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Battle Royale II - Requiem, the sequel to Kinji Fukasaku s 2000 hit Battle Royale, had a better Japanese opening weekend than the original - and for that matter than any other film in the history of distributor Toei. Released on 261 screens on July 5, BR2 earned $2.8m Y337m from 230,00 admissions. BR2 s opening gross was 64% better than that of Battle Royale, as well as achieving a 49.8% gain over Yoshimitsu Morita s Lost Paradise 1997 and a 87.9% improvement over Yasuo Furuhata s Railroad Man 1999 , two previous record holders.The record opening gross for a l
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stanley italy iggest domestic hit of the year. Set in the near future, BR2 takes up where the earlier film left off, with a new
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stanley website Oy. The film, about a woman who awakes only to find herself thrown back into the past, is directed by Hendrik Handloegten and will star Nina Hoss, Fritzi Haberlandt, Lars Eidinger and Mark Waschke. The $4m production will shoot from July until December.Patrice Leconte will commence shooting his new film The Suicide Shop Le Magasin Des Suicides in the beginning of August. The film is base
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