Vying to overtake "Titanic" this week as the biggest-grossing title in motion picture history, "Avatar" earned another $166.3 million on the weekend, with foreign boxoffice accounting for $125 million of the total derived from 14,640 offshore screens in 112 markets.
Overseas cume for director James Cameron's mega-budget 3D adventure stands at $1.115 billion, just $127 million shy of the $1.242 billion record foreign gross set 13 years ago by Cameron's "Titanic."
Since "Avatar" is grossing an average of at least $20 million overseas daily, it should surpass "Titanic's" foreign record by the end of this week.
"Avatar's" gross worldwide is $1.607 billion, $236 million behind "Titanic's" global record of $1.843 billion.
In its fifth round overseas, "Avatar" remained dominant just about everywhere, dropping a relatively benign 17% from the prior weekend's foreign tally. A record Italy opening generated $14.5 million from 925 locations. China weighed in with an $18.9 million weekend from 2,509 screens for an industry record market cume of $76.6 million rolled up in just 13 days.
Overseas cume for director James Cameron's mega-budget 3D adventure stands at $1.115 billion, just $127 million shy of the $1.242 billion record foreign gross set 13 years ago by Cameron's "Titanic."
Since "Avatar" is grossing an average of at least $20 million overseas daily, it should surpass "Titanic's" foreign record by the end of this week.
"Avatar's" gross worldwide is $1.607 billion, $236 million behind "Titanic's" global record of $1.843 billion.
In its fifth round overseas, "Avatar" remained dominant just about everywhere, dropping a relatively benign 17% from the prior weekend's foreign tally. A record Italy opening generated $14.5 million from 925 locations. China weighed in with an $18.9 million weekend from 2,509 screens for an industry record market cume of $76.6 million rolled up in just 13 days.
- 1/17/2010
- by By Frank Segers
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARIS -- Claude Lelouch will preside over the 13th edition of the Lumiere Awards when the annual gala lights up the city of lights Jan. 13, organizers said Tuesday.
The Lumieres, voted on by foreign press based in Paris, reward the year's best French films and talent.
Nominees for film of the year include Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Alfred Lot's La chambre des morts, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's Persepolis, Olivier Dahan's La Vie en Rose and the recent Louis Delluc prize-winner The Secret of the Grain from Abdellatif Kechiche.
Lumiere prizes also will be given to best director, actress, actor, screenplay, most promising female and male newcomers and best Francophone film.
The event, to take place at Paris' Hotel de Ville auditorium, will close Unifrance's 10th annual Rendez-Vous With French Cinema, set to kick off in the capital Jan. 11.
Organized by the Lumieres Academy, the prizes also are funded by national film body the CNC, Unifrance, the city of Paris, TV5Monde and the French syndicate of film critics in partnership with the Cesar awards academy.
The Lumieres, voted on by foreign press based in Paris, reward the year's best French films and talent.
Nominees for film of the year include Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Alfred Lot's La chambre des morts, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's Persepolis, Olivier Dahan's La Vie en Rose and the recent Louis Delluc prize-winner The Secret of the Grain from Abdellatif Kechiche.
Lumiere prizes also will be given to best director, actress, actor, screenplay, most promising female and male newcomers and best Francophone film.
The event, to take place at Paris' Hotel de Ville auditorium, will close Unifrance's 10th annual Rendez-Vous With French Cinema, set to kick off in the capital Jan. 11.
Organized by the Lumieres Academy, the prizes also are funded by national film body the CNC, Unifrance, the city of Paris, TV5Monde and the French syndicate of film critics in partnership with the Cesar awards academy.
- 12/19/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARIS -- French film production workers began a strike Wednesday, their third over the past four months, to protest long hours and meager pay, upsetting several film shoots in the territory.
"Hundreds of people" lined up outside state-run film administrator CNC's headquarters in protest, according to a CNC spokesperson.
While most films resumed production Thursday, many workers continued to strike, halting production on eight films, including Alfred Lot's "La Chambre des Morts" (Room of the Dead), Jean-Marc Moutout's "Exclusif" (Exclusive), Olivier Bayroux's "Ce soir je dors chez toi" (Tonight I'm Sleeping at Your Place) and Isabelle Mergault's "Enfin Veuf".
Jean Becker's "Deux jours a tuer" (Two Days to Kill), Jacques Maillot's "Les liens du sang" (Blood Ties) and Stephane Kazandjian's "Modern Love" resumed production Thursday after temporary interruptions.
"French film technicians are hard workers. It's not in their culture to strike. They just want to get their message across, but they're not out to completely paralyze film shoots," Film France's Patrick Lamassoure explained, adding that many workers who chose to strike Wednesday still planned to make up for lost hours over the weekend.
"Hundreds of people" lined up outside state-run film administrator CNC's headquarters in protest, according to a CNC spokesperson.
While most films resumed production Thursday, many workers continued to strike, halting production on eight films, including Alfred Lot's "La Chambre des Morts" (Room of the Dead), Jean-Marc Moutout's "Exclusif" (Exclusive), Olivier Bayroux's "Ce soir je dors chez toi" (Tonight I'm Sleeping at Your Place) and Isabelle Mergault's "Enfin Veuf".
Jean Becker's "Deux jours a tuer" (Two Days to Kill), Jacques Maillot's "Les liens du sang" (Blood Ties) and Stephane Kazandjian's "Modern Love" resumed production Thursday after temporary interruptions.
"French film technicians are hard workers. It's not in their culture to strike. They just want to get their message across, but they're not out to completely paralyze film shoots," Film France's Patrick Lamassoure explained, adding that many workers who chose to strike Wednesday still planned to make up for lost hours over the weekend.
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