Topic: United Kingdom
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - After three weeks at No. 2, "Toy Story 3" reclaimed the top spot at the foreign box office during the weekend, drawing $62 million. The Pixar cartoon has earned $351 million from 43 markets. Driving the weekend action were record openings in U.K. and Spain. In the U.K., the threequel grossed a huge $30 ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The "Saw" horror movie franchise is getting a place in the Guiness World Records as the "Most Successful Horror Movie Series," one of the film's producers, Mark Burg, said on Thursday. "I'm still in shock," Burg told Reuters. "The fact that we beat out (such horror franchises as) 'Friday the 13th,' 'Nightmare on Elm Street ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie accepted an undisclosed amount of damages on Thursday after suing a British tabloid newspaper which had claimed they were separating. In January, the News of the World reported the couple planned to part and had agreed on custody of their six children and the division of their assets estimated by the ...
Hollywood power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie accepted undisclosed damages on Thursday from a Sunday newspaper in Britain over claims they were separating, their lawyer said. The unmarried actors had sued the News of the World on privacy grounds over a front-page story in January that claimed they had consulted a lawyer and were dividing up their assets and ...
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie accepted an undisclosed amount of damages on Thursday after suing a British tabloid newspaper which had claimed they were separating. In January, the News of the World reported the couple planned to part and had agreed on custody of their six children and the division of their assets estimated by ...
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" ruled the foreign box office for a second weekend, grossing $81.1 million in 63 markets, bolstered by No. 1 openings in Britain and France. "Shrek Forever After" followed with $56.2 million from 47 territories, opening at No. 1 in 16 of its 17 additions. "Toy Story 3" grabbed the No ...
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It was all about Bella, Edward and Jacob at the foreign box office during the weekend as "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" opened at No. 1 with $104.6 million drawn from 42 territories over five days. Although it opened strongly, the threequel did not eclipse the opening weekend of its immediate franchise predecessor, "The Twilight Saga ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A virtual unknown has landed the coveted lead role in the upcoming resurrection of the "Spider-Man" movie franchise, ending an intense search that attracted virtually every eligible actor in the business. Andrew Garfield, 26, will take over the Peter Parker/Spider-Man role played by Tobey Maguire in a trilogy that generated more than $2.5 billion at ...
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - The dark British comedy "Skeletons," directed by Nick Whitfield, was handed the Michael Powell award for best new British feature film at the weekend close of the 11-day Edinburgh International Film Festival. The film, a sideways take on science fiction, concerns two on-call exorcists traveling the country under the direction of the shadowy Colonel to clear skeletons of ...
South African police Saturday launched an investigation of how an angry fan breached security and burst into England's locker room in Cape Town after their draw with Algeria. The man in a red T-shirt was removed from the changing room, but was released without questioning, police spokesman Colonel Billy Jones said. Guards were being questioned about why the man ...