The action sequel set a record opening for Paramount in the territory.
Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (May 27-May 29) Total gross to date Week 1. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount) £11.2m £15.9m 1 2. Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness (Disney) £1.37m £37.7m 4 3. Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) £486,829 £2.93m 3 4. Downton Abbey: A New Era (Universal)
£349,877 £13.3m 5 5. The Bob’s Burgers Movie (Disney) £346,592 £346,592 1
Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick has landed at the top of the UK-Ireland box office with an £11.2m three-day opening weekend – the highest opening of all-time for star Tom Cruise.
The highly anticipated sequel, released 36 years after 1986 blockbuster Top Gun, also...
Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (May 27-May 29) Total gross to date Week 1. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount) £11.2m £15.9m 1 2. Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness (Disney) £1.37m £37.7m 4 3. Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) £486,829 £2.93m 3 4. Downton Abbey: A New Era (Universal)
£349,877 £13.3m 5 5. The Bob’s Burgers Movie (Disney) £346,592 £346,592 1
Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick has landed at the top of the UK-Ireland box office with an £11.2m three-day opening weekend – the highest opening of all-time for star Tom Cruise.
The highly anticipated sequel, released 36 years after 1986 blockbuster Top Gun, also...
- 5/30/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
‘Bob’s Burgers’, ‘Elizabeth: A Portrait In Parts’ competing with the blockbuster.
Long-awaited sequel Top Gun: Maverick takes flight in 737 UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend through Paramount – the fifth widest opening of all time in the territory.
The number – coincidentally a significant one for the aviation industry – is also the third-widest opening for a 12A certificate film, behind Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker and No Time To Die.
Top Gun: Maverick is one of the last blockbusters that were originally scheduled for the pandemic months to hit cinemas. It was originally dated for July 12, 2019, before a delay to June 26, 2020 due filming certain action sequences.
Long-awaited sequel Top Gun: Maverick takes flight in 737 UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend through Paramount – the fifth widest opening of all time in the territory.
The number – coincidentally a significant one for the aviation industry – is also the third-widest opening for a 12A certificate film, behind Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker and No Time To Die.
Top Gun: Maverick is one of the last blockbusters that were originally scheduled for the pandemic months to hit cinemas. It was originally dated for July 12, 2019, before a delay to June 26, 2020 due filming certain action sequences.
- 5/27/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Julia Garner in ‘The Assistant.’
In a further sign of consolidation among independent distributors, Rialto Distribution has closed its Sydney office while continuing to book films into Australian cinemas via its Auckland headquarters.
However the end of the company’s presence in Oz after more than 20 years does not signal any reduction in acquisitions for multiple-platform release.
“We have gained much-needed economies of scale with Kevin Gordon, our Australia/New Zealand sales and distribution manager, selling in directly,” CEO Kelly Rogers tells If.
“This is going very well and Australian exhibitors are receptive to our strong line-up. We expect to release approximately 30 titles in 2020, mainly digital titles and select strong theatrical films.”
Former Myriad Pictures and Icon Film Distribution marketing executive Lisa Garner, who joined Rialto as Sydney-based head of film in February 2018, expects to soon announce her next venture.
Currently Rialto has a hit with Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson...
In a further sign of consolidation among independent distributors, Rialto Distribution has closed its Sydney office while continuing to book films into Australian cinemas via its Auckland headquarters.
However the end of the company’s presence in Oz after more than 20 years does not signal any reduction in acquisitions for multiple-platform release.
“We have gained much-needed economies of scale with Kevin Gordon, our Australia/New Zealand sales and distribution manager, selling in directly,” CEO Kelly Rogers tells If.
“This is going very well and Australian exhibitors are receptive to our strong line-up. We expect to release approximately 30 titles in 2020, mainly digital titles and select strong theatrical films.”
Former Myriad Pictures and Icon Film Distribution marketing executive Lisa Garner, who joined Rialto as Sydney-based head of film in February 2018, expects to soon announce her next venture.
Currently Rialto has a hit with Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson...
- 3/2/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Photo: Warner Bros).
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.
It was a buoyant frame in Oz, boosted by Trafalgar Releasing’s Burn the Stage: The Movie, while another alternate content release, Rialto’s Spitfire was less successful.
The Old Man & the Gun, which could be Robert Redford’s final screen role, is playing on limited screens in the Us but went out far wider here via eOne with modest results.
Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black reached $11.7 million after earning $74,000 in its ninth frame for Sony Pictures. Meanwhile Catherine Scott’s Backtrack Boys has generated $104,000 and Heath Davis’ comedy-drama Book Week has collected $34,000.
Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters, which won the Palme d’Or in Cannes, stole a respectable $52,000 on 15 screens and $161,000 including festival screenings and previews for Rialto.
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.
It was a buoyant frame in Oz, boosted by Trafalgar Releasing’s Burn the Stage: The Movie, while another alternate content release, Rialto’s Spitfire was less successful.
The Old Man & the Gun, which could be Robert Redford’s final screen role, is playing on limited screens in the Us but went out far wider here via eOne with modest results.
Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black reached $11.7 million after earning $74,000 in its ninth frame for Sony Pictures. Meanwhile Catherine Scott’s Backtrack Boys has generated $104,000 and Heath Davis’ comedy-drama Book Week has collected $34,000.
Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters, which won the Palme d’Or in Cannes, stole a respectable $52,000 on 15 screens and $161,000 including festival screenings and previews for Rialto.
- 11/19/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Mrs Lowry and Son.’
The arthouse market in Australia is alive and well but these days in concentrated largely on myriad film festivals, according to Rialto Distribution’s Kelly Rogers.
So Rogers and Lisa Garner, Rialto’s head of film, are aiming to fill a gap in the market for upmarket titles with cross-over potential.
“We’re looking for films and stories that we emotionally connect with and we can see have a clear audience – whatever the genre,” says Garner, who opened the Sydney office in February, taking over from Backlot Films.
“Yes the market is cluttered, but if a film emotionally engages and entertains an audience then the film will find its audience and level.
”As the market shifts and changes we generally buy films based on knowing there’s a strong audience, whether that’s in the theatrical arena or home entertainment or sometimes a film that could go either way.
The arthouse market in Australia is alive and well but these days in concentrated largely on myriad film festivals, according to Rialto Distribution’s Kelly Rogers.
So Rogers and Lisa Garner, Rialto’s head of film, are aiming to fill a gap in the market for upmarket titles with cross-over potential.
“We’re looking for films and stories that we emotionally connect with and we can see have a clear audience – whatever the genre,” says Garner, who opened the Sydney office in February, taking over from Backlot Films.
“Yes the market is cluttered, but if a film emotionally engages and entertains an audience then the film will find its audience and level.
”As the market shifts and changes we generally buy films based on knowing there’s a strong audience, whether that’s in the theatrical arena or home entertainment or sometimes a film that could go either way.
- 11/11/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
"They say she was beautiful. A dream. But for all her good looks, she was also a killer." The story of the fighter plane and pilots that helped win the Battle of Britain in World War II. Spitfire is already playing in cinemas in the UK, but we haven't featured this trailer for it yet, so better late than never. David Fairhead & Ant Palmer's documentary Spitfire is an examination of the British fighter plane, that was used heavily by the British in WWII. It's also the plane that Tom Hardy flies in Dunkirk, for reference. Spitfire also explores how this extraordinary plane thrives today and how it has become an international icon. This film looks like much more than just a historical doc or an engineering doc, and there's some spectacular footage in this trailer alone. I'm really looking forward to catching up with this film, hopefully sometime soon.
- 8/1/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Released to mark the Raf’s centenary, this documentary brims with aerial footage of the plucky fighter that took on the might of the Luftwaffe
Post-Dunkirk and Darkest Hour, there will surely be more of these retrospectives on the horizon, harking back to an age when Britain laid claim to ruling waves and air alike.
David Fairhead and Ant Palmer’s documentary, released to mark the Raf’s centenary, bolsters its honourable core project – preserving the testimony of former Spitfire pilots – with material guaranteed to spike the pulse rates of aeronautical enthusiasts: footage of surviving Spits being wheeled out of museum storage; yards of scratchy combat film that underline how distant these halcyon days are; nuts-and-bolts analysis of the planes’ defensive strengths. Only belatedly does it consider whether these motorised killing machines might be as problematic as they are emblematic.
Post-Dunkirk and Darkest Hour, there will surely be more of these retrospectives on the horizon, harking back to an age when Britain laid claim to ruling waves and air alike.
David Fairhead and Ant Palmer’s documentary, released to mark the Raf’s centenary, bolsters its honourable core project – preserving the testimony of former Spitfire pilots – with material guaranteed to spike the pulse rates of aeronautical enthusiasts: footage of surviving Spits being wheeled out of museum storage; yards of scratchy combat film that underline how distant these halcyon days are; nuts-and-bolts analysis of the planes’ defensive strengths. Only belatedly does it consider whether these motorised killing machines might be as problematic as they are emblematic.
- 7/18/2018
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
Gravitas Ventures boards feature doc.
Spitfire, the feature documentary about the renowned British fighter plane, has had its Us rights taken by Gravitas Ventures.
The film will have its Us premiere at the Eaa Airshow at Oshkosh, Wisconsin on July 23 and will subsequently have multiple screening events across the country at venues including museums and further air shows. It will also roll out digitally in the territory from July 27.
The news follows the doc’s UK premiere, which took place on July 9 in London. Altitude Films has UK rights and the film had a one-night special screening at 230 cinemas across...
Spitfire, the feature documentary about the renowned British fighter plane, has had its Us rights taken by Gravitas Ventures.
The film will have its Us premiere at the Eaa Airshow at Oshkosh, Wisconsin on July 23 and will subsequently have multiple screening events across the country at venues including museums and further air shows. It will also roll out digitally in the territory from July 27.
The news follows the doc’s UK premiere, which took place on July 9 in London. Altitude Films has UK rights and the film had a one-night special screening at 230 cinemas across...
- 7/18/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
British FIlm Company founder to focus on producing full time.
Steve Milne, the executive chairman of London post-production house Molinare, has left the company to focus full time on his production outfit British Film Company.
Milne was previously Molinare’s chief executive for seven years but left in 2010 to found his own production company and has since backed UK features including Journey’s End, Dad’s Army and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie.
He returned to Molinare in 2012 after it had been placed into administration, partnering with Julie Parmenter and Next Wave to buy the company’s assets and relaunch it,...
Steve Milne, the executive chairman of London post-production house Molinare, has left the company to focus full time on his production outfit British Film Company.
Milne was previously Molinare’s chief executive for seven years but left in 2010 to found his own production company and has since backed UK features including Journey’s End, Dad’s Army and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie.
He returned to Molinare in 2012 after it had been placed into administration, partnering with Julie Parmenter and Next Wave to buy the company’s assets and relaunch it,...
- 5/4/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The production and finance outfit is has also boarded the forthcoming Bert Trautmann feature.
UK production and finance outfit British Film Company, headed up by Moon co-producer Steve Milne, is working on a feature documentary about the iconic British aircraft the Supermarine ‘Spitfire’.
The film will chart the history of the plane, including first-hand accounts from veteran pilots. Aviation photographer John Dibbs is filming new footage with surviving Spitfires, while Ant Palmer and David Fairhead are directing.
British Film Company has also revealed that it is partnering with Munich-based Lieblingsfilm and London-based Zephyr Films on an English-language feature about famed German goalkeeper Bert Trautmann, who died in 2013.
The $11m budget feature was launched at Cannes 2015. Marcus H. Rosenmuller is directing the biographical drama, producers are Chris Curling and Robert Marciniak.
Beta Cinema is acting as world sales agent and Square One Entertainment has taken German distribution rights. Principal photography is scheduled to get underway in Spring...
UK production and finance outfit British Film Company, headed up by Moon co-producer Steve Milne, is working on a feature documentary about the iconic British aircraft the Supermarine ‘Spitfire’.
The film will chart the history of the plane, including first-hand accounts from veteran pilots. Aviation photographer John Dibbs is filming new footage with surviving Spitfires, while Ant Palmer and David Fairhead are directing.
British Film Company has also revealed that it is partnering with Munich-based Lieblingsfilm and London-based Zephyr Films on an English-language feature about famed German goalkeeper Bert Trautmann, who died in 2013.
The $11m budget feature was launched at Cannes 2015. Marcus H. Rosenmuller is directing the biographical drama, producers are Chris Curling and Robert Marciniak.
Beta Cinema is acting as world sales agent and Square One Entertainment has taken German distribution rights. Principal photography is scheduled to get underway in Spring...
- 9/11/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
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