All articles by Blanka Elekes Szentagotai – Page 2
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HUNGARY 14 October
With the Septemberrush over, a very modest weekend at the Hungarian box office was dominated by The Village which held onto its leadposition in the third week of its release with just over 12,000 admissions.None of last week'snew releases could outdo this performance, both UIP-Duna Film's The Stepford Wives and ...
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ROMANIA 30 September
Veteran Romanian director Sergiu Nicolaescu's latestproduction, Orient Express was thetalk of the town last week opening with a total of nearly 9,000 admissions. Thehistorical drama released by MediaPro Film Distribution opened on seven printsjust like Hollywood production TheChronicles Of Riddick and was only defeated by less than one thousandadmissions to ...
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HUNGARY 29 September
With a multitude ofnew releases hitting Hungarian cinemas last week, it was M. Night Shyamalan's The Village that grabbed the box officetop spot with over 32,000 admissions on a strong twenty-eight prints. The Terminal was able to maintain secondspot despite powerful challengers and Hungarian action-comedy Argo is still third and ...
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HUNGARY 14 September
As expected I, Robotdebuted at the top of the Hungarian box office list with nearly 42,000admissions on its opening weekend, but Pedro Almodovar's latest Bad Education was the success story inHungarian cinemas. The film produced the second strongest opening ever for anAlmodovar film in Hungary after Talk ToHer.Meanwhile despite the ...
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ROMANIA 9 September
I, Robot proved to be a real catch with Romanian audiences when it debuted at thetop of the box office admissions list with a screen average of nearly twothousand admissions after being released on seven prints by distributorInterComFilm. Pieces Of April fromNew Films couldn't quite match the splendid performance of ...
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HUNGARY 8 September
King Arthur openedstrongly at the Hungarian box office but meant no real competition for Garfield which managed nearly 40,000admissions in the second week of its release and is fast approaching the200,000 admissions mark.While Budapest Film's Szezon(Season) opened strongly on eleven prints, French production Fureur flopped painfully for distributorBest Hollywood and ...
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HUNGARY 31 August
Hungarian audiences were ready for new releases last weekendwhen four of the week's five new titles made it into the top ten.Following strong previews, Garfield came out on top with over 60,000 admissions taking itstotal over the 100,000 mark.Halle Berry's Catwomanshowed no strength in the duel of the cats and ...
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ROMANIA 30 August
Shrek 2. managedto succeed in what many films failed in previously, namely to lure Romanianaudiences back into the cinemas. The film which was released on seven prints bydistributor RO-Image 2000 opened with over 11,000 admissions, a rarely seenstrong performance at the Romanian cinemas. It is also likely to hold onto ...
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Kontroll named as Hungarian Oscar contender
NimrodAntal's debut feature Kontroll has been named as the official Hungarianentry for the 77th Academy Awards in the best foreign language film category.Antal's featurefilm was premiered in Un Certain Regard in Cannes where it won the Prix de la Jeunesse.Since Cannes, Kontroll has been invited to numerous film festivals including ...
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ROMANIA 23 August
Two new releases hit the Romanian cinemas last weekend bothperforming strongly despite summer sunshine and the Olympic games.Starsky And Hutchdebuted at the top of the pack with just over 4,500 admissions on six screens.But the real audience favourite was RaisingHelen with a screen average of over 1,000 admissions.
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Romanian productions get state funding
Romania'sstate film funding body CNC it to contribute to the production of elevenfeatures and eleven shorts.Sixof the features - funded with around Euros 200,000 each - are debuts andinclude Love Sick, byproducer-director Tudor Giurgiu. His previous works include the short film Popcorn Story, a former Berlinaleparticipant.Love Sick is a coming-of-age ...
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HUNGARY 10 August
Even though Shrek 2. is still the top of the listfor the sixth week running, SPI's Twistedhas proved a real favorite with Hungarian audiences opening in second placewith over 10,000 admissions on 15 prints.The Prince And Me was a disappointment after failing to reach 6,000admissions on sixteen prints and is ...
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HUNGARY 14 July
Shrek 2 led the box office at Hungarian cinemas over the weekend.Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights came closest to challenging ogre-mania, but fell wayshort with just over 10,000 admissions on 15 prints to Shrek's 85,000.Hidalgo was clearly the disappointment of the week with a mere 8,500 admissions ontwenty prints while ...
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ROMANIA 1 July
Four new releaseshit the Romanian cinemas last week but none could outdo the continuedperformance of the third Harry Potterepisode or Troy which is nearing the200,000 admission mark, something rarely seen in the Romanian market.One of last week'smajor flops belonged to vampire flick, Underworldwhich only managed just over 2,000 admissions on ...
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ROMANIA 9 June
WhileTroy and The Day After Tomorrow are still top of the Romanian box officechart, new release 50 First Datesmade a strong entry and joined the leading pack after managing a healthy 6,500admissions on five prints.TheSandler-Barrymore comedy was the only new release to make an impact. The rest,including Sylvia and the ...
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Top Cannes titles find Hungarian home
Hungary'spremiere art house distributor Budapest Film has acquired local rights forseveral high profile Cannes titles, including Pedro Almodovar's BadEducation, EmirKusturica's Life Is A Miracle, Wong Kar Wai's 2046 and Agnes Jaoui's Look At Me.Budapest Film alsopicked up Hungarian rights to three other competition titles: Korean directorPark Chan-Wook's Old Boy, Hirokazu ...
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HUNGARY 13 May
Hugh Jackman's Monster flickwas unrivalled last weekend at the Hungarian box office after being released ona strong thirty-three prints by distributor UIP-Duna Film although not quitematching the results of the director's previous works, The Mummy and TheMummy Returns. The film managed over 45,000 admissions which,along with thepre-screening results means the ...
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ROMANIA 7 May
Despite strong attempts from AlongCame Polly and Taking Lives, ThePassion of the Christ is stillstrongly holding its top position at the Romanian box office. The film tookover ten thousand admissions in the third week of its release and itscummulative admissions are now nearing the 120,000 mark.The only real threat the ...
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ROMANIA 7 May
Despite strong attempts from AlongCame Polly and Taking Lives, ThePassion of the Christ is stillstrongly holding its top position at the Romanian box office. The film tookover ten thousand admissions in the third week of its release and itscummulative admissions are now nearing the 120,000 mark.The only real threat the ...
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ROMANIA 22 April
Following an weak period at the Romanian box office, last weekend saw an impressive number of admissions, the two main attractions being Mel Gibson's The Passion Of The Christ and 21 Grams, but most other films also improved on their previous performances.The Passion which features one of Romania's bestselling acting ...