![box office 13 Clockwise [L-R]: 'The Critic', 'Lee', 'Speak No Evil', 'Prima Facie'](https://d1nslcd7m2225b.cloudfront.net/Pictures/274x183/1/7/3/1432173_boxoffice13sep_211508.jpg)
All articles by Staff reporters – Page 31
-
News
Singapore admires Chan's Tuxedo
Jackie Chan's latest film, The Tuxedo opened with a record $586,665 (S$1.05m) in Singapore last weekend, the territory's biggest-ever September opening. The Tuxedo, directed by Kevin Donovan, scored a stellar average of $22,564 from 26 screens. It tells the story of a millionaire's chauffeur (Chan) who tries on his ...
-
News
China becomes new base for runaway productions
As Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill wraps the Chinese portion of its shoot at Beijing Film Studio, another Chinese production powerhouse, Shanghai Film Studio, is gearing up to house another Miramax movie - John Dahl's The Great Raid, starring Benjamin Bratt and Joseph Fiennes.Set builders at the studios are constructing Manila ...
-
News
Wayne Borg promoted at Universal Pictures
Wayne Borg has been appointed vice president, Universal Pictures, Latin America & Asia Pacific, effective 7th January 2003. Borg is currently serving as managing director of Universal Pictures Australia/New Zealand. Previously a member of the senior management team of Warner Bros in the UK and Australia, Borg was appointed ...
-
News
UK government backs festival to promote EU enlargement
The UK Government is spending£12,000 to back a London film festival showcasing Eastern European film - in a bid to help raise awareness of the planned enlargement of European Union in 2004. The New Europe Film Season opened at London's Barbican Screen on Thursday (19 September).According to a Foreign Office ...
-
News
Morvern Callar leads British Independent Film Awards nominations
The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) announced the nominations for its fifth annual awards on Wednesday.Over 100 films were viewed by the pre-selection committee, with the front-runners emerging as Morvern Callar with seven nominations, Bloody Sunday (five nominations) and The Lawless Heart (five nominations). All three were nominated in the ...
-
News
Brazil's Rio festival to showcase 400 films
Brazil's most prominent film event, the Festival do Rio BR, will showcase up to 400 films in more than seventeen sidebars. Running from September 26 to October 10, the festival will include the latest works by internationally renowned directors led by Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar, Arturo Ripstein, Atom Egoyan and ...
-
News
European Film Academy announces 2002 shortlist
The European Film Academy has selected 37 titles, from more than 300 submissions, as the shortlist for the European Film 2002 prize, to be presented on Saturday 7th December in RomeThe shortlist will be voted on by the 1400-strong Academy membership, which comprises directors, screenwriters, actors, producers and distributors from ...
-
News
Son Of The Bride sweeps Argentina's Oscars
Son Of The Bride (El Hijo De La Novia) swept the board at Argentina's Oscar equivalent, the Premios Condor this week. Click here for the reviewA Best Foreign Oscar nominee this year, Juan Jose Campanella's romantic comedy won eight out of its 12 nominations, including top awards for Best Picture, ...
-
News
Paramount Classics buys House Of Fools
Paramount Classics has bought North American and other international rights to Andrei Konchalovski's House Of Fools (Dom Durakov), which won the second prize at Venice last week.In a deal mirroring its pick-up last week of another Venice favourite, Patrice Leconte's The Man On The Train (L'Homme Du Train), Paramount classics ...
-
News
Paramount Classics buys House Of Fools
Paramount Classics has bought North American and other international rights to Andrei Konchalovski's House Of Fools (Dom Durakov), which won the second prize at Venice last week.In a deal mirroring its pick-up last week of another Venice favourite, Patrice Leconte's The Man On The Train (L'Homme Du Train), Paramount classics ...
-
News
Argentina's production industry suffers from inflation
Film production in Argentina hit another low point after Argentine Directors Association (DAC) reported that the average cost of making a local film shot up from $120,500 (pesos 1.2m) to $180,800 (pesos 1.8m). Since the peso lost its parity with the dollar, - currently pegged at 3.6 pesos to a ...
-
News
Toronto mourns death of actress Katrin Cartlidge
The Toronto InternationalFilm Festival was in a state of shock yesterday after learning of the suddendeath of Katrin Cartlidge, the talented British actress whose film rolesincluded such well-regarded European films as Topsy-Turvy, Before The Rain, Naked, Breaking The Waves and last year's Oscar-winning No Man'sLand. She was 41.Born in London, ...
-
News
Toronto mourns death of actress Katrin Cartlidge
The Toronto InternationalFilm Festival was in a state of shock yesterday after learning of the suddendeath of Katrin Cartlidge, the talented British actress whose film rolesincluded such well-regarded European films as Topsy-Turvy, Before The Rain, Naked, Breaking The Waves and last year's Oscar-winning No Man'sLand. She was 41.Born in London, ...
-
News
Mexican blockbuster shatters local box office record
It has taken a mere 20 days for Mexico's latest blockbuster The Crime Of Father Amaro (El Crimen Del Padre Amaro) to smash the all time local box-office record set by Sex, Shame And Tears (Sexo, Pudor y Lagrimas). The romantic comedy took 24 weeks to earn 118m pesos ...
-
News
European Film Awards announces People's Choice nominations
September 1st 2002 marked the start of the annual opportunity for European filmgoers to participate in the European Film Awards' People's Choice. Through a variety of outlets, cinemagoers can vote for their favourites, from the past year's films, in the categories of best European director, actor and actress. The ...
-
News
Brazil's Globo secures Universal output
Universal has struck a multi-year output deal giving Brazilian giant TV Globo free TV rights to Universal's current film output, library titles and made-for-television content.The exclusive deal gives Globo titles including Jurassic Park III, The Mummy Returns and Gladiator. TV shows covered by the deal include classic The Woody Woodpecker ...
-
News
Goldwyn acquires Mexican priest scandal smash for US
Samuel GoldywnFilms has acquired North American rights to Mexican priest-scandal drama TheCrime Of Father Amaro (ElCrimen Del Padre Amaro),which has already been a controversy-fueled smash hit in its home country. The film is slated for US release in late 2002.The $1.8m dramabroke weekend opening records in Mexico after it debuted ...
-
News
Hong Kong: ATV share deal collapses
Hong Kong's richest tycoon Li Ka-shing has withdrawn an offer to buy a stake in local free-to-air broadcaster Asia Television (ATV), the day after it was revealed that the station has secured rights to broadcast on the Chinese mainland.Li Ka-shing's multimedia company, Tom.com was set to become ATV's second biggest ...
-
News
Priest scandal picture shatters Mexican box office records
Carlos Carrera's controversial The Crime Of Father Amaro (El Crimen Del Padre Amaro)has become a phenomenon at the Mexican box office. Released on an unprecedented 356 prints by Columbia TriStar last Friday, the $1.8m drama grossed 31m pesos ($3.1m) in its opening weekend.That would nearly triple the current record opening ...
-
News
Argentinian box office shrugs-off economic crisis
Despite Argentina's crushing economic crisis, box office earnings shot up 15% and admissions rose 20% during the country's school holidays compared to the same period the previous year, according to the latest figures from EDI Nielsen. While robust ticket sales are normal during the winter months in Argentina, this year's ...