The Twilight Saga “Breaking Dawn Part 1" broke the UK and Ireland box office record this past weekend, taking in $21.8 million. Based on the best-selling books by Stephanie Meyers, the fourth film in the Twilight series, surpassed "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" opening night on Friday when it grossed $9.9 million. In the U.S. and Canada the film opened as the top film and grossed $138.5 million for Summit Entertainment LLC. ___________ Read More: More movie news on IrishCentral 'Twilight’ star Taylor Lautner’s favorite band is Ireland’s own U2 More celebrity gossip news on IrishCentral __________ “It’s an extraordinarily strong opening, and my sense is it will generally play well for many weeks,” said Paul Sweeney, a media analyst for Bloomberg Industries said. “Hollywood has really been focusing the last several years on franchises. Once Hollywood finds a formula that’s working, they play it as aggressively as they can.
- 11/21/2011
- IrishCentral
Death, dishonour and bad weather all conspired to derail low-budget Scottish comedy Donkeys, but it made it back from development hell against all the odds, writes Jane Graham
It's hard to know where to begin. The series of unfortunate events that has dogged the low-budget Scottish indie film Donkeys – last minute recasting, a troubled shoot, conflict within the production team – now appears to have a happy ending, and this jet-black comedy about an old man coming to terms with his impending death is shaping up as Scotland's underground hit of the year.
Not much about Donkeys' return from the brink makes sense. The film began life as the middle section of a film trilogy called Advance Party, dreamed up by Scotland's Sigma Films and their partners, Lars von Trier's Zentropa Films. You may have heard of Red Road, the first part, directed by Andrea Arnold. The trilogy was...
It's hard to know where to begin. The series of unfortunate events that has dogged the low-budget Scottish indie film Donkeys – last minute recasting, a troubled shoot, conflict within the production team – now appears to have a happy ending, and this jet-black comedy about an old man coming to terms with his impending death is shaping up as Scotland's underground hit of the year.
Not much about Donkeys' return from the brink makes sense. The film began life as the middle section of a film trilogy called Advance Party, dreamed up by Scotland's Sigma Films and their partners, Lars von Trier's Zentropa Films. You may have heard of Red Road, the first part, directed by Andrea Arnold. The trilogy was...
- 11/18/2010
- by Jane Graham
- The Guardian - Film News
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