SPOTLIGHT
The Inbetweeners Movie Like all the big local hits this year (except The
Inbetweeners Movie) it was released early in 2011 — by Independent Films — before the US blockbust- ers could get a real toehold in national markets.
Turkey’s growth spurt The growth of Turkey as a major box-offi ce terri- tory is evident this year. In contrast to Russia, another rapidly increasing market, Turkish audi- ences are as keen to watch their own fi lms as they are to watch US titles. (Russian audiences tend to prefer Hollywood fi lms to their own.) Three Turkish fi lms — UIP’s Eyyvah Eyvah 2 and Love Likes Coincidences (Ask Tesadüfl eri Sever), with Ozen Film’s Valley Of The Wolves: Palestine (Kurtlar Vadisi Filistin) — have outpaced every US release this year to date to become the highest- grossing fi lms of 2011 in the country. While Eyyvah Eyvah 2 fits the local blockbuster mould — it is a light-hearted romantic comedy — Love Likes Coinci- dences is a more serious piece, a love story without an easy ending, and Val- ley Of The Wolves: Palestine (a follow- up to Valley Of The Wolves: Iraq) is an all-out action adventure about a commando unit.
Heavyweights fl ex muscles The majority of the highest-grossing top 10 European fi lms in Europe this year are global blockbusters produced to transcend their local markets and released with all the might of their heavyweight back- ers. Additionally, most are ineligi- ble for European Film Award consideration due to the nationality
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of their creative team or because they were released after July 1, 2011. They are Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (produced by the UK’s Heyday Films, financed by Warner Bros), Johnny English Reborn (produced by Working Title Films and fi nanced by StudioCa- nal and Universal), the animated Gnomeo & Jul- iet (produced by Rocket Pictures, distributed by Disney), The Three Musketeers (produced by Jer- emy Bolt and Paul WS Anderson’s Impact Pic- tures, and backed by Constantin), and just outside the top 10, the Berlin-set Liam Neeson- action thriller Unknown (backed by Warner Bros and StudioCanal). As of October 30, Studio- Canal’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy had only opened in the UK. It will be released in most European markets in December.
The King’s Speech and Midnight In Paris (the
latter fi nanced in part by the French tax break and in the main by Spain’s Imagina) are the two genu- ine global breakthroughs. Not all UK period dra- mas strike a chord with audiences but from the moment Tom Hooper’s portrayal of a crisis in the British monarchy on the eve of the Second World War won the audience award at Toronto in Sep- tember 2010 the fi lm’s network of international distributors knew they had a release that would really sing. Similarly, Woody Allen fi lms, even in Europe, are a lottery, no longer guaranteed to fi nd critical support or a loyal audience. But his love letter to Paris was vintage, funny Allen and is his most successful release in Europe since Vicky Cristina Barcelona and his highest grossing fi lm ever worldwide.
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Eyyvah Eyvah 2
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