All Paramount Pictures articles – Page 17

  • Iron Man 3
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    Iron Man 3 targets $650m

    2013-05-10T03:33:00Z

    Marvel Studios’ runaway success has raced to $563.4m outside North America through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International and is expected to hold on to its box office crown in the third session.

  • Pain & Gain
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    Pain prevails in US on $20m

    2013-04-28T23:10:00Z

    Paramount’s controversial Pain & Gain opened top of the North American charts on an estimated $20m and will need to make hay while the sun shines. Marvel Studios/Disney’s Iron Man 3 opens this week and will crush everything in sight.

  • G.I. Joe: Retaliation
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    G.I. Joe 2 storms China

    2013-04-21T19:28:00Z

    The Asian market’s powerhouse status is nothing new, however its ability to shape the box office landscape continued to inspire awe as a $33m opening week single-handedly returned the international box office crown to Paramount’s G.I. Joe: Retaliation.

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    Peter Kang earns Par stripes

    2013-04-15T20:22:00Z

    Paramount Pictures has appointed Peter Kang as evp of production. 

  • G.I. Joe: Retaliation
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    GI Joe rules int'l on $40.2m

    2013-04-07T20:14:00Z

    G.I. Joe: Retaliation held on to its international berth thanks to an estimated $40.2m weekend through Paramount Pictures International that propelled the early running total to $145.2m after two sessions.

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    G.I. Joe targets $125m int'l BO

    2013-04-05T05:54:00Z

    G.I. Joe: Retaliation rules the international roost and the action adventure looks a good bet to maintain winning ways heading into its second weekend.

  • G.I. Joe: Retaliation
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    G.I. Joe tops US on $41.2m

    2013-03-31T17:46:00Z

    G.I. Joe: Retaliation from Paramount, MGM and David Ellison’s slate financier Skydance Productions arrived on an estimated $41.2m to set the second best three-day Easter opening after Clash Of The Titans posted $61.2m in 2010.

  • G.I. Joe: Retaliation
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    Retaliation tops int'l on $80m

    2013-03-31T17:06:00Z

    UPDATED APR 1: Paramount, MGM and Skydance Productions’ G.I. Joe: Retaliation stormed to the top of the international class over the holiday weekend thanks to an estimated $80.3m debut that posted the best result of the year-to-date.

  • Rufus Sewell
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    British contingent joins Hercules

    2013-03-21T20:55:00Z

    Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell [pictured], Joseph Fiennes, Rebecca Ferguson, Aksel Hennie and John Hurt have joined the cast of Paramount and MGM’s Hercules.

  • Christopher Nolan
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    Warners, Paramount unite with Nolan

    2013-03-08T19:23:00Z

    The studios announced on Friday [8] they will jointly handle production and worldwide distribution on Christopher Nolan’s upcoming sci-fi Interstellar.

  • Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street
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    Wolf Of Wall Street out Nov 15

    2013-02-28T19:53:00Z

    Paramount Pictures announced that it will distribute Red Granite Pictures’ Wall Street saga in the US on Nov 15.

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    Irish actor Jack Reynor joins Transformers 4 cast

    2013-01-08T15:03:00Z

    Michael Bay announced on his website on Tuesday [8] that he has cast Reynor in the upcoming Transformers 4.

  • The Godfather
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    Park Circus to handle theatrical release of Paramount classics

    2012-12-18T12:08:00Z

    Park Circus has been appointed as repertory theatrical sales representative for Paramount’s library.

  • Rise Of The Guardians
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    Guardians edges out Twilight to rule international on $26m

    2012-12-09T19:43:00Z

    DreamWorks Animation’s Rise Of The Guardians dominated a tight international session as the family release reached an estimated $90.5m in its fourth weekend through Paramount Pictures International (PPI).

  • Dwayne Johnson
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    Paramount Pictures, MGM team up on Hercules

    2012-11-07T23:55:00Z

    Brett Ratner will direct Dwayne Johnson in the adaptation of the graphic novel Hercules: The Thracian Wars.

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    Madagascar 3 swings into top spot at the UK box office

    2012-10-22T16:38:00Z

    Paramount’s animation scores $9.6m (£6.0m) opening, including previews, to topple Taken 2; distributor records a one-two as Paranormal Activity 4 scares up $4.1m (£2.5m).

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    Paranormal 4 rules US box office with $30.2m debut

    2012-10-21T22:09:00Z

    Horror returned to the top of the North American charts over the weekend as the prevailing genre franchise stormed to the top through Paramount. Overall box office for the top 12 releases climbed approximately 12% against the same period last year when Paranormal Activity 3 opened top on $52.6m.

  • Paranormal Activity 4
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    Paranormal 4 edges out Taken 2 to rule international arena

    2012-10-21T20:14:00Z

    UPDATED: Paramount Pictures International (PPI) reported on Sunday (21) that Paranormal Activity 4 launched day-and-date with the number one North American weekend on a confirmed $26.2m, narrowly beating EuropaCorp’s thriller on $25.4m through Fox International. Meanwhile The Impossible has become the biggest release of the year-do-date in Spain on $25.5m ...

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    PPI unleashes first wave of Paranormal Activity 4

    2012-10-19T05:54:00Z

    Halloween approaches and so the horror returns. The fourth entry in the global horror smash goes out day-and-date with North America this weekend.

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    Paramount takes North America on Wolf Of Wall Street

    2012-10-16T16:28:00Z

    After several rounds with the US majors, financier Red Granite has found a domestic distributor for its upcoming Martin Scorsese-Leonardo DiCaprio reunion, teeing up what is expected to be a deluge of interest from international buyers at AFM.