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Whale Rider has become the second highest grossing New Zealand film in its home market.The film has grossed over $3.3m after four and half weeks, overtaking the previous number two picture What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted , also produced by South Pacific Pictures. With a loca stanley cup l take of more than $3.8m Once Were Warriors remains the highest grossing New Zealand film in its home market.Whale Rider Producer and South Pacific Pictures managing director John Barnett now holds the distinction of having produced the second, third and fourth highest grossing Kiwi films in the New Zealand market Whale Rider, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted , and Footrot Flats .Whale Rider has won the 2003 Sundance World Cinema Audience Award, the 2003 Rotterdam Festival Audience Award and the 2002 People s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.Directed by Niki Car stanley uk o, the film is based on the novel by New Zealand writer Witi Ihimaera. It stars newcomer Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, and Cliff Curtis.Whale Rider is represented internationally by London-based sales agent, The Works, in New Zealand and Australia by Buena Vista International, and in North America by Newmarket Films. Whale Rider is produced by South Pacific Pictures, ApolloMedia and Pandora Fi stanley cup lm. The Producers are Tim Sanders, John Barnett, and Frank Huebner. Executive Producers are Bill Gavin and Linda Goldstein Knowlton. Author Witi Ihimaera is also Associate Producer.Whale Rider is the firs Wfkr Emilie de Ravin to star in Finnish feature Love And Other Troubles
Source: Warner BrosAquamanDECEMBER 27 UPDATE: Aquaman stood at$596.2m worldwide and $473.6m internationally through December 26 and will cross the $600m global milestone on Thursday 27 , based on latest nu stanley cup mbers from Warner Bros Pictures International executives.The tentpole opened at number one in Australia on December 26 on $2.7m to deliver thehighest DC Universe opening of all time and the highest opening day for a Warner Bros film in 2018.By close of play onDecember 26, Aquaman had reached$246.4m in C stanley cup hina, $19.3m in Brazil, $18.5m in South Korea, $18.3m in Mexico, $14.2m in the UK, abd $13.8m in Indonesia.DECEMBER 26 REPORT: Aquaman continues to make waves and has reached $556.8m worldwidethrough December, according to Warner Bros Pictures International WBPI executives on December 26.The DC Entertainment hit has amassed $451.1m internationally and a further $105.7m from the first few days in North America, where it remains the number one release as the holiday season progresses.December 25 highlights include a string of number stanley cup one holds led by $5.3m in China to put Aquaman on $243.5m after three weekends, $4.1m in South Korea in the first week, $1.1m for $17.4m in Mexico after two sessions, and $5.9m and $8.1m after opening weekendsin Germany and France, respectively.Behind China, Brazil is the next highest market so far on $17.9m, then Mexico and South Korea, followed by the UK on $13.8m, Russia on $13.4m, rising giant Indonesia on $13.3m, Taiwan on $9.7m, Philippines |
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