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A dozen world premieres are among around 40 filmsscreening at this year s London UK Film Focus LUFF . The third edition of the event runs from June 26-29,attracting distributors from around the world to see UK product. Among the titles likely to pique the curiosity of thebuyers are Life Lyrics sold by Beyond and PennyWoolcock s Mischief Nights handled by Pathe .Other titles to receive their world p
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It may have been a slow session, but that wont stop Universal executives celebrating a number one berth heading into Halloween this week and top brass at The Weinstein Company feeling good about St. Vincent.Ouijas estimated $20m debut saw the horror film finish one place ahead of
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stanley cup .5m came from 347 Imax screens.Meanwhile St. Vincent, the comedy starring Bill Murray and Naomi Watts, stormed nine places up the charts to land in sixth place on $8.1m following an expansion by The Weinstein Company from 68 sites to 2,282. After three weekends the running total stands at $9.2m.Overall box office for the top 12 amounted to $102.7m, falling 15.5% against last weekend and dropp
stanley romania ing roughly 8% against the same session in 2013.Last weekends champion, Fury, slipped to third place on $13m for $46.1m after two sessions, while Foxs Gone Girl on $124.9m ranks fourth.Laura Poitras Edward Snowden documentary Citizenfour arrived through RADiUS on $125,000 from five sites for a $25,000 per-site average.Laggies starring Keira Knightley, Chloe Moretz and Sam Rockwell opened though A24 on $78,500 from five sites.This weekends wide releases are the Jake Gyllenhaal drama Nightcrawler through Open Road Films; Saw 10th Anniversary re-release through Lionsgate; and thriller Before I Go To Sleep through Clarius Entertainment.Estimated Top 10 North America Oct 24-26, 2014Film Dist / Est wkd gross / Est total to date1 - Ouija Universal UPI $20m
