All articles by Robert Mitchell – Page 13
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UK/IRELAND
The Halloween weekend was ably represented in the UK last weekend when the remake of 1974 horror classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre launched into second position with $2.3m (£1.4m).Including preview figures of $118,908 (£70,037) the film, which stars Jessica Biel as a young woman who, with a group of friends, ...
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SWITZERLAND
Several French-region launches caught attention in Switzerland last weekend. It was little surprise that these were led by French language action comedy Tais-Toi which, with $148,085 (SFR 193,695) taken from 16 screens over the four-day weekend, was the number one film in the French-speaking region. Tais-Toi is released in the ...
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NORTH AMERICA
Scary Movie 3 was the talk of the town last weekend following its exuberant $48.1m number one opening, trailing several records and a timely lesson in how to revive a franchise in its wake.The horror spoof scored the biggest ever October opening (overtaking Red Dragon's $36.5m in 2002) and was ...
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UK/IRELAND
Despite being listed in a recent UK poll of the top 100 books of all time, the film adaptation of Louis Sachar's best selling children's title Holes made little impact on the UK/Ireland box office.Two new family films launched wide at the weekend to take advantage of the national school ...
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BELGIUM
Eight new openers in the marketplace could not prevent local hit The Alzheimer Case from claiming its rightful place at the top of the Belgian box office chart last weekend.The psychological thriller has recorded a massive 131,200 admissions after 12 days on release and grossed $930,164 (Euros 786,919). The Alzheimer ...
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UK box office edges close to record year in 2003
Despite a slow start to the year, the UK could once again see its annual box office record broken in 2003.With a host of high profile titles including the final instalments of The Matrix and The Lord Of The Rings franchises still to debut this year, 2003 could become the ...
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NORTH AMERICA
Focus Features opened Sylvia, a biopic about the troubled poet and suicide Sylvia Plath, in 45th place last weekend on $57,819. Christine Jeffs' film stars Gwyneth Paltrow and averaged $19,647 from three venues - by far the biggest of the top 60.Focus' current triumph Lost In Translation dropped 33% and ...
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UK/IRELAND
Irish co-production Song For A Raggy Boy got off to an excellent start in Ireland at the weekend. The $147,000 (Euros 126,512/ £88,324) opening weekend was enough to get the drama 11th place in the UK/Ireland chart despite playing on just 36 prints in the Republic Of Ireland.With a screen ...
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BELGIUM
Local title The Alzheimer Case (De Zaak Alzheimer) saw a massive response in Belgium over its five-day opening for Kinepolis Film Distribution/RCV.Selling nearly 60,000 tickets from its 34 screens the psychological thriller took $348,074 (Euros 299,344) over the five-day weekend (Oct 15-19) and $387,286 (Euros 333,066) including previews.By the close ...
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HONG KONG
While Edko Films' Korean title The Classic continues to hold a top ten position in Hong Kong after 10 weeks on release and a cumulative gross of $686,689 (HK$5.4m), a new Korean title performed less well upon opening last week.Distributed by Golden Scene The Uninvited opened fourth during the week ...
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UK Spellbound by new releases
The UK saw a quartet of hugely successful openings this week from an eclectic mix of titles. A low budget horror; a documentary about a highly competitive US spelling competition; a computer animated fish tale; and a rip-roaring rampage of revenge sought out audiences in different sectors of the market ...
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BVI enjoys bumper UK weekend...
BVI enjoyed a stellar weekend in the UK this week with seven films in the top 15, Kill Bill, Volume 1 setting records at the UCI Empire Leicester Square (see separate story) and animated hit Finding Nemo crushing all competition to lead the box office with a $12.3m (£7.4m) opening.Nemo ...
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...as Kill Bill smashes house record in London...
Kill Bill, Volume 1 launched on a single print platform at UCI's Empire Leicester Square at the weekend for a staggering $218,402 (£131,041) three-day weekend.The three-day result was the largest ever recorded for any film on the main screen at the flagship UK cinema, and confirms director Quentin Tarantino's popularity ...
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UK/IRELAND
Redbus Film Distribution scored its biggest opening since April 2002's Bend It Like Beckham last weekend when it launched Eli Roth's Cabin Fever.The horror title grossed a massive $1.8m (£1.1m), including previews of $196,137 (£117,682), over its launch weekend. Playing at 277 sites Cabin Fever played to a very strong ...
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NETHERLANDS
The Netherlands saw a dramatically different reception for two local releases last weekend. A-Film Distribution scored a hit with second placed Phileine Says Sorry which grossed $547,334 (Euros 463,592), including previews of $120,472 (Euros 102,040), over the four-day weekend.The romantic comedy, based on the best-selling Dutch novel by Ronald Giphart, ...
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GERMANY
Bad Boys II blew away all competition in Germany over the weekend selling over 765,000 tickets between Oct 9 and 12, more than 500,000 tickets more than second placed The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen.Local children's comedy 4 Freunde & 4 Pfoten (literally 4 Friends and 4 Paws) failed to make ...
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BELGIUM
French romantic comedy Je Reste! cycled to success on a small eight screen release in Belgium last weekend. The film claimed $37,042 (Euros 31,856) for a strong $4,630 average for Alternative Films - which was the best screen average for any opener this week and the third best of the ...
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Bugs! swarms over UK Imax theatres
Bugs!, the first large format 3D feature to have had significant UK financing, opened across the country in six Imax theatres last weekend for a strong $29,914 take in its first three days on release.The Film Consortium, jointly responsible with SK Films and UKFTV for marketing the film in the ...
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Bad Boys II has explosive UK launch
Columbia TriStar's explosive blockbuster Bad Boys II crashed onto UK screens last weekend to hijack the top spot with an impressive $5.3m (£3.2m) from 383 sites. This included $700,338 (£420,203) of previews from 350 sites on Thursday Oct 2.The sequel, which re-teams stars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith with director ...