Pitch Perfect 2 romped it in at the Australian box office, scooping over $10 million in its opening week.
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In another piracy-busting move, the creative team behind Super Awesome! plan to launch the musical comedy on iTunes and other VOD platforms on May 29, the same day as the world premiere in Toronto.
John Maclean’s Slow West and Kim Farrant’s Strangerland will debut in Palace cinemas and in select regional locations in June immediately after being launched at the Sydney Film Festival.
Some critics derided Avengers: Age of Ultron as bloated, bombastic and nonsensical, but Australian moviegoers clearly dismissed or didn’t read the reviews.
A new distributor owned by one of America’s richest men has bought US rights to writer-director Michael Petroni’s Backtrack after its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.
If Russell Crowe bothers to read reviews, he’ll be stung by some of the critical pans in the US for The Water Diviner, which opened there last Friday via Warner Bros.
Shane Abbess' sci-fi thriller Infini will be released on digital platforms in Australia and in US cinemas and online on the same day, May 8.
Cross-Tasman drama Sunday will test the potential for simultaneous multi-platform release when it launches on May 2 in nine cinemas and on DVD and on-demand services.