All 20th Century Studios articles – Page 10
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NewsFox unleashes Die Hard 5
The Bruce Willis action thriller arrives in 58 territories this weekend.
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NewsLife Of Pi reaches $400m international, $500m worldwide
Fox 2000’s epic adventure and multiple Oscar nominee crossed both milestones on Tuesday [22].
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NewsLife Of Pi leads int’l session on $33m, Hobbit crosses $600m
Fox International’s adventure epic directed by Ang Lee capped a fine week that saw the film pick up 11 Oscar nominations and retain its hold on the charts thanks to an estimated $33.2m haul from 67 markets that boosted the running total to $357.4m.
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NewsSteven Spielberg puts Robopocalypse on backburner
It emerged on Wednesday [9] that The DGA nominee – eying a seventh best director Oscar nomination on Thursday – has postponed start of production on the sci-fi adaptation.
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NewsFox International led studio box office in bumper 2012
The second highest calendar year in the company’s history delivered a mighty $2.714bn in aggregated grosses powered by Ice Age: Continental Drift’s $718.1m haul.
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NewsFox International’s Life Of Pi usurps Hobbit, crosses $300m
JAN 7 UPDATE: Fox 2000’s acclaimed Yann Martel adventure brought in a confirmed $59.3m over the weekend to edge out The Hobbit in a race that turned out to be much closer than originally thought, buoyed by Fox’s fourth biggest debut of all time in Russia.
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NewsFox International Productions, Bona unveil production deal
The announcement follows a deal signed this May in which FIP parent company News Corp acquired a 19.9% equity stake in Bona.
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NewsTaken 2 restores faith in North American box office
EuropaCorp’s thriller starring Liam Neeson as the protective family man with a very particular set of skills stormed to the top on an estimated $50m through Fox in what EuropaCorp sources called the biggest launch of a French film at the US box office.
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NewsFox Int'l unleashes Taken 2 in 25-plus territories
Liam Neeson and his very particular set of skills are back and audiences in the UK, Australia and China will be among those who can watch EuropaCorp’s thriller day-and-date with North American filmgoers.
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NewsTom Rothman to produce Robopocalypse for DreamWorks, Fox
The outgoing co-head of Twentieth Century Fox said: “If you are in politics, you dream of a call from the White House, in baseball, from the Yankees, in movies, from Steven Spielberg.”
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NewsFox releases Prometheus early through Digital HD start-up
The new service from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will allow download of more than 600 Fox films in the US on Amazon, CinemaNow, Google Play, iTunes, PlayStation, VUDU, Xbox Live and YouTube.
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NewsIce Age franchise crosses $2bn internationally
Fox made the announcement on Tuesday (21) as Ice Age: Continental Drift became the second biggest animated release at the international box office on $653m, behind Ice Age 3 on $693.9m.
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NewsFox to distribute DreamWorks Animation slate
The five-year deal kicks in after the current arrangement with Paramount expires at the end of the year and runs from 2013 through 2017.
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NewsIce Age 4 poised to cross $600m internationally
Fox International and Blue Sky Studios’ animation behemoth was expected to reach the milestone on Wednesday (8).
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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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NewsIce Age 4 tops US on $46m, Spidey crosses $200m
An excellent weekend overall for Fox saw Blue Sky Studios’ latest animation, Ice Age: Continental Drift, open at number one on an estimated $46m for a worldwide running total of $385m.
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NewsIce Age 4 usurps Spidey to dominate int’l arena on $95m
Fox International reported that in its third weekend the animation was active on 14,131 screens in 64 markets and has now reached a $339m running total.
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NewsFox Int’l confirms $80m weekend launch for Ice Age 4
By the final reckoning the opening session generated a couple of million dollars more than original estimates, the studio said on Monday (Jul 2).
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NewsIce Age 4 red hot on $78m as Spider-Man spins $50m
Fox International’s animation juggernaut shows no sign of slowing up as the latest episode inspired a mighty launch despite opening on a smaller initial footprint than its predecessor. Sony’s Spidey reboot also debuted strongly in a relatively limited first wave.
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NewsIce Age 4 builds on muscular starts in France, Australia
UPDATE: As of Friday Fox International’s follow-up to the behemoth that is Ice Age 3 had grossed more than $11m from 12 of this weekend’s initial wave of 37 markets.