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stanley cup 7.5m opening of Sweet Home Alabama over the weekend in North America confirms the superstar status of its lead actress, the 26-year-old Reese Witherspoon, whose soaring popularity now ranks her as one of Hollywood s most bankable opening acts. Indeed, there s no question that the success of Sweet Home Alabama, despite its rich supporting cast and warm southern US setting, is down to Witherspoon, whose effortless charm and winning comic talents recall Julia Roberts at her most appealing. But while Buena Vista s domestic releasing operation celebrates its record-breaking opening, Buena Vista International BVI has more of a challenge ahead. Witherspoon is thus far a distinctly all-American phenomenon, and
stanley cup Sweet Home Alabama, as its title suggests, possesses a distinctly parochial nature. Witherspoon s only blockbuster to date was last year s Legally Blonde which may have grossed $96.5m in North America but was so tied to linguistic and cultural-specific sensibilities that it grossed less than half that $44.5m in the rest of the world. While the UK accounted for 19.7% of that international total, Germany 18.5% and Australia 11.8%, other major territories did not get the joke. Japan, for example, took just $1.65m 3.7% of the gross , Mexico took $1.6m 3.6% and France $1.55m 3.4% . Sweet Home Alabama will no doubt benefit from the ancillary market success of Legally Blonde, but it will most likely evoke that same uneven response, l Vghl 15 UK production companies receive $1,500,000 in Lottery funding
Ahead of Sundays 68th Emmy Awards, The UKs Consul-General in Los Angeles Chris OConnor reflects on the strength of the special relationship as Brexit looms.In the TV industry, as elsewhere, people are asking what Brexit will mean for them, and for the UKs approach to international partnerships in television.The first part of the answer is that there is a great deal that will not change. The UK has over recent years been extraordinarily successful in television. The plethora of UK talent, outstanding production facilities, breathtaking locations and production-friendly tax environment drove over $1bn in UK economic activity in high-end TV alone.And much of the success comes from US-UK partnerships. Together, Brits and Americans have made some of the most memorable television in the 21st century. Joint collaborations have created landmark series including Game Of Thrones, Outlander and The Night Manager, which
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stanley cup rican adaptations of British shows, such as House Of Cards, find footholds on both sides of the Atlantic while dry British humour underpins US programmes such as Veep and Last Week Tonight. And British exports like Downton Abbey have left an indelible mark across America and around the world.Two of the most innovative US powerhouses in television 鈥?Netflix and HBO 鈥?owe much success to their connections to the UK.HBO attracted a Dothraki horde of viewers and Emmy awards by committing to season production budgets that rival studio fi
