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iW NEWS | Celluloid To "Make Money"
Celluloid Dreams announced its acquisition of Erwin Wagenhofer's "Let's Make Money," a documentary exposing the murky world of international finance. The film is produced by Allegro Films Helmut Grasser and Celluloid will premiere the film in the upcoming American Film Market. "After the success of Erwin's previous film 'We Feed the World,' we were very much anticipating what he would come up with next, and he didn't disappoint," Celluloid's Alessandro Raja in a statement. "'Let's Make Money' is a shocking and invaluable film that should be required viewing for all. We are very excited to be bringing this to AFM especially as in this current ...
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iW BOT UPDATE | "Noah's Arc" Leads
A late reporter sneaked in to top the weekly iW BOT box office chart, which was published this afternoon. Patrik-Ian Polk's "Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom," from Logo Entertainment, grossed $151,681 on five screens. More in this week's box office column, which was published last night.
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iW NEWS | Shadow Gets "Skills"
The U.S. and Canadian rights to SXSW Audience Award winner "Skills Like This" has been acquired by Shadow Distribution. The Monty Miranda directed film about a would-be writer will be released on March 20, 2009 release at New York's Angelika Film Center and will platform out to theaters across North America thereafter. "'Skills Like This' is a hilarious, original and freewheeling comedy with a real heart," said Shadow Distribution's Ken Eisen in a statement. "Working with Monty and the rest of the Skills crew has been a blast and we're looking forward to the film's release. We look forward to bringing this terrific film to the wide audience ...
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iW BOT | "Noah's Arc" Shocks Amid Batch of Strong Openers
In a weekend that saw the release of Clint Eastwood's latest and the directorial debut of Charlie Kaufman, not to mention "High School Musical 3," an underdog emerged as arguably the frame's greatest success story. Patrik-Ian Polk's "Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom," the first film released through L...
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iW NEWS | "Horse" Put To Werk
Newly formed indie production and finance shingle Werc Werk Works has announced that it is financing and co-producing Bela Tarr's latest film, "The Turin Horse" with Hungarian production outfit T.T. Filmmuehely, French production company Movie Partners in Motion FILM, Swiss production company Vega Film AG and German outfit Zero Fiction Film. The announcement was made by Werc Werk Works CEO Elizabeth Redleaf. "It is a huge privilege to be working with Bela Tarr given his powerful and important influence on filmmakers around the world," said Redleaf in a statement. "We were drawn to the intellectual aspects of 'The Turin Horse' from the first ...
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iW BOT | Weekend Estimates: "Changeling," "Noah's Arc" Among Year's Best Per-Theater-Averages
Clint Eastwood's "Changeling" found huge numbers amidst an impressive crowd of weekend openers, according to initial estimates from Rentrak early this afternoon. The Universal release grossed $501,615 from just 15 screens, averaging $33,441. That's a little less than double what Eastwood's last fi...
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iW NEWS | Lightning Acquires "Linea"
The international distribution rights to James Cotten's "La Linea," a crime drama starring Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta and Bruce Davidson, have been acquired by Lightning Entertainment. The deal was negotiated by Lightning Senior Vice President of Acquisitions Joseph Dickstein and Guardian with the prod...
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iW BOT UPDATE | "Elephant" Is King
A late reporter sneaked in to top the weekly iW BOT box office chart, which was published this afternoon. Seth Grossman's "The Elephant King," from Unison Films, grossed $15,959 on a sole NYC screen. More in this week's box office column, which was published last night.
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iW BOT | "Frontrunners" Leads Openers, Madonna Battles Exes
Caroline Suh's "Frontrunners" led all limited release newcomers this weekend, grossing $6,888 from its sole run. The Oscilloscope Pictures release topped its nearest freshman competitors, Barry Levinson's "What Just Happened?," which averaged $5,347 from 36 runs, and Madonna's "Filth and Wisdom," w...
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iW NEWS | Weekend Estimates: "Lucky" Leads, Guy Beats Madonna
According to estimates from Rentrak this afternoon, Mike Leigh's "Happy-Go-Lucky" led indieWIRE Box Office Tracking (iW BOT) - which ranks the per theater average of all reporting specialty films. The Miramax release averaged $12,222 in its second weekend, grossing $110,000 from 9 locations. The top specialty opener that reported estimates was Caroline Suh's "Frontrunners," which grossed $7,364 on 1 screen for Oscilloscope Pictures. Other openers included Magnolia Pictures' "What Just Happened?," which grossed $216,000 on 36 screens for a decent $6,000 average, and IFC Films' "Filth and Wisdom," which grossed $5,149 from its one run. While...
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