Ultra-low budget thriller "The Purge" has overrun the North America box office with a surprisingly better-than-expected take of receipts, outperforming other rivals as it was opened to wide release over the weekend.
The 66th Cannes Film Festival drew its curtain down on Sunday evening after 12 days' competition with French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche's "La Vie d'Adele - Chapitre 1&2" ("Blue is the Warmest Colour") taking the prestigious Palme d'Or.
The 9th Hua Ding Awards presentation ceremony and the results of "China Film Satisfaction Survey 2013" were unveiled at the Kowloon Bay International Trade & Exhibition Centre here Wednesday night, thrilling the audience with the presence of Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korean celebrities.
"Odyssey," the latest film adaptation of the legendary Monkey King story, is enjoying success at the box office and fueling waves of nostalgia among Chinese audiences.
China is now the world's third-largest film producer and second-biggest film market. However, ticket sales for imported movies totaled 8.8 billion yuan, or 51.54 percent of gross ticket revenue, ending domestic films' nine-year dominance at the box office.
Steven Spielberg's bio-pic " Lincoln" and the CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" finished among the top contenders for the 70th Golden Globe Awards, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced in Los Angeles Thursday morning.
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