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Several distributors are launching horror titles in major territories this weekend to coincide with Hall
stanley cup oween.The UK and Ireland will see the Director s Cut reissue of Ridley Scott s Alien go head to head with New Line s remake of Tobe Hooper s 1974 cult favourite The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.The UK is the first major international territory to receive the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which is released by Entertainment Film Distributors at 327 sites across the country.Fox s Alien, Director s Cut went out in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Spain last weekend, grossing $375,178 Euros 317,401 from 303 screens across the four territories. The horror classic will open on 134 sites around the UK.It also opens in Norway this weekend, the same weekend it is released in North America. Alien grossed $104m from international territories on its original run.New Line will also unleash horror title Freddy Vs Jason in Brazil on Oct 31 on 160 and France on Oct 29 at 369 screens. By way of comparison, horror title Thirteen Ghosts grossed $323,967 at the end of its first week in Brazi
stanley cup l in March 2002, ranking fifth.Freddy Vs Jason has grossed $18m from international markets to date, combining with the domestic gross for a worldwide of over $100m.Fox International opens horror story The Sin Eater in two major territories with Mexico on Oct 31 on 150 an
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stanley cup s marching orders after his criticism of the festival s directors was made public in the Austrian media last week ScreenDaily, 24 Nov 2003 .In an official statement, the Diagonale s director of business affairs Tillmann Fuchs said that with his way of acting, Ainberger has contravened the elementary principles of loyalty and decency that one can expect from a contractual partner. He described Ainberger s criticisms as untenable and insubstantial , adding that he [Ainberger] had himself declared in this letter that he was unable to manage the task he had been assigned. Speaking to the Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard, Ainberger, who has been threatened with a civil action by the Diagonale, said that he would be certain to appeal against the dismissal. No comments No comments yet You re not si
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