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iW BOT | Latest From Ritchie and Leigh See "Lucky" Numbers
Two rhythmically titled films from two very different British directors saw promising debuts this weekend. Guy Ritchie's "RockNRolla," from Warner Brothers, grossed $144,701 from 7 screens, while Mike Leigh's "Happy-Go-Lucky" took in $73,867 from 4 screens for Miramax. And while Jonathan Demme's "R...
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iW NEWS | Regent Gets "Sparrows"
Regent Releasing has announced its deal for U.S. rights to Majid Majidi's "The Song of Sparrows," the Iranian submission for the best foreign language Oscar. The film is set for a theatrical release next spring. Regent's Mark Reinhart brokered the deal with Fortissimo's Winnie Lau. Set in today's Tehran among the underprivileged, the film is described as exploring, "how a world of material goods and technology can corrupt man - making him lose spiritual purity and all-important connections to family, friends and nature." Anthony Kaufman recently took a closer look at this year's foreign language film Oscar race for indieWIRE. [Eugene Hernand...
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iW NEWS | Weekend Estimates: "RockNRolla," "Happy" Open Big
According to estimates from Rentrak this afternoon, Guy Ritchie's "RockNRolla" led indieWIRE Box Office Tracking (iW BOT) - which ranks the per theater average of all reporting specialty films. The Warner Brothers release averaged $20,143, grossing $141,000 from just 7 locations. Its total since opening Wednesday is $199,885. Just behind was the release of Mike Leigh's "Happy-Go-Lucky." On 4 screens, the Miramax release grossed $80,000 for a $20,000 average. Last weekend's opener, Jonathan Demme's "Rachel Getting Married," continued to do stellar business. On an expanded 27 screens, the Sony Pictures Classics' film grossed $464,336, av...
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iW NEWS | "Sex" For Celluloid
The world rights to Bahman Motamedian's "Sex My Life" (Khastegi) have been acquired by Celluloid Dreams. The film, which premiered in Venice, uses a mix of documentary and fiction to depict seven transsexuals living in modern-day Tehran. "The film is fascinating not only because of its rare and extremely human subject matter, but also thanks to the way Motamedian uses dramatization within the framework of a documentary to create a real transgenre film," said Alessandro Raja of Celluloid Dreams in a statement. "This allows us to get very close to the characters and understand the tragedy and gravity of their situation. They are not just subje...
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iW NEWS | Voltage Acquires "Moon"
Eduardo Sanchez's "Seventh Moon," which recently premiered at Fantastic Fest (as discussed here), has been acquired by Voltage Pictures. The thriller, starring Amy Smart and Tim Chiou, was produced by Haxan Films. It follows an American couple honeymooning in China who are subjected to a Chinese my...
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NYFF '08 | IFC Takes "Let It Rain"; 3rd French Title in NY Film Fest
Agnes Jaoui's "Let It Rain" has been acquired by IFC Films, the company announced today, ahead of the French film's North American premiere this week at the New York Film Festival. The company is planning a day-and-date release via its IFC In Theaters platform next year.
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iW NEWS | "Yeast" Set for DailyMotion
Dailymotion.com will host the free premiere of Mary Bronstein's "Yeast" this weekend. The online outlet announced the news at a party celebrating the movie last night in Manhattan. The film, which debuted at SXSW, follows a maddeningly oblivious, tyrannical and emotionally stunted young woman who tries her best to negotiate two toxic friendships. In an indieWIRE interview earlier this year, Bronstein said that the film was inspired by, "all the thinking I'd been doing about friendship, female friendships in particular." She continued, "I am the type of person who has never had a large group of close friends, usually I'll have one or two very ...
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iW BOT UPDATE | "Rachel" Leads
Jonathan Demme's "Rachel Getting Married" is atop the weekly iW BOT box office chart, which was published this afternoon. The film earned $293,369 from nine runs. Mitropoulos Films's "Ballast" and Paramount Vantage's "The Duchess" rounded out the top 3. More in this week's box office column, which ...
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iW NEWS | Visit Acquires "Baghead," "Half-Life"
The international rights to both Mark and Jay Duplass' "Baghead" and Jennifer Phang's "Half-Life" have been acquired by Visit Films. Both films premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Horror/comedy "Baghead" will have its international premiere at the upcoming Rome International Film Festival while sci-fi family drama "Half-Life" will premiere as the only US film in competition at the Tokyo International Film Festival. ""We have been following these films since their first screenings in Sundance as we were so impressed by their ability to bend genres and maintain a wonderful sense of integrity," Visit Films partner Ryan Kampe said in a...
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iW BOT | Audiences Getting "Married," "Religulous" Sets 2008 Doc High
Sony Pictures Classics' "Rachel Getting Married" set a high benchmark for fall's awards season contenders this weekend. The Jonathan Demme-directed drama opened on 9 screens, grossing a stellar $293,369 for an iW BOT topping $32,597 average. On 502 screens, Lionsgate's Bill Maher-Larry Charles col...
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