Good Deed Entertainment has acquired the North American rights to Ambience Entertainment's 'Storm Boy'.
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Earlier this year, industry veterans Richard Becker and Robert Slaviero announced they were launching a new venture, distribution and consultancy company R & R Films. The two speak to IF about how their longstanding friendship has evolved into a new business partnership.
Following middling reviews, Universal’s 'Mortal Engines', produced and co-written by Peter Jackson, couldn't match 'The Grinch', 'Bohemian Rhapsody' or 'Creed II' at the Aussie box office last weekend.
MGM/Warner Bros’ 'Creed' sequel and Universal/Illumination’s 'The Grinch' didn’t pack the punch of their stellar US debuts in Australian cinemas last weekend - but the former opened far better than the original and the latter is positioned to trade strongly as school holidays approach.
Given the record number of titles flooding into cinemas this year, Australian feature films and documentaries overall have performed respectably, most as limited releases with minimal marketing.
Lionsgate’s $100 million 'Robin Hood' reboot is shaping as one of the biggest busts of 2018 while See-Saw Films/Regency Enterprises’ female-led heist movie 'Widows' had a respectable debut on the back of rave reviews.
The US distributor which released Tanna, Australia's first nominee for the best foreign language film Oscar, has acquired Benjamin Gilmour's Jirga.
Warner Bros’ 'Fantastic Beasts' sequel worked its magic on moviegoers last weekend, ringing up $253.6 million worldwide as the Australian opening outshone the US debut.