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Other openers include cricket doc ‘The Edge’ and ‘Tell It To The Bees’.
CGI animation The Lion King is the latest Disney remake to hit UK cinemas, and will look to challenge the highest openings of the year on its first weekend.
Its target will be the £31.4m three-day gross of Avengers: Endgame in April this year – by some distance the record opening weekend for a film in the UK.
The presence of several other blockbuster titles still in cinemas – Toy Story 4 and Aladdin from Disney, plus Sony’s Spider-Man: Far From Home – make this a lofty goal.
However...
CGI animation The Lion King is the latest Disney remake to hit UK cinemas, and will look to challenge the highest openings of the year on its first weekend.
Its target will be the £31.4m three-day gross of Avengers: Endgame in April this year – by some distance the record opening weekend for a film in the UK.
The presence of several other blockbuster titles still in cinemas – Toy Story 4 and Aladdin from Disney, plus Sony’s Spider-Man: Far From Home – make this a lofty goal.
However...
- 7/19/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Former Icon executive Zak Brilliant’s adds two titles to nascent company’s slate.
Republic Film Distribution, the nascent UK releasing company set up by Zak Brilliant, has made two significant theatrical acquisitions: Amazon Studios’ Brittany Runs A Marathon, and UK feature documentary For Sama, which has had acclaimed screenings at SXSW and Cannes.
Republic is positioning itself as both a boutique distributor and theatrical servicing company, with a focus on independent films with social impact.
Paul Downs Colaizzo’s Brittany Runs A Marathon premiered at Sundance in the Us Dramatic Competition and was picked up by Amazon Studios in...
Republic Film Distribution, the nascent UK releasing company set up by Zak Brilliant, has made two significant theatrical acquisitions: Amazon Studios’ Brittany Runs A Marathon, and UK feature documentary For Sama, which has had acclaimed screenings at SXSW and Cannes.
Republic is positioning itself as both a boutique distributor and theatrical servicing company, with a focus on independent films with social impact.
Paul Downs Colaizzo’s Brittany Runs A Marathon premiered at Sundance in the Us Dramatic Competition and was picked up by Amazon Studios in...
- 7/11/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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Former Icon executive Zak Brilliant’s adds two titles to nascent company’s slate.
Republic Film Distribution, the nascent UK releasing company set up by Zak Brilliant, has made two significant theatrical acquisitions: Amazon Studios’ Brittany Runs A Marathon, and UK feature documentary For Sama, which has had acclaimed screenings at SXSW and Cannes.
Republic is positioning itself as both a boutique distributor and theatrical servicing company, with a focus on independent films with social impact.
Paul Downs Colaizzo’s Brittany Runs A Marathon premiered at Sundance in the Us Dramatic Competition and was picked up by Amazon Studios in...
Republic Film Distribution, the nascent UK releasing company set up by Zak Brilliant, has made two significant theatrical acquisitions: Amazon Studios’ Brittany Runs A Marathon, and UK feature documentary For Sama, which has had acclaimed screenings at SXSW and Cannes.
Republic is positioning itself as both a boutique distributor and theatrical servicing company, with a focus on independent films with social impact.
Paul Downs Colaizzo’s Brittany Runs A Marathon premiered at Sundance in the Us Dramatic Competition and was picked up by Amazon Studios in...
- 7/11/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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