I, Robot openedwith 4,135 tickets and $20,118, including previews for Tuck, while Pro Vision'sJersey Girl took second place with2,046 admissions and total gross of $6,830.Tuck's Garfield did sell more tickets (2,098)than Girl, but due to a significantlylower ...
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Serbia and Montenegro faces film piracy challenge
The weekends ofAug 16-18 and 23-25 were the worst in terms of admissions and revenues inSerbia and Montenegro since 1997. The first saw ticket sales of 11,872($31,249) for the whole territory, while the latter had even less: only 11,120spectators who spent $29,145. Spider-Man2 sold only 4,744 tickets in its second ...
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Motovun film fest maintains youth appeal
The sixth editionof the Motovun Film Festival took place from July 26-30 in the town of Istria,Croatia. Unlike most world festivals that are more market-oriented, what setsthis festival apart is its focus on presenting films to film-lovers as well as toprofessionals, as well as featuring a large number of side ...
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SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO 14 July
As Spider-Man 2 opened with $23,268 for theweekend to add to a total of $60,062 from 16,254 admissions including previews,distributor Tuck is now behind the top four films in the Serbian-Montenegrinchart.Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban follows with 3,296 tickets in its thirdweekend and total of $140,456; while the ...
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SERBIA & MONTENEGRO 17 June
In the overall41% decline of the Serbian-Montenegrin market last weekend, mostly due topresidential elections that took place on Sunday, Kill Bill Vol. 2 failed to beat the two frontrunners of the pastthree weeks.Selling 2,576admissions for the weekend and another 885 at previews, the latest offeringfrom Quentin Tarantino earned a total ...
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UIP returns to Serbia and Montenegro
After a year'sabsence, UIP releases are to be handled by a new distributor in Serbia andMontenegro.UIPs new localdistributor, Taramount Film was launched in Belgrade last week, following thecollapse of Vans, its former principal distributor in the territory.Taramount Film isa sister company of Slovenian Karantanija Cinemas and Croatian VTI, who havebeen ...
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SERBIA/MONTENEGRO 3 June
Unlike in themost of the international territories, TheDay After Tomorrow has not managed to open at number one in Serbia andMontenegro. Roland Emmerich's disaster monster sold 14,565 admissions to gross$60,776 for Tuck. The same distributor's Troyhas held the pole position in its third weekend, adding 19,081 admissions tothe total of ...
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Serbia launches film industry rescue scheme
In abid to stem the decline of the local film industry, the creation of the FilmCenter of Serbia was announced last week. "Serbian cinema is on its death bed,but this is not a funeral. This the celebration for the opening of its new ER",said Djordje Milicevic, founder and president of ...
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SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO 9 May
After having changed itstitle from Civil Life (Civilni Zivot) to Fall Into Paradise! (Pad U Raj) just a couple of days before its premiere, Milos Radovic'ssecond feature kept the pole position at the Serbian-Montenegrin chart.The story of a Serbian blackmarket king who shoots down an American plane with a rocket ...
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When I Grow Up I'll Be A Kangaroo (Kad Porastem Bicu Kengur), the new teen comedy from Thunderbirds (Munje) (2001) director Radivoje Rasa Andric and producers Milko Josifov and Zoran Cvijanovic opened at number one last weekend, selling 19,319 admissions for a total gross of $75,695 for Cinears.Josifov is a ...
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Despite its continuous decline (56% this weekend), Robbery Of The Third Reich is still taking up most of the Serbian-Montenegrin box office. After this weekend's 9,907 admissions, the local blockbuster has now grossed a total of $754,596 for Mirius.The following three positions belong to Tuck's Something's Gotta Give, Runaway Jury ...
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In spite of its gradual decline, Robbery Of The Third Reich is still stealing most of the Serbian-Montenegrin box office. In its fourth weekend, the local blockbuster sold another 20,297 admissions and remained unchallenged in the top position with a total gross of $669,716 for Mirius.Tuck opened Something's Gotta Give ...
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The Robbery Of The Third Reich, Serbian buddy-comedy about two petty thieves trying to make it in WW2 Berlin has practically robbed the market. Its 55,178 admissions for the three-day weekend is the biggest opening since Zamfir's Zona in November 2002, the highest-ever grossing film in the territory.The two local ...
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The Last Samurai continues to dominate the Serbian-Montegrin box office, having sold another 10,576 tickets in its third weekend and has now grossed a total of $241,643.Tuck also released Gothika which attracted 6,265 tickets and total gross of $22,480. The Halle Berry vehicle pushed Love Actually down a position and ...
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Belgrade film festival becomes theatrical distributor
The Belgrade International Film Festival has become a theatrical distributor by acquiring rights for Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia to Berlinale Golden Bear winner Head On.The film's first outing in the region will be at the 32nd Belgrade International Film Festival- FEST, (Feb 27 - Mar 7).For the past ...
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As expected, The Return Of The King dominated the Serbian-Montenegrin chart for the fifth weekend in a row - attracting 5,451 tickets (down 50%) to add to its massive cumulative gross of $622,213 for Tuck.Tuck also opened The Rundown with 4,472 tickets and $12,485 - giving the company the top ...
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The trio at the top of the Serbian-Montenegrin chart has not changed since the last weekend in spite of two new openers.The Return Of The King still reigns with 10,292 admissions for the weekend and now has grossed a total of $589,531 and Mona Lisa Smile is holding strong after ...
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No big news at the Serbian-Montenegrin market in the second weekend of 2004. Tuck is on top with Return Of The King which sold another 15,328 admissions to total of 138,459 and massive cumulative gross of $533,135 in only three weeks.The same distributor successfully opened with Mona Lisa Smile in ...
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Jackie Chan probably deserved better than the January 1 release date given to his latest film The Medallion. The film didn't stand much chance of competing with some well-known titles that have been around for the entire holiday season.The Medallion produced one of the weakest Jackie Chan openings ever in ...
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There seems to be nothing new at Serbian-Montenegrin film market. After last week's opening of Tuck's Master And Commander: Far Side Of The World in first position, the season's favourite Small World is back on top with 194,170 admissions and total gross of $458,857. Peter Weir's latest sold 5,675 admissions ...