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EuropaCorp Shocker: CEO Christophe Lambert Leaves, Marc Shmuger Replacing Him
UPDATE: EuropaCorp has just released this statement: “Having secured the financing for Valerian, the next film by Luc Besson, which is expected to be delivered in 2017, Christophe Lambert has decided to concentrate on personal projects.”
EXCLUSIVE: Berlin is getting off with a bang. According to sources, EuropaCorp…
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‘Taken 3’s Special Skills Lift EuropaCorp’s Q3 Revenues
EuropaCorp has reported a huge jump in Q3 turnover thanks largely to international sales of Taken 3, which to date has grossed about $270M worldwide. Earnings across the French major were 62.4M euros ($71M), an 88% increase on the same quarter last year. International sales amounted to 33.8M euros ($38.5M), mostly…
Int’l Box Office FINAL: ‘Happy New Year’ Uncorks Record Bollywood Bow; ‘Annabelle’ Still A Doll With $26.2M; ‘Lucy’ Outmuscles ‘Hercules’ In China; More
Final UPDATE, Monday, 4:23 PM, PT: Final grosses are in for the following films: Lucy in China, Disney/Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy, Disney Animation’s Big Hero 6 (which bows Nov. 7th in the states), this weekend’s domestic No. 1 and No. 2 openers Ouija and John Wick. Sony just reported for Fury, Whiplash, The Equa…
Intl Box Office Final: No. 1 Bragging Rights In China Too Close To Call As ‘Storm,’ ‘Expendables 3’ And ‘Apes’ Fight It Out
4th UPDATE, Monday, 2:43 PM PT: Who was No. 1 this weekend in China? It’s just not clear. Although Warner Bros reported $7.7M this afternoon for Into The Storm, Fox reported $7.64M for Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes and it looks like Expendables 3 ended up with $7.5M (according to Rentrak). But China reporting on box…
Intl Box Office FINAL: Blockbusters Strong O’Sea Led By ‘Lucy’, While U.S. B.O. Suffers
UPDATE, Monday, 3:35 PM: Overseas actuals have been logged for Lucy, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, Hercules, Into The Storm, TMNT, The Fault In Their Stars, If I Stay, 22 Jump Street, Sex Tape, Deliver Us From Evil, Boyhood, How To Train Your Dragon 2, Let’s Be Cops, Step Up: All In, As Above, So Below, Transformers…
Update: Int’l Box Office: ‘Apes’ Dawns In China With $47M; ‘Into The Storm’ Whips Up Korea #1; ‘Lucy’ Crosses $150M; More
3RD UPDATE, 9:02 PM PT: International box office was even with last weekend across the Top 10 studio releases with Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes the big gorilla thanks to a strong China opening. Lucy was also in on the action again this frame with a cumulative $31.2M in Universal and EuropaCorp territories. Compared…
Intl Box Office Update: ‘Lucy’ Crosses $100M Overseas; ‘Sin City 2’ Drops In Russia; More
4th UPDATE, 2:33 PM PT: Universal, Sony and Lionsgate have weighed in, so we have nine more titles reporting (see below for final numbers on all films).
3RD UPDATE, 12:45 PM PT: Actuals are coming in for the international weekend with Disney, Paramount, Fox and Warner Bros reporting. There were no major…
Luc Besson’s ‘Lucy’ Passes $100M For Universal
Luc Besson’s Lucy, which lifted Scarlett Johansson into the realm of female action star, has passed $100M at the domestic box office for Universal. Adding in grosses from overseas, whhere the film is being handled by Universal and Summit, Lucy has made more than $130M worldwide — and it has 44 more territories yet to…
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‘Lucy’ Busts Out In France With Biggest Opening Day For Luc Besson
Scarlett Johansson starrer Lucy had a strong $43.9 million bow when it opened via Universal in North America late last month. After arriving in some overseas territories last weekend, the Luc Besson-directed film has landed in his home country of France. Besson’s EuropaCorp is handling the film here with 86,000…
Box Office Final: ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ $94.3M; ‘Get On Up,’ $13.5M
10th UPDATE, Monday 1:20 PM: Disney/Marvel’s intergalatic juggernaut Guardians Of The Galaxy ended up the weekend with $94.3M becoming one of the highest openers of 2014 and busting August records. Get On Up, Universal’s James Brown biopic, whose audience trended older had a curtain call of $13.5M despite its A…
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Box Office Final: ‘Lucy’ In The Sky At $43.9M; ‘Hercules’ At $29.8M; Top 20 Listed
15th UPDATE, Monday, 2:00 PM: Lucy ended up the weekend just shy of $44M while Hercules did better on Sunday to get $29.8M and several other films did a notch better than expected from Sunday moviegoers. And So It Goes ended up right at $4.6M. Ugh. The Fluffy Movie was on only 432 screens and will remain on those…
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Global Showbiz Briefs: ‘Lucy’ To Open Locarno Film Festival; Brazil’s Take On ‘Rising Star’ Gets Season 2 Renewal; More
‘Lucy’ To Open Locarno Film Festival
Luc Besson's Lucy is set to open the Locarno Film Festival on August 6. Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman star in the sci-fi pic about a woman caught in a dark deal who turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior. Besson showed extended clips at…
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