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  • Madagascar 3 grosses Rs 53 mn in first weekend

    Madagascar 3 grosses Rs 53 mn in first weekend

    MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures‘ Madagascar 3, released in India by Viacom18 Motion Pictures, has secured the 3rd highest weekend opening for any animation film in India, the movie company said.

    The film, which hit the theatres across the nation on 8 June, opened up to packed screens.

    With multiplexes witnessing packed houses, the film has done a business of Rs 53 million at the box office in its first weekend, Viacom18 said.

    The third installment of the film scored better than the first two films of the series.

    The success of Madagascar 3 comes close on the recent successes of Kahaani and Blood Money in Hindi and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol for Viacom 18 Motion Pictures.

  • Paramount on top; rakes in $5.17 bn globally in 2011

    Paramount on top; rakes in $5.17 bn globally in 2011

    MUMBAI: Taking the crown away from Warner Bros, that was on a winning streak for the last five years, Paramount ranked No. 1 in market share at the domestic box office in 2011 with a global total to $5.17 billion.
     
    Among Paramount‘s 2011 titles, Dark of the Moon grossed $1.123 billion worldwide followed by DreamWorks Animation‘s Kung Fu Panda 2 with $665.7 million. The Paranormal Activity threequel grossed $203 million — after only costing $5 million to make. Ghost Protocol, on the other hand that released around Christmas, has grossed $366.5 million worldwide in less than three weeks.


    Overseas too, Paramount became the first studio in history to jump the $3 billion mark with its titles earning $3.21 billion. Paramount is credited for its fine-tuned marketing and distribution units, as well as for a focused development slate.
     
    Compared to Paramount, Warner Bros.‘ films took in $2.86 billion overseas for a global total of $4.67 billion, the second-best showing after Paramount among the Hollywood studios.


    “Over the last six years, we‘ve achieved everything we hoped we would,” Paramount chairman and CEO Brad Grey has been reported as saying.
     
    “We had three major franchise titles in 2011, Michael Bay‘s Dark of the Moon, Paranormal Activity 3 and the recalibration of Mission: Impossible–Ghost Protocol, with Tom Cruise doing a great job.”


    Paramount has also revealed its 2012 slate that will include films like Paranormal Activity 4, Brad Pitt’s World War Z, G.I. Joe: Retaliation and The Dictator.