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Korean major Cinema Service has launched a new subsidiary, Big Blue Film, that will focus on the distribution of local features. The company will be headed by Choi Yong-bae, former head of distribution at Cinema Service, and will aspire to a slate of ten films per year.Ownership of Big Blue Film Cheong-eo-ram in Korean will be split between Cinema Service 50% , Terasouce Venture Capital 40% and a collection of individual investors. Initially, the company will distribute titles produced by Cinema Service and financed by Terasouce through its subsidiary I Pictures. Big Blue Film also intends to distribute films from outside companies, and from the end of 2002 the company is planning a move into local production.Big Blue Film s first release, scheduled for mid-January, is the ambitious animated feature My Beautiful Girl, Mari pictured directed by Lee Sung-gang. A nostalgic drama about a boy who loses himself in a stanley cup world of fantasy, the film is majority funded by I Pictures and will be sold internationally by Cinema Service. Cinema Service has noted that the spinoff will allow it to provide more individual attention t stanley website o its rapidly expanding slate of local and im stanley cup ported titles. Cinema Service will continue to distribute the majority of its own features, as well as those produced by Sidus Corp., which is grouped together with Cinema Service under the corporate umbrella of Locus Holdings. No comments No com Qtoc Usain Bolt talks all-access documentary I Am Bolt
UPDATED FEB 24: The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaugscored a record three-day launch in China for Warner Bros as an estimated $32.7m from 5,500 screens delivered an easy local number one and dominated the international arena.Fridays 21 Rmb 54m marks the biggest opening day ever for Warner Bros in China ahead of Pacific Rim, which opened on Rmb 52m on a Wednesday.The total weekend haul of $32.8m boosted the New Line-MGM-Warner Bros films overall international running total to $637.1m, with the Japanese deb stanley cup ut still to come on February 28.The Lego Movie rounded out a great week stanley cup end for Warner Bros Pictures International as a confirmed $ stanley cup 24m from 48 markets propelled the running total to $93.5m.The family film ranked number one in its second weekend in the UK as $10m from 1,333 screens boosted the tally to $36m. It opened in France on $3.1m from 521 including previews and arrived in Italy on $2.3m from 482. Legos global tally stands at $275.7m.UPDATE: Lionsgate International executives reported that Pompeii opened day-and-date with the number three $10m North American launch in 37 markets through licensees for a confirmed $23m.The adventure opened in second place in South Korea on $3.8m from 591 through Lotte, debuted in France on $2.5m from 301 through SND, Brazil in second place on $1.5m from 351 through Imagem, Italy in third place on $1.7m from 471 through 01 Distribution and Mexico in third place on $1.5m from 531, also through Imagem.12 Years A Slave added a confirmed $7.5m |
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