Brandon from boxofficemojo.com writes: With the latest overseas grosses from its Extended Edition release factored, ‘The Two Towers’ has edged out ‘Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace’ to become the #3 movie of all time worldwide. ‘TTT’ climbed to $925.9 million, compared to ‘Phantom Menace’s $925.6 million. ‘TTT’s stay at #3 will be short-lived though. ‘ROTK’ soared to $918.1 million and in a matter of days will surpass both ‘TTT’ and ‘Phantom Menace.’ [More]
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Raul Burriel writes: I’m the director of the Internet Movie Awards and I wanted to let you know that open voting has begun for this year’s awards at. ROTK has received several nominations, including “Favorite Picture”, “Favorite Supporting Actor” for Andy Serkis and Sean Astin, and “Favorite Supporting Actress” for Miranda Otto. I thought your readers may like to know. Voting lasts until February 29th. [internetmovieawards.com]
Grace Lee writes: I hope you’ll let TORN members know by posting on your home page that the BAFTA awards will be broadcast live on BBC America on Sunday, Feb. 15th at 4:00 PM EST/1:00 PT. ROTK is up for: Best Film, Director, The David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction, Screenplay (Adapted), The Anthony Asquith Award for Achievenment in Film Music, Cinematography, Editing Production Design, Costume Design, Sound, Special Visual Effects, Makeup & Hair, Orange Film of the Year.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – “The Last Samurai” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” led the overseas market over the weekend, but opportunities arose — though not on as grand a scale as that enjoyed by the titans — for several titles to snatch the No. 1 positions in scattered countries. [More]
The folks from Wedding Dresses Magazine writes: Here are some exclusive extracts from the upcoming issue of Wedding Dresses. This issue won’t be on the newsstands until mid february but poeple can pre-order copies here. [More] [weddingdresses.com]
Arwen writes: Quite appropriately in those times which many have been referred to as “The Year of the King”, the Santa Barbara Film Festival elected to honor Peter Jackson with their 2004 Modern Master Award. The sold-out event took place on Saturday January 31st at the beautiful Arlington Theater in downtown Santa Barbara. People started to line up early in the afternoon, and by 6pm the line of dedicated fans was going around the block, braving the chilly wind. [More]