Italy Box Office 2014: Angelina Jolie Reigns, Local Comedies Do Well, Revenue Drops
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- Published on Wednesday, 31 December 2014 08:20
- Written by Hollywood Reporter
Angelina Jolie and Maleficent conquered the Italian box office in 2014, but overall revenue dropped sharply compared with 2013, which was boosted by a big homegrown hit and Disney's Frozen.Maleficent took home $19.1 million in Italy in 2014. The Sleeping Beauty retelling drew in families from around the country, who mostly saw a dubbed version of the new Mrs. Brad Pitt taking on the good side of a classic villain.Italian comedies continued to fare well, with three low-budget films breaking the top 10 box-office rankings, surrounded by the latest installments of Hollywood tentpoles Hunger Games, Transformers and Spider-Man.The number two spot went to mafia comedy Un Boss in Salotto, which took $16.6 million. Luca Minieri’s local hit garnered laughs with a pitch-perfect family being upended when a small-time criminal brother hides out in their home.Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street took the number three spot with $15.96 million. But it was followed closely by Sotta Una Buona Stella (Under a Lucky Star) with $14.1 million. The Carlo Verdone-directed film about a man who has to change his lifestyle when something terrible happens in his life stars Netflix’s Marco Polo star, newcomer Lorenzo Richelmy.Tutta Colpa di Freud (It's All Freud's Fault) by Paolo Genovese also broke the top 10 for the year with box-office revenue of $10.7 million. The fast-paced comedy about a psychoanalyst treating his three troubled daughters proved to be a homegrown hit.Overall, the box-office numbers for the top 10 films of 2014 are dramatically below 2013. The top 10 in 2014 pulled in $135.6 million, compared with $239.3 million in 2013.Road trip comedy Sole a catinelle in 2013 raked in $69.9 million, breaking records, with another Disney hit, Frozen, taking the number 2 spot with $26.4 million. The box office saw a big boost in 2013 when theaters lowered the price of admissions, but the incentive did not seem to make a lasting impression.
Here is the list of Italy's top 10 box-office performers in 2014:
1. Maleficent ($19.1 million)
2. Un Boss in Salotto ($16.6 million)
3. The Wolf of Wall Street ($16.0 million)
4. Sotta Una Buona Stella ($14.1 million)
5. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ($13.0 million)
6. Interstellar ($12.9 million)
7. Transformers: Age of Extinction ($11.6 million)
8. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 ($11.0 million)
9. Tutta Colpa di Freud ($10.7 million)
10. How to Train Your Dragon 2 ($10.65 million)
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Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken Wins the Christmas Day Box Office
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- Published on Sunday, 28 December 2014 13:03
- Written by Vanity Fair
The film bested Into the Woods and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.Angelina Jolie has just beaten two giants.Jolie’s second work as a director, Unbroken, is now expected to be the top film at the Christmas Day box office, besting Disney’s Into the Woods as well as the final installment of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit.Unbroken is on track to earn $15.6 million in Christmas Day ticket sales, according to Deadline, outpacing Into the Woods, which was initially expected to be the day’s big winner with an estimated $13.6 million in sales.The film, which Vanity Fair’s Richard Lawson calls “respectfully, carefully made”, is based on Laura Hillenbrand's best-selling biography of Louis Zamperini, the real life Olympic runner turned World War II airman turned P.O.W. Jolie directed the cast that includes Garrett Hedlund, Jai Courtney, Miyavi, Domhnall Gleeson, Finn Wittrock, and Jack O'Connell. (See Vanity Fair’s photo shoot with the cast here.) Unbroken has also earned an A- at Cinemascore.Jolie told Vanity Fair what she hoped audiences would take away from the film: “The main message [of the movie] is about how you choose to live your life—that there is greatness in everyone.” The box office triumph must be doubly sweet for Jolie, after the hopeful Oscar contender was overlooked by both the Golden Globes and SAG Awards. While she waits for the Oscar nominations to be announced, Jolie has nominations for best picture, director, adapted screenplay and cinematography from the Critics’ Choice Awards (plus Brad Pitt) to keep her warm at night.(...)
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Angelina Jolie Dieted to Support Unbroken Actors
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- Published on Friday, 26 December 2014 11:17
- Written by Newser
Angelina Jolie's film Unbroken is about Louis Zamperini, the former Olympic athlete who first spent 47 days drifting in the ocean during World War II, then two years in a Japanese POW camp—so, needless to say, lead actor Jack O'Connell and others portraying inmates at the camp had to lose a lot of weight. As the director, Jolie showed a lot of solidarity, one of the actors tells RadioTimes.com. "She came to the set every day, giving advice to the actors, and she actually didn't eat much [either]," says Miyavi, who plays the prison guard overseeing the camp. "She was so thin because most of the actors were not able to eat because they're prisoners in the prison camp. So she was so close to us." And, O'Connell adds, Jolie did one more thing: "She did test out all of my stunts before I had to do them," he says. In one scene, he had to spend hours supporting a heavy plank above his head. "The plank—I’m not sure if that can be regarded as a stunt—but, in any case, she was under it before I turned up on set," he says. (One of the Unbroken actors lost so much weight, his contacts stopped fitting.)
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Chris Martin says Angelina Jolie 'kidnapped' him to write a song for her new film
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- Published on Monday, 22 December 2014 21:44
- Written by NME
The Coldplay singer jokes about how he wrote 'Miracles' for the movie 'Unbroken'.Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has discussed writing a song for Angelina Jolie's new movie 'Unbroken', joking that the actress kidnapped him in order to ensure his involvement in the project.'Unbroken' was directed and produced by Jolie, telling the story of World War II hero Louis Zamperini. Coldplay contributed the track 'Miracles' for the film, making them one of the contenders for Best Original Song at the 2015 Oscars.Now, Martin has spoken to Vulture about how it allegedly all came about, stating: ""I got a message [from Jolie] that said, 'Meet in this undisclosed location. You'll be blindfolded and picked up by seven ex-Navy SEALs'."Martin added: "So they kidnapped me, hit me over the head, and sprayed me with Mace. When I woke up, I was in an office, and Brad Pitt was doing push-ups as Angelina Jolie was just sitting there with her crown on. There was also a guy holding a knife to my throat, and she said, 'Write me a song, or else'. And Brad Pitt said, 'Yeah. What she said'."Meanwhile, Chris Martin also recently revealed that he once asked David Bowie to record vocals for a Coldplay song but was rejected by the singer.Martin made the revelation at the BBC Music Awards, a ceremony where Bowie was nominated for British Artist Of The Year and Coldplay performed live. He said: "One time i sent him a song to ask him to sing on it. He called me and said, 'It's not one of your best.' He's got very high standards and I appreciate that. It inspires the rest of us to keep our standards high."Coldplay released their latest album 'Ghost Stories' in May.
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Angelina Jolie Takes Break From Promoting 'Unbroken' for 'Difret' Variety Series Screening!
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- Published on Thursday, 17 September 2015 11:22
- Written by Just Jared
Angelina Jolie is all smiles while arriving at her special screening for Difret held during the 2014 Variety Screening Series at ArcLight Hollywood on Tuesday (December 9) in Hollywood.The 39-year-old actress and executive producer was joined at the event by the stars of the film Meaza Ashenafi and Tizita Hagere, producers Francesca Zampi and Leelai Demoz, as well as director Zeresenay Mehari as they all sat down to chat about the drama. That same day, Angelina and her Unbroken stars Jack O’Connell and Miyavi visited the Today show in New York City.
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