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  1. Analyst on Dish Ad-Skipper: 'Serious Disruptions' for TV Business

    Analyst on Dish Ad-Skipper: 'Serious Disruptions' for TV Business

    3:29 pm PDT 5/25/2012
    • Paul Bond
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    Meanwhile, another observer advised the networks: “innovate, don’t litigate.” Read More

  2. International News Roundup: Pattinson And Kayne Rock Cannes; Facebook Floats And Fall and Twitter's Olympic Boycott

    International News Roundup: Pattinson And Kayne Rock Cannes; Facebook Floats And Fall and Twitter's Olympic Boycott

    1:58 pm PDT 5/25/2012
    • Scott Roxborough
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    The top global media stories of the past seven days. Read More

  3. Watch Video Pixar's 'Brave,' Universal's 'Savages' to Screen at CineEurope

    Pixar's 'Brave,' Universal's 'Savages' to Screen at CineEurope

    9:15 am PDT 5/25/2012
    • Scott Roxborough
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    The European distributors trade show moves from Amsterdam to Barcelona this year. Read More See All Videos

  4. Cannes 2012: Leos Carax's 'Holy Motors' Seals U.K. Deal

    Cannes 2012: Leos Carax's 'Holy Motors' Seals U.K. Deal

    9:10 am PDT 5/25/2012
    • Stuart Kemp
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    Artificial Eye adds four titles to its slate from this year's Cannes Film Festival and Film Market lineup. Read More

  5. Cannes 2012: 'Shadow People' Picked Up by Anchor Bay for North America, the U.K, New Zealand

    Cannes 2012: 'Shadow People' Picked Up by Anchor Bay for North America, the U.K, New Zealand

    8:39 am PDT 5/25/2012
    • Stuart Kemp
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    Global sales agent Arclight Films strikes a multi-territory deal with Anchor Bay Entertainment for Matthew Arnold's debut starring Dallas Roberts and Alison Eastwood. Read More

  6. Cannes 2012: Kino Lorber Takes 'In Another Country' With Isabelle Huppert for U.S.

    Cannes 2012: Kino Lorber Takes 'In Another Country' With Isabelle Huppert for U.S.

    4:28 am PDT 5/25/2012
    • Scott Roxborough
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    The comic drama stars Isabelle Huppert as three different foreign women visiting a Korean seaside town. Read More

  7. Cannes 2012: Susanne Bier's 'Love Is All You Need' to Hit U.K. Screens

    Cannes 2012: Susanne Bier's 'Love Is All You Need' to Hit U.K. Screens

    3:02 am PDT 5/25/2012
    • Stuart Kemp
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    British indie distributor Arrow Films snaps up rights to the movie starring Pierce Brosnan in a deal with TrustNordisk. Read More

  8. NBCUniversal Eyes Acquisition of Microsoft's MSNBC.com Stake

    NBCUniversal Eyes Acquisition of Microsoft's MSNBC.com Stake

    2:55 am PDT 5/25/2012
    • Georg Szalai
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    The Comcast-controlled entertainment company is looking to buy out its partner in the Web destination. Read More

  9. Indian Copyright Act Amendments Give Music Artists Ownership Rights

    Indian Copyright Act Amendments Give Music Artists Ownership Rights

    2:42 am PDT 5/25/2012
    • Nyay Bhushan
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    The long-debated amendments – for which the late Robin Gibb had also campaigned with the Indian government - give copyright ownership to artists replacing the earlier work-for-hire system where film producers held that right. Read More

  10. Apple CEO Tim Cook to Forgo $75 Million in Dividend Payments

    Apple CEO Tim Cook to Forgo $75 Million in Dividend Payments

    2:02 am PDT 5/25/2012
    • Georg Szalai
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    The head of the technology giant earned $378 million in compensation last year, making him the highest-paid CEO in corporate America. Read More

  11. TV Academy Creates Reality Peer Group

    10:17 pm PDT 5/24/2012
    • Aaron Couch
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    The Board of Governors also voted to rename the Nonfiction Peer Group the Documentary Peer Group. Read More

  12. Cinedigm's Chris McGurk and Paramount's Frederick Huntsberry to Speak at the 2012 Locations Show

    Cinedigm's Chris McGurk and Paramount's Frederick Huntsberry to Speak at the 2012 Locations Show

    4:57 pm PDT 5/24/2012
    • Gregg Kilday
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    Presented by the Association of Film Commissioners, the event takes place June 15-16 in Los Angeles. Read More

  13. Sean Hannity Formalizes Deal to Stay With Fox News Channel for at Least 4 Years

    Sean Hannity Formalizes Deal to Stay With Fox News Channel for at Least 4 Years

    2:24 pm PDT 5/24/2012
    • Paul Bond
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    The announcement comes three weeks after FNC inked a deal with Bill O'Reilly. Read More

  14. Cannes 2012: Pathe Closes More Than 100 Film Deals

    Cannes 2012: Pathe Closes More Than 100 Film Deals

    10:39 am PDT 5/24/2012
    • Stuart Kemp
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    The company's deal list include those for the Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon and Isabella Rossellini starrer "An Enemy." Read More

  15. News Corp. Lobbyist Reveals Dealings With U.K. Government During Rupert Murdoch-led BSkyB Bid

    News Corp. Lobbyist Reveals Dealings With U.K. Government During Rupert Murdoch-led BSkyB Bid

    9:37 am PDT 5/24/2012
    • Stuart Kemp
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    The media mogul and his company should "stay in the game" in bidding for the satcaster, the British government had suggested, according to Frédéric Michel's testimony. Read More

  16. Cannes 2012: Europe's Film Organizations Attack New EU Funding Rules

    9:06 am PDT 5/24/2012
    • Scott Roxborough
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    The proposed new rules would cut funding for Hollywood films shooting in Europe and could make cross-border co-productions more difficult. Read More

  17. Bela Tarr Shuts Down Production Company TT Filmmuhely

    Bela Tarr Shuts Down Production Company TT Filmmuhely

    7:57 am PDT 5/24/2012
    • Scott Roxborough
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    The acclaimed art house director was a vocal opponent of recent reforms of Hungary’s film financing laws. Read More

  18. In the Magazine
    Cinedigm Chairman Chris McGurk: 'I Got Pitched By the Dalai Lama'

    Cinedigm Chairman Chris McGurk: 'I Got Pitched By the Dalai Lama'

    7:37 am PDT 5/24/2012
    • Alex Ben Block
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    The chairman and CEO talks to THR about combining his past experiences at Pepsi, Disney and Universal into a "narrowcast" model, which purports to save theatrical business via broadcasts of UFC fighting and rock concerts. Read More

  19. Cannes 2012: ‘In Your Name’ Takes Cannes L’Atelier Honor

    5:51 am PDT 5/24/2012
    • Scott Roxborough
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    The project from Dutch director Marco van Geffen will be the second in his planned Vinex Triology that started with “Among Us.” Read More

  20. Cannes 2012: NonStop Takes 'Cosmopolis,' 'The We And The I' for Scandinavia

    Cannes 2012: NonStop Takes 'Cosmopolis,' 'The We And The I' for Scandinavia

    5:17 am PDT 5/24/2012
    • Scott Roxborough
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    NonStop’s Cannes shopping spree also includes Morgan Spurlock’s Comic-Con documentary and Berlinale winner “Ceasar Must Die.” Read More

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Global Grosses

Weekend of 05/18/12
1
The Avengers
Weekend
$59.1M
Cume
$726.4
2
Dark Shadows
Weekend
$31.0M
Cume
$81.8
3
The Dictator
Weekend
$30.9M
Cume
$30.9
4
American Reunion
Weekend
$9.7M
Cume
$159.5
5
Battleship
Weekend
$6.4M
Cume
$226.9
6
Rust & Bone
Weekend
$4.5M
Cume
$4.5
7
Thermae Romae
Weekend
$4.1M
Cume
$45.8
8
The Lucky One
Weekend
$2.6M
Cume
$26.3
9
Sadako 3D
Weekend
$2.3M
Cume
$7.7
10
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Weekend
$2.0M
Cume
$77.3

Top DVD Sales

Week ending 05/20/12 Source: Nielsen VideoScan
1
The Grey
Studio
Universal
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new
2
Chronicle
Studio
Twentieth
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new
3
The Vow
Studio
Sony
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1
4
One for the Money
Studio
Lionsgate
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5
Underworld Awakening
Studio
Sony
Rank Last Week
2
6
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Studio
Paramount
Rank Last Week
3
7
Rampart
Studio
Millennnium
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8
Thor
Studio
Paramount
Rank Last Week
4
9
The Devil Inside
Studio
Paramount
Rank Last Week
new
10
Contraband
Studio
Universal
Rank Last Week
8

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