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Daily Bite: ‘Godzilla’ Tops Box Office in First International Markets; Trailer for ‘Mr. Turner’, headed to Cannes; Trailer for TV series ‘The Royals’
16 May 2014 : Deirdre Molumby
Mike Leigh's 'Mr. Turner' will compete against Ken Loach's 'Jimmy's Hall' in the Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival
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‘Godzilla’ Tops Box Office in First International Markets
Before its release around the globe, including North America, this weekend, Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures’ ‘Godzilla’ entered its first international markets on Wednesday with one of the best results ever for a Warner title. The monster movie had a budget of €160 million and has so far topped the French box office, taking in $1.6 million in France from 596 screens, as well as Australia, for which early Thursday returns show the film grossing €1.2 for the day.

Director Gareth Edwards’ feature is also No.1 in Belgium and French-speaking Switzerland, where it grossed $167,000 from 87 screens, in Sweden, having grossed $316,000 from 54 screens, Norway after grossing $210,000 from 127 screens, and Finland with $71,000 from 82 screens. Indonesia had its best opening day of the year gathering $325,000 from 308 screens, and in North America it is expected to cross $65 million in its debut.

The film is also generating positive critical reception, having already scored a 76% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 147 reviews. This weekend ‘Godzilla’ will be showing in 64 countries, including 10 major markets, on more than 15,500 screens.

‘Godzilla’ stars Bryan Cranston, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche (who also stars in ‘A Thousand Times Goodnight’, out today), Sally Hawkins and David Strathairn. The director of photography was Armagh-born Seamus McGarvey, an interview with whom can be read here.


Trailer for ‘Mr. Turner’, headed to Cannes
Sony Pictures Classics has released the trailer for ‘Mr. Turner’, which portrays the last twenty five years of 19th century artist J.M.W. Turner’s life. The feature stars Timothy Spall in the title role, and is directed and written by Mike Leigh.

The biopic has been selected for Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival and will be up against Ken Loach’s Irish historical feature ‘Jimmy’s Hall’. Like Loach, Leigh is a favourite at Cannes, having won four awards at the festival over the years, including Best Director for ‘Naked’ in 1993, and the coveted Palme d’Or for ‘Secret & Lies’ in 1996.

See here for information on the presence of Irish film at Cannes this year.

The trailer for ‘Mr. Turner’ may be viewed below:


Trailer for TV series ‘The Royals’
A sneak peek has been released for E!’s new TV series ‘The Royals’, which marks the channel’s first scripted programme. Elizabeth Hurley of ‘Austin Powers’ stars as the queen of a fictional British royal household, who will do whatever it takes to protect the image of her family. Hurley, Vincent Regan, Haley Lu Richardson, William Moseley, Alexandra Park, Tom Austen, Jake Maskall, Ukweli Roach and Oliver Milburn make up the ensemble cast.

The series is created by Mark Schwahn, who also writes and directs the show and is executive producing with Brian Robbins and Joe Davola. Lionsgate is producing. Production is expected to commence over next month with a premiere date in early 2015.

See the trailer here:






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