Hungarian film org protests funding reforms
Some 260 Hungarian industryites held a protest conference in Budapest's Urania Cinema on Saturday in response to film-sector reforms ordered by the government and led by film industry commissioner…
John Nadler
Corruption seen in former Hungarian film fund
An investigation into the finances of the former public film fund in Hungary that collapsed two years ago with multimillion-dollar debts has exposed widespread corruption.
HBO arm gives drama full 'Treatment'
"Be Tipul" has been treating HBO Europe quite well.
Serendipity Point boards 'Hunyadi'
BUDAPEST -- Robert Lantos' Serendipity Point Films has boarded Hungarian historical epic "Hunyadi," based on local scribe Ban Mor's bestsellers.
Euro cable summit pushes for change
VIENNA -- Change, opportunity and challenges from "over the top" competition were the dominant themes of the Euro Summit 2012 cable marketing conference, hosted by CTAM Europe in the Austrian…
Bela Tarr to shutter production company
BUDAPEST Hungarian auteur Bela Tarr's production house T.T. Filmmuhely will shutter at the end of this month, a victim of the crisis besetting art cinema in Central and Eastern Europe.
Vajna's goal is to win over locals
Honcho brings H'wood chops to home market
Aggressive tax rebate keeps foreign pics coming
Late last month, while Hungary was embroiled in do-or-die negotiations with the IMF, most of the talk from boardrooms to cafes concerned Bruce Willis, who arrived in the country for the latest "Die…
Hungarian helmers host Film Week
In show of defiance and solidarity, Hungarian filmmakers hosted the 43rd Hungarian Film Week on Feb. 3-5, using the nation's premier festival to gather international support for Hungary's struggling…
Hungarian gov't funds 3 pix projects
BUDAPEST -- Less than two months after a massive reorganization, Hungary's state film-financing sector has greenlit its first three projects.
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Domestic Film DAILY
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Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Into Darkness
1Daily: $8.0M Cumulative: $98.4M Paramount Pictures 1st in 1st week -
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Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Into Darkness
2Daily: $6.8M Cumulative: $98.4M Paramount Pictures 2nd in 1st week -
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Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3
3Daily: $3.2M Cumulative: $343.6M Disney 3rd in 1st week
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