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Germany s film tax landscape could change with a new initiative by the federal
stanley cup states Laender who are championing a tax rebatemodel similar to the UK s new film tax credit.This comes just two weeksahead of the July 1 deadline when State Minister for Culture Bernd Neumann wasdue to announce his own proposals for incentives toreplace the abolished old-style media funds.Speaking at the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg s annual press conference o
stanley cup nWednesday, Erhard Thomas of Brandenburg s State Chancellery revealed that Berlin and Brandenburg were canvassing the other state chancelleries togive their support to a tax rebate model over investment funds and recommendthis to the Laender prime ministers at their meetingin Berlin on Thursday. A fund model would nothave a chance either on a federal or regional level, Thomas said. There was too much malpractice in the past with the film funds. Given theexistence of competing incentive schemes in Europe, there is the danger that Germany will fall behind with its presentpossibilities. Andre Schmitz, head of Berlin s Senate Chancellery, explained that, crucially, arecently convened regional working group had received backing from the federalstates finance ministries for proposing a tax rebate model. In addition,ScreenDaily was told by a high ranking official in the Berlin Sen
stanley cup ate thatMinister Neumann is also coming around to the idea of a rebate model as opposedto the investment funds or a resurrection of a $113.8m Euros 90m risk capital Juzl UK Production Listings - 16 September 2004
China returned more than $63m from two Hollywood smashes in a single week.Warner Bros Batman finale and Sonys The Amazing Spider-Man went week head-to-head there. Italy was the kingmaker as a solid first week enabled The Dark Knight Rises to rule overall.However the imp
stanley cup act of China will be the chief talking point. The booming territorys influence cannot be overstated and demonstrates a perhaps unprecedented ability to shape the box office landscape.The Dark Knight Rises took approximately $28.5m from 4,100 screens in the first week in the Asian territory. Including $8.8m from 836 in the first six days in Italy, the crime thriller brought in a further $46.4m from 10,156 screens in 64 markets to reach $574m internationally and more than $1bn worldwide.The Amazing Spider-Man grossed $33.7m through Sony Pictures Releasing International, driven mostly by a muscular first week in China that delivered a number one rank and $33.3m since Mondays launch Aug 27 . The Friday to Sunday portion accounted for $14.5m. The superhero romp remains active in 59 markets and stands at $475.3m overall.Total Recallbrought itself to the cusp of $100m after four weekends, as $13m from 5,282 screens in 74 markets propelled the running total to $98.7m. The sci-fi reboot opened top in the UK o
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stanley cup $4.4m from 701 screens and added $1.3m in the third weekend in France from 534 for $8m. Total Recall has grossed $12.6m in Russia and $12.2m in Japan, both after four.The Bourne Legacy surged to $61.3m thanks to
