deadlinehollywooddaily.com - 5/26/2008
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I've just been told that, internationally, Paramount's Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull is piling up the box office gross. The estimate for its first 4 days through Sunday is $143 million -- shattering the record for the Hollywood studio's best overseas opening previously held by the opening of another Steven Spielberg pic, [...]
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Multiplex Mayhem: Before the Faces Melt
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... true record breaker. Over a similar five-day weekend run the low expectations/high interest megasuccess of “Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith” managed more than $20 million above the “Indiana Jones” estimate — at lower ticket prices (though back before the housing market began its free-fall). But, as I mentioned in the pre-weekend post, that film was perhaps more of a “must see” cultural event. In any event, the international numbers look pretty outstanding as well, with $143 million ...
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VideoFilmes picks up 'Samba' —
Variety.com 5/26/2008
Web Exclusive: Film to be distributed in Brazil -- Walter Salles' VideoFilmes has picked up "The Mystery of Samba" for distribution in Brazil. Directed by Carolina Jabor and Lula Buarque de Hollanda, both associates of producer Conspiracao, "Mystery" ...
'Class' takes Cannes top prize —
Variety.com 5/26/2008
Film Festivals: First French film to nab Palme d'Or since 1987 -- Laurent Cantet's "The Class" (Entre les murs), an evocation of contemporary society as seen through a year's events in a Paris junior high school classroom, went to the top of the class ...
'Indiana' unearths box office treasure —
Variety.com 5/26/2008
Front Page: 'Crystal Skull' takes in $126 million -- Steven Spielberg's "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" is looking to become the second-best Memorial Day opener ever, with an estimated four-day gross of $126 million from 4,260 runs.
FilmSharks acquires rights to Fendrik film —
Variety.com 5/26/2008
Web Exclusive: 'Fosforito' currently in script stage -- Guido Rud's FilmSharks Intl. has acquired international rights to the next film by Pablo Fendrik, whose "Blood Appears" won the Ofaj/TV5Monde (Very) Young Critics awards at Cannes Critics' Week ...
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