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If Richard Morrison unravelled the Oppenheimer film reel from its new home in Melbourne’s Imax cinema, he wouldn’t have to stop until he reached Sandringham Beach, more than 18km away.
He won’t be doing that.
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If Richard Morrison unravelled the Oppenheimer film reel from its new home in Melbourne’s Imax cinema, he wouldn’t have to stop until he reached Sandringham Beach, more than 18km away.
He won’t be doing that.
- 7/18/2023
- by Kelly Burke
- The Guardian - Film News
If you watched David Tennant’s captivating portrayal of Alexander Litvinenko as he lay dying and thought ‘You know what this needs? More arias’, then guess what? You’re in luck.
The bold, furious, highly effective Itvx drama Litvinenko might have left you wondering where you can find out more about what happened, or where else you can see this tragic, stranger-than-fiction true story brought to life. Believe it or not, the answers to both of these questions includes a modern opera.
The Life and Death of Alexander Litvinenko was written by former banker Anthony Bolton and debuted at Surrey’s Grange Park Opera in 2021:
Set over two acts, the opera tells the story using a multitude of flashbacks and flash-forwards, including the Moscow theatre siege in 2002 (which Litvinenko claimed was ordered by Russia’s own security services) to his exile from Russia and eventual assassination in London in...
The bold, furious, highly effective Itvx drama Litvinenko might have left you wondering where you can find out more about what happened, or where else you can see this tragic, stranger-than-fiction true story brought to life. Believe it or not, the answers to both of these questions includes a modern opera.
The Life and Death of Alexander Litvinenko was written by former banker Anthony Bolton and debuted at Surrey’s Grange Park Opera in 2021:
Set over two acts, the opera tells the story using a multitude of flashbacks and flash-forwards, including the Moscow theatre siege in 2002 (which Litvinenko claimed was ordered by Russia’s own security services) to his exile from Russia and eventual assassination in London in...
- 12/16/2022
- by Lauravickersgreen
- Den of Geek
The theatrical debut of Disney’s Black Widow smashed pandemic-era records in the US, but in Australia, where Sydney remains in lockdown, the film couldn’t surpass the opening weekends of recent titles F9 or Godzilla vs. Kong.
However, the Cate Shortland-directed film still captured a staggering 60 per cent national market share, with receipts of $6.1 million from 590 screens; a screen average of $10,500. With collections from previews, it sits on $7 million.
Like Cruella and Raya and the Last Dragon before it, Black Widow is simultaneously available on Disney Premier Access for $34.99, though it is hard to know how much that ate into the theatrical figure. Certainly for MCU fans in Sydney, streaming was the only option.
Worldwide, Disney reports earnings of $US60 million from Disney Premier Access, as well as $80 million in North America and $78 million internationally. In the US/Canada the opening was the largest since Star Wars Episode...
However, the Cate Shortland-directed film still captured a staggering 60 per cent national market share, with receipts of $6.1 million from 590 screens; a screen average of $10,500. With collections from previews, it sits on $7 million.
Like Cruella and Raya and the Last Dragon before it, Black Widow is simultaneously available on Disney Premier Access for $34.99, though it is hard to know how much that ate into the theatrical figure. Certainly for MCU fans in Sydney, streaming was the only option.
Worldwide, Disney reports earnings of $US60 million from Disney Premier Access, as well as $80 million in North America and $78 million internationally. In the US/Canada the opening was the largest since Star Wars Episode...
- 7/13/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Warner Bros.’ Godzilla vs. Kong has posted the highest opening weekend of any film post-covid, in a hopeful sign that audiences are ready to come back to cinemas for blockbusters.
Opening on 557 screens, the Queensland-shot monster flick amassed $7.7 million, or $8.1 million with previews, a result that already eclipses the lifetime cume of Godzilla: King of Monsters.
That figure alone is also more than the entire national box office last weekend, when receipts totalled just $5.9 million.
Godzilla vs. Kong opens in the US this week, but has already made US$122 million internationally. In China, it captured 82 per cent of the market, making it the biggest foreign title of both 2020 and 2021.
IMAX grosses make up around 10 per cent of the international figure. The film was similarly a success at IMAX Melbourne, with Gm Richard Morrison telling If the on screen spectacle of the monster brawl has been a big drawcard.
“This past...
Opening on 557 screens, the Queensland-shot monster flick amassed $7.7 million, or $8.1 million with previews, a result that already eclipses the lifetime cume of Godzilla: King of Monsters.
That figure alone is also more than the entire national box office last weekend, when receipts totalled just $5.9 million.
Godzilla vs. Kong opens in the US this week, but has already made US$122 million internationally. In China, it captured 82 per cent of the market, making it the biggest foreign title of both 2020 and 2021.
IMAX grosses make up around 10 per cent of the international figure. The film was similarly a success at IMAX Melbourne, with Gm Richard Morrison telling If the on screen spectacle of the monster brawl has been a big drawcard.
“This past...
- 3/29/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Japan’s highest grossing feature film of all time, Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train, is also proving a hit with Australian audiences.
Released via Madman Entertainment, the anime topped the box office with a $1.9 million opening from 201 screens over the weekend; a whopping average of $9,270.
A follow-up to the 2019 TV series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, based on Koyoharu Gotoge’s comic, the story follows Tanjiro Kamado’s journey as a demon slayer after his family is brutally murdered and his sister is turned into a demon.
Released in Japan in October last year, the film grossed more than ¥37.8 billion, or $USD362 million.
The Australian release includes screenings in IMAX and 4Dx formats. In Japan, the film smashed IMAX records, and its international success has helped boost numbers locally.
“The movie’s many fight sequences look fantastic on the giant screen and we’re very pleased with numbers we’re seeing.
Released via Madman Entertainment, the anime topped the box office with a $1.9 million opening from 201 screens over the weekend; a whopping average of $9,270.
A follow-up to the 2019 TV series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, based on Koyoharu Gotoge’s comic, the story follows Tanjiro Kamado’s journey as a demon slayer after his family is brutally murdered and his sister is turned into a demon.
Released in Japan in October last year, the film grossed more than ¥37.8 billion, or $USD362 million.
The Australian release includes screenings in IMAX and 4Dx formats. In Japan, the film smashed IMAX records, and its international success has helped boost numbers locally.
“The movie’s many fight sequences look fantastic on the giant screen and we’re very pleased with numbers we’re seeing.
- 3/1/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Amid a dearth of new major releases, exhibitors are pleased with the staying power of Roadshow Films’ Rams, which held onto the top spot at the box office over its second weekend, as well as Rialto’s Honest Thief and R & R Films’ Never Too Late.
The only major opener for the weekend was Studiocanal’s Radioactive, bowing in third on a middling $178,416 from 180 screens with previews.
Directed by Marjane Satrapi, the drama stars Rosamund Pike as Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie as she tries to explain to the world previously unknown radioactive elements. It soon becomes evident that her work could lead to applications in medicine that could save thousands of lives, or applications in warfare that could destroy them by the billions.
Premiering as the Closing Night Gala at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Radioactive has gone straight-to-streaming in other major markets such as the US and UK given the pandemic.
The only major opener for the weekend was Studiocanal’s Radioactive, bowing in third on a middling $178,416 from 180 screens with previews.
Directed by Marjane Satrapi, the drama stars Rosamund Pike as Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie as she tries to explain to the world previously unknown radioactive elements. It soon becomes evident that her work could lead to applications in medicine that could save thousands of lives, or applications in warfare that could destroy them by the billions.
Premiering as the Closing Night Gala at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Radioactive has gone straight-to-streaming in other major markets such as the US and UK given the pandemic.
- 11/9/2020
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Irish director Stephen Patrick Kenny returns for his next outing with the woods thriller "Missing In Greenwood" Three friends venture to the Greenwood forest in hope of a good time but now must rely on each others backs for survival as what lurks behind them isn't exactly what it seems. Starring Tony Denham (The Football Factory), Mark Hutchinson (The Pigman Murders), Bernie Coen (Captive), Paul Thomas Faherty, Michael Corcoran, Seamus Curran, Thomas McCormick, Jessie O'Regan, Donncha Kearney, James Moore, James Fahey, Ronan O Grady and Richard Morrison. Production Companies: Hood Up Films (Ireland), H-Block Productions (Ireland). Running time: 85 minutes Release: Late 2018 Genre: Horror, Thriller...
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- 4/30/2018
- Screen Anarchy
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