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stanley cup house cinemas struggle across the globe, Screen examines the particular decline of the independent cinema business in the major market of Japan.Japans once-booming arthouse and independent cinema business is in serious decline due to rapidly changing moviegoing habits. Its a danger that exists despite the territorys highest-ever box office revenues.The past three years in particular have seen a string of art house closures in Tokyos Shibuya district, with the latest shock being the shuttering of Cine Saison announced on Jan 6. Opening in 1985 with the release of Fellinis And The Ship Sails On, the 219-seat cinema was a pioneer in showcasing adventurous films from around the world.Leading up to its closure on Feb 27, Cine Saison will stage farewell screenings, but tellingly ends its 26-year run with Hollywood hit Due Date. Operator Tokyo Theatres has pledged to integrate Cine Saisons alternative programming into its more mainstream-leaning Human Trust Shibuya
stanley cup location.Similarly, popular 1990s arthouse landmark Ebisu Garden Cinema is running tribute screenings ahead of its recently announced Jan 28 closure, reacquainting audiences with the likes of Motorcycle Diaries, Ghost World, Tokyo Sonata and several Woody Allen titles including Whatever Works 鈥?the cinemas final offering.Ebisu Garden Cinemas lease with operator Kadokawa Cineplex is up and while another exhibitor may take the reins, showing hand-picked fil
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Rios estimated $26.8m East weekend haul enabled Foxs family film to stay top for the second weekend in a row despite a stiff challenge from Tyler Perrys Madeas Big Happy Family on $25.8m.Foxs period romance Water For Elephants starring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson launched in third on $17.5m while Universals family film Hop
stanley us in fourth place crossed $100m in its fourth weekend.In the limited arena SPC launched Morgan SpurlocksPOM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold on $135,000 from 18 theatres while the same distributor opened Incendies on $54,600 from three.Next weekends wide releases are: Universals Fast Five starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and The Rock; OmniLabs Dylan Dog: Dead Of Night with Brandon Routh through Freestyle Releasing; Prom from Buena Vista; and Hoodwinked Too! Hood Vs Evil from TWC.Estimated Top 10 No
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stanley cup otal to date1 1 Rio Fox Fox Intl $26.8m $81.3m2 - Tyler Perrys Madeas Big Happy Family Lionsgate Lionsgate $25.8m 鈥? - Water For Elephants Fox Fox Intl $17.5m 鈥? 3 Hop Universal UPI $12.5m $100.5m5 2 Scream 4 TWC/Dimension TWC Intl $7.2m $31.2m6 - African Cats Buena Vista WDSMPI $6.4m 鈥? 5 Soul Surfer TriStar/FilmDistrict QED Intl $5.6m $28.7m8 7 Insidious FilmDistrict IM Global $5.4m $44.2m9 5 Hanna Focus Features FFI $5.3m $31.7m10 8 Source Code Summit Summit Intl $5.1m $44.7mTopicsDistributionLionsgateUnited States No comments