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FeaturesProfile: Vertigo Films
The success of StreetDance 3D has given UK producer-distributor Vertigo Films ambitions for larger-scale films. Wendy Mitchelltalks to Rupert Preston and James Richardson.
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NewsNBC Universal, StudioCanal extend joint venture, distribution agreements
NBC Universal and StudioCanal have furthered the companies’ ties in home entertainment. They have extended two separate joint venture and distribution agreements.
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NewsUK box office: Eclipse has biggest UK opening of 2010
E1 Films’ release of the third instalment in the Twilght Saga eclipsed all rivals at the UK box office in its debut weekend.
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NewsWasted on the Young to go out through Paramount in Australia
Paramount Pictures has finally announced that it will be releasing Sydney Film Festival competition title Wasted On The Young, directed by Ben C Lucas, in its home market of Australia.
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NewsPeccadillo takes Loose Cannons for UK
Peccadillo Pictures has acquired the UK and Irish rights to Ferzan Ozpetek’s Loose Cannons (Mine Vaganti).
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Sundance Selects adds Colin Fitz Lives! to VOD pipeline
VOD platform Sundance Selects has acquired rights to Robert Bella’s dark comedy Colin Fitz Lives!
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NewsEclipse rules overseas as $81m sinks tough competition
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse reigned supreme over a spectacular international weekend thanks to an estimated $81.1m fuelled by number one launches in the UK, France and South Korea.
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NewsDespicable Me topples Eclipse to lead weekend on $60.1m
Universal’s first 3D animation Despicable Me soared to the top of the charts on an estimated $60.1m over the weekend.
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NewsEclipse looks to grow in second wave of overseas launches
A second big weekend awaits Summit International’s The Twilight Saga: Eclipse as it looks to build on its sizeable imprint from last week.
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NewsAvatar to return in August with extra eight minutes
Fox will release Avatar: Special Edition in theatres on August 27 in a limited engagement in 3D and IMAX 3D.
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NewsParamount Int'l crosses $1bn faster than in 2009
This marks a week earlier than PPI crossed the $1bn international mark in 2009, and the second-fastest time in the studio’s international box office (after 2008, which was a $2bn year).
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Deluxe Digital London, SmartJog sign digital delivery pact
Deluxe Digital London has signed a deal with digital delivery service SmartJog’s pan-European network for the delivery of digital cinema packages to theatres.
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Lorber Films takes all US rights to Salt Of This Sea
Lorber Films has acquired all US rights from Pyramide International to Annemarie Jacir’s English and Arabic SaltOf This Sea.
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Elephant Eye acquires US rights to Prince Of Broadway
New York-based Elephant Eye has picked up Sean Baker’s third feature, the comedy Prince Of Broadway, and has set a September 3 platform release in New York.
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IMAX to add five theatres in Philippines
IMAX and exhibitor and mall operator SM Prime Holdings have struck a deal to install five digital IMAX projection systems at SM shopping centres across the Philippines.
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NewsUK box-office boom continues, spurred by 3D
UK box-office tops $756m (£500m) in first half of 2010, 3% ahead of first half of 2009.
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NewsNetwork Releasing picks up Abel, Heartbeats
The UK distributor has secured Diego Luna’s directorial debut and Xavier Dolan’s I Killed My Mother follow up.
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NewsBayside Shakedown 3 opens strong in Japan for Toho
The third feature film in the Bayside Shakedown series opened strongly at the top of the Japanese box office this weekend, with the potential to cross the $100m threshold.
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Korean box-office grosses up 14% thanks to 3D boom
South Korean box office gross went up 14.6% year-on-year in the first half, despite a 3.9% dip in admissions, according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC).
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Higginson, Huntley promoted at Fox International
Fox International has made two key promotions, naming Paul Higginson executive vice-president of Europe theatrical and Todd Huntley senior vice-president of Europe theatrical.