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news.yahoo.com - 1/5/2009
Report: Overseas box office record broken - Yahoo! News
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LOS ANGELES Hollywood 's six major studios say they broke overseas box office records in 2008, with an estimated $9.9 billion in tickets sold. That's a 4 percent increase from a year earlier, The Hollywood Reporter said Friday. Each of the six majors — Paramount, Warner Bros ., Universal, 20th ...
nytimes.com - 1/5/2009
Universal Sells Rogue for $150 Million
— nytimes.com — The sale of Rogue Pictures, a maker and distributor of lower-cost films, to Relativity Media signifies further... reordering in Hollywood’s specialty movie business. > (more) Universal Sells Rogue for $150 Million

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Overseas Box Office Churns Out $9.9 Billion in 2008
getthebigpicture.net - 1/4/2009
Overseas Box Office Churns Out $9.9 Billion in 2008
— getthebigpicture.net — More evidence that, on the whole, movies are immune to tough economic times. While most other sectors... are reporting at least some losses, the motion picture industry produced more revenue in 2008 than it did in 2007. (more) Overseas Box Office Churns Out $9.9 Billion in 2008

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iW ROUND UP | Monday, January 5
indieWIRE Recent — ... Universal Pictures unit of General Electric completed its sale of Rogue Pictures, a maker and distributor of lower-cost films, to Relativity Media for about $150 million. [NYT] "Gomorrah" actor newly arrested for real-life mafia role: media In a case where life appears to imitate art, Giovanni Venosa was arrested for trying to extract a "pizzo" - mafia tax - from businesses in the Caserte region to the north of Naples, Italian newspapers said. [AFP] Report: Overseas box office record broken Hollywood's six major studios say ...

iW ROUND UP | Monday, January 5
Buzz / Rumors — ... Universal Pictures unit of General Electric completed its sale of Rogue Pictures, a maker and distributor of lower-cost films, to Relativity Media for about $150 million. [NYT] "Gomorrah" actor newly arrested for real-life mafia role: media In a case where life appears to imitate art, Giovanni Venosa was arrested for trying to extract a "pizzo" - mafia tax - from businesses in the Caserte region to the north of Naples, Italian newspapers said. [AFP] Report: Overseas box office record broken Hollywood's six major studios say ...

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