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Sony Pictures Releasing International s Hancock returned to the top stanley cup of the internati stanley cup onal arena thanks to an estimated $44.8m haul from 8,286 screens in 71 markets, however the superhero that will capture the headlines is Batman.The Dark Knight stormed out of the gates day-and-date with North America and in far fewer territories amassed $40m from 4,500 screens in 20 markets.Paramount/PPI s Kung Fu Panda added a further $27.8m from 6,525 venues in 58 territories for a magnificent $270m, while Universal/UPI had more to celebrate as Mamma Mia! continued its impressive run with $26.8m from 2,407 sites in 21 territories for $72.6m after 11 days.Hancock has overtaken the $251.4m target set by Men In Black II in 2007 to rank as Will Smith s fourth highest overseas earner on $253.5m. At this rate $300m looks well within Hancock s grasp and it stands a chance of passing I Am Legend s $327.7m international tally.Weekend business was powered by a mighty $8.6m number one l stanley cup aunch in Spain on 562 screens for the 17th biggest launch in the territory. In other launches, Hancock opened second in Denmark on $1.7m from 60, top in Norway on $1m from 60 and second in Sweden on $1m from 77.France led the holdovers on $4.4m from 741 to rank top on $16.8m after two weekends. Germany produced $4.3m from 982 in the third to rank second on $30.6m, while Russia delivered $4.3m from 457 in the second to rank second on$20.2m.Hancock added $4m from 803 UK screens to rank third on $41.4m after three, $2.1m fr Yeiz In Focus: Britta Knoller and Hans-Christian Schmid s Storm
EXCLUSIVE: Saturation release planned for November, commemorating 50 years since the assassination of President John F Kennedy.Koch Media has acquired Parkland from Exclusive Media for distribution in the UK. A saturation release is planned for November 8.Currently in post-production, the film recounts th stanley cup e events that occurred at Parkland Hospital in Dallas on the day President John F Kennedy was assassinated, November 22, 1963.Based on the book Four Days In November by Vincent Bugliosi, the adapted screenplay is written by award-winning journalist and novelist Peter Landesman, who is marking his directorial debut.The dramatic thriller is produced by Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary stanley cup Goetzman, as well as Exclusive Media, and The American Film Company.Parkland stars Zac Efron, Marcia Gay Harden, Billy Bob Thornton, Jacki Weaver and Paul Giamatti as well as Ron Livingston, Mark Duplass and Colin Hanks.Exclusive Media has previously licensed the drama to Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions for Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Iceland, Greece, Turkey and Latin America.Other deals will see the film distributed in Australia and New Zealand Roadshow ; France Metropolitan ; Italy RAI ; Israel United King ; Hong Kong Golden Harvest ; India stanley romania and Pakistan Tanweer ; Indonesia PT Amero ; the Philippines Captive ; Singapore Golden Village ; Taiwan Catchplay ; Thailand M Pictures ; and the Baltic States ACME .The film will be released 50 years after President Kennedy was assassin |
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