All Paramount Pictures articles – Page 18
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NewsParanormal Activity 4 Want It campaign strikes global gold
Paramount’s savvy Facebook marketing campaign launched nearly three months ago and has engaged fans from Russia to Peru.
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NewsMystery thriller Flight to close 50th New York Film Festival
The world premiere of Robert Zemeckis’s return to live-action filmmaking will be the first chance awards watchers get to see Paramount’s contender before it opens on Nov 2.
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NewsParamount, Facebook unite on Paranormal Activity 4 campaign
The partnership will allow fans of the upcoming horror franchise release to watch the film free in 25 cities around the world using Facebook’s Want It application. It also gives the studio a three-month start on building awareness through the viral platform of social media.
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NewsMadagascar 3 stays top internationally on $53m
DreamWorks Animation’s animals have coaxed an estimated $157m out of film-goers through Paramount Pictures International after the film played in 10,957 theatres in 43 territories in its second weekend and proved too strong for the competition.
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NewsRock disappoints as Madagascar 3 rules US on $36m
DreamWorks Animation’s latest release held on to its number one berth through Paramount as an estimated $35.5m boosted the tally after two weekends to $121m. New Line’s Rock Of Ages opened third through Warner Bros.
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NewsParamount makes preemptive play for The Diviners
Libba Bray’s upcoming novel will follow a band of young New Yorkers with mysterious powers who become embroiled in an epic battle after a series of occult slayings.
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NewsParamount tops US charts as Madagascar 3 debuts on $60m
Fresh from its out-of-competition berth in Cannes, DreamWorks Animation’s family release led a mighty session as it opened top through Paramount to vanquish a spirited $50m debut by Fox’s R-rated Prometheus.
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Paramount signs first-look with producer Ian Bryce
It also emerged on Wednesday (May 2) that Bryce, a best picture Oscar nominee for Saving Private Ryan, has hired Rebecca Rajkowski as director of development.
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NewsRussell Crowe confirmed for Paramount / New Regency’s Noah
The Australian actor will play Noah in Darren Aronofsky’s feature of the same name, the studio said on Sunday (22).
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Mic Kramer to head international publicity at Paramount
The studio veteran most recently served as head of publicity at GK Films and will start in his new position as evp of international publicity on Apr 16.
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NewsParamount, YouTube strike online rental deal
Despite ongoing legal action between parent companies Viacom and Google over an alleged piracy incident stemming back to 2006, the companies said YouTube would make close to 500 titles available online.
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NewsSacha Baron Cohen, Paramount agree first-look deal
In advance of the May 11 release of The Dictator, the star’s Four By Two label has signed a three-year deal with Paramount.
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NewsParamount, Bad Robot extend first-look deal
The key exclusive relationship between the studio and J J Abrams’ production company will now run through December 2015.
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Davi Oliveira to oversee Brazil for PHMD
Oliveira will oversee marketing, sales and distribution in the territory for Paramount Home Media Distribution (PHMD) and will report to Dave Davis, svp Asia Pacific and Latin America physical and digital transactional sales.
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NewsRoger Pollock exits Paramount Pictures International
The shakeup continues as it emerged on Monday (Jan 9) that the evp of distribution and operation has decided to leave the company.
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NewsGhost Protocol targets $200m heading into New Year
The Tom Cruise behemoth has raced to $169.3m and Paramount Pictures International (PPI) will look to retain its box office crown with strong holiday holdovoer business.
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NewsParamount leads 2011 studio int’l share with record $3bn
Paramount Pictures International (PPI) has become the first company to reach the milestone for international ticket sales in a calendar year, a fitting testament to the strategic mastery of former president Andrew Cripps.
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NewsGhost Protocol scores all-time top Hollywood launch in India
Tom Cruise charmed the sub-continent as Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol opened on a sensational INR 26 – approximately $5m – over three days last weekend, according to local distributor Viacom 18.
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NewsNic Crawley to head international marketing at Paramount
Crawley most recently served as svp of international marketing for Walt Disney Studios and commences work immediately.
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NewsGhost Protocol storms int’l box office on $69m launch
Tom Cruise returned with a vengeance as Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol grossed a confirmed $69.4m and pushed Paramount Pictures International (PPI) to the brink of $3bn in ticket sales for the year-to-date.