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All articles by Robert Mitchell – Page 22
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Game of Dog and Mouse at UK box office
With school holidays now officially underway the UK box office saw a battle for the key children's market at the weekend as Columbia TriStar launched Stuart Little 2 into direct competition against Warner Bros chart-topping holdover Scooby-Doo.However Scooby-Doo eased to victory with a mighty second weekend take of $3.96m (£2.5m), ...
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Devdas falls short of UK Bollywood opening record
Distributor Eros International enjoyed its biggest success in the UK at the weekend with the much anticipated release of Devdas.The Bollywood film grossed a massive $723,054 (£466,370) from 54 sites (on 74 screens) from Friday to Sunday (July 12-14) for a mighty site average of $13,390 - the highest of ...
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Can this summer's blockbusters break the pattern of 2001's one-week wonders'
Two more blockbusters passed the US domestic $100m mark this week. However, this summer is in danger of following last year's pattern of providing a couple of early pace setters followed by a series of 'one-week wonders'.Steven Spielberg's Minority Report passed the $100m mark on Tuesday, becoming the director's 11th ...
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Sci-fi action-thriller boosts Cruise & Spielberg's report card
Sci-fi action-thriller Minority Report received a host of strong international openings this weekend - including the UK and Hong Kong - to gross $12.7m over the weekend, its third on international release. 20th Century Fox's film has taken $22.3m internationally so far and has yet to open in eight of ...
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Alternative offerings lead to dampened Spirit
As 20th Century Fox's Minority Report stormed to the top of the UK box office with an impressive opening weekend take of $5.9m (£3.9m) - see separate story - the week's other major opener, UIP's Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron, saw a disappointing performance.The animated film claimed third place in ...
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Major result for Minority Report
Sci-fi action-thriller Minority Report has delivered an impressive opening in the UK this weekend for 20th Century Fox.Opening at 426 sites the film scored $5.9m (£3.9m) over the three-day weekend (July 5-7) for a mighty average of $13,844 per site. Added to the $961,190 (£631,502) from 422 sites it claimed ...
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UGC slashes the price of its UK cinema loyalty card
UGC Cinemas UK has announced that its cinema loyalty card is to undergo a massive price reduction in a bid to attract more cinemagoers - at the same time bringing it in line with its continental European equivalents.The card, known as the 'Unlimited Pass', is the only subscription loyalty card ...
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Spirited opening for Japanese animation on Korea
Hayao Miyazaki's record-breaking Japanese animated hit, Spirited Away, received a strong reception in South Korea and its capital city of Seoul at the weekend which could see it becoming one of the biggest Japanese successes ever in the country.The film had to settle for second place in the Seoul chart ...
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Lawless Heart woos discerning UK audience
A host of new openers were unable to dislodge Columbia TriStar's Spider-Man from the top of the UK chart this week. Now in its third week on release the blockbuster dropped off 39% from its previous weekend taking $3.97m (£2.6m) from 507 situations. The film faces stiffer competition this coming ...
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Can DreamWorks' Spirit run free at the international box office'
DreamWorks SKG's latest animated effort, Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron, made its European debut in Germany this week, its first major international territory, but can the 2D-film finally give the company an international triumph over rival studio, and animation giant, Disney'Spirit, distributed internationally by UIP, is DreamWorks first animated title ...
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Europeans proving faithful to Gere thriller
20th Century Fox's adult thriller Unfaithful is enjoying success as counter-programming to the chart storming blockbuster fare, Spider-Man and Star Wars: Episode II.Aimed at a more mature audience the film has enjoyed a host of strong openings and performances in Europe since debuting in Sweden on May 31. With an ...
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Spidey meets his match in UK soccer fever
Spider-Man met his match this weekend failing to live up to opening box office expectations in the UK as audiences stayed in with World Cup fever.After its record-breaking launch in the US was followed by a slew of records around the world, much was expected of the web-slinger in the ...
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Spider-Man swings past Episode II's international revenues
Despite performing below expectations, Spider-Man's UK opening gross helped the Columbia TriStar blockbuster swing past the $200m international box office mark at the weekend.Continuing success in territories where the film still leads the chart, such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Japan and Switzerland, combined with top spot grabbing debuts in the ...
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Entertainment is UK distribution champion
Entertainment Film Distributors has had the largest share of the UK box office for the first five months of 2002, a sustained domination never before achieved by a UK independent.With strong performances from Blade II ($13.3m) and Gosford Park ($17.9m) and the continuing success of The Lord Of The ...
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Cannes prizes boost international box office performance
Several of last month's Cannes Film Festival prize-winners are reaping the box-office benefits of the prestige and, more importantly, the free publicity generated by the high-profile event.In 2000 Palme d'Or winner Dancer In The Dark gained massive pre-release publicity that saw it take $14m from international markets and another $4m ...
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Spider-Man sets yet more international records
The release of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man set yet more records following a host of new openings.In Paris, the June 12 opening saw a massive 10,645 admissions from 27 prints for its first screening. This beat French film Asterix and Obelix : Mission Cleopatra (8,818 tickets sold from 28 screens ...
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Fox takes double top at UK box office
20th Century Fox scored double top at the UK box office this weekend with two films counter-programmed to draw in different audiences.Holding the top spot for the fourth week in succession, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones dropped off a mere 16% from the previous weekend, grossing ...
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Good Spanish opening doesn't mean Snipes' drama will be undisputed hit
Wesley Snipes latest film Undisputed received its debut this week in Spain, four months prior to its US launch. However, just how the film will perform internationally is hard to gauge as despite achieving a second-placed chart position in Spain, behind Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones, ...
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UK openers affect but can't dethrone Episode II
Two major openers made a huge dent in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones' UK box office this weekend but failed to dethrone the blockbuster.UIP's Josh Hartnett vehicle, 40 Days And 40 Nights, scored best of this week's openers with $1.5m (£1.03m) from 324 sites. With a ...
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Two blockbusters pass $100m international gross on same weekend
The two first undisputed summer blockbusters, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones and Spider-Man, both crossed the $100m mark at the international box office over the weekend.Episode II also managed to do so in record time, passing $100m on May 24, after just nine days on release. ...