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Specialty Box Office: ‘Place Beyond The Pines’ Shines, ‘To The Wonder’, ‘Disconnect’ Open Soft

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday April 14, 2013 @ 10:53am PDTTags: Disconnect, Specialty Box Office, The Place Beyond The Pines, To The Wonder

Brian Brooks is a Deadline contributor.

Indie FilmsThis weekend’s specialty newcomers performed blasé at best and that’s despite the debut of a new film by a director who is all but a patron saint to the cineaste crowd. Topping the report Sunday morning is LD Entertainment’s Disconnect. Starring Jason Bateman and Hope Davis, the Santa Barbara Int’l Film Festival opener averaged $8,240 from 15 runs, pulling ahead of Terrence Malick and Ben Affleck’s debut, To The Wonder, which averaged $7,647 in 17 theaters. Sundance Selects opened Ken Loach’s Cannes 2012 title The Angels’ Share in 3 theaters, averaging $7K, while Oscilloscope’s It’s A Disaster also opened in a trio of locations, averaging $5,667. But the real good news came from Focus Features’ The Place Beyond The Pines. The Derek Cianfrance-directed feature showed off its box office prowess, averaging a solid $8K in over 500 theaters.

Word on the street was that To The Wonder was Malick’s “most accessible” film, but the film failed to measure up to his comparatively less user friendly previous film Tree Of Life. That film, which opened in 2011 in 4 theaters, averaged a cool $93,230 though it went on to cume $13.3 million. Hopefully the film will show some legs going forward. “I think it’s better outside a festival context and works better on its own,” said Magnolia’s Matt Cowal. “It’s sparking an incredible dialog. You can’t expect it to be liked by everyone. Some hate it, some adore it. And that’s expected in a work of art – it’s fascinating.” iTunes had some good news for To The Wonder this weekend. It topped its Independent charts all weekend. Magnolia will open the film in nearly every major market over the next two weeks.
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Specialty B.O. Preview: ‘The Place Beyond The Pines’, ‘Blancanieves’, ‘Mental’, ‘Room 237′, ‘Wrong’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday March 28, 2013 @ 7:41pm PDTTags: Blancanieves, Mental, Room 237, Specialty Box Office Preview, The Place Beyond The Pines, Wrong

Brian Brooks is a Deadline contributor.

Ryan Gosling teams up with director Derek Cianfrance in their firstSpecialty Box Office collaboration since Blue Valentine. Focus Features will open The Place Beyond The Pines in a traditional roll out, with expectations that its stars will be as strong a draw as its filmmaking prowess. Cohen Media Group’s Blancanieves will likely be the highest profile silent film (perhaps the only one?) to hit the big screen since Oscar powerhouse The Artist. Australian-born P.J. Hogan reunites with Toni Colette for Mental, their first collaboration since Muriel’s Wedding helped launch both of their careers. IFC Films’ long-time exec Ryan Werner gives the lowdown on his final release with the distributor, Room 237. Werner leaves IFC Films this week. And Drafthouse Films will open Wrong, which it picked up out of Sundance last year.

The Place Beyond The Pines
Director-Writer: Derek Cianfrance
Co-Writers: Ben Coccio, Darius Marder
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Craig Van Hook
Distributor: Focus Features

Filmmaker Derek Cianfrance directed Ryan Gosling in 2010 drama Blue Valentine, which scored well at the box office with a domestic take of just over $9.7 million (and an Oscar nomination for co-star Michelle Williams). This time around, he adds Bradley Cooper and Eva Mendes to the mix. The film centers on a motorcycle stunt rider turned outlaw who robs banks in order to provide for the son he didn’t know he had, but runs afoul from an ambitious rookie cop. “It’s filmed by a filmmaker. He’s the deal,” said Focus chief James Schamus. “He really brought back the kind of ambition you saw with filmmakers from the 70s. It doesn’t have to be a big budget movie for it to be ambitious.” Focus picked up the film out of last year’s Toronto International Film Festival. To spread the word, Focus sent Cianfrance on an extensive promotional tour. “It is publicity, but he’s been amazing. Some directors don’t enjoy talking about their work, but he’s so infectious,” noted Schamus. Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘The Place Beyond The Pines’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday December 26, 2012 @ 10:38am PSTTags: Derek Cianfrance, Ryan Gosling, The Place Beyond The Pines

This one surfaced just before Christmas but here’s a version without autoplay locked on. Ryan Gosling plays a pro motorcycle rider-turned-bankrobber and Bradley Cooper plays the cop who’s determined to catch him in The Place Beyond The Pines, directed by Derek Cianfrance who co-wrote with Ben … Read More »

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Lesson Of Toronto: Indie Filmmakers Better Keep Budgets Low As Distribs Grow Stingier

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday September 19, 2012 @ 3:08pm PDTTags: Aftershock, Big Deals Film, Deals, The Master, The Place Beyond The Pines, Toronto Film Festival
Mike Fleming

Ben AffleckHollywood runs on perception, and the vibe on the recently completed Toronto Film Festival is that the marketplace was a smashing success because of the high volume of acquisitions. The festival itself reported there were 29 major … Read More »

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TOLDJA! Focus Features Lands ‘The Place Beyond The Pines’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Sunday September 9, 2012 @ 5:33am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Bradley Cooper, Derek Cianfrance, Focus Features, Ryan Gosling, The Place Beyond The Pines, TIFF Wrap-Up, Toronto Film Festival
Mike Fleming

2ND UPDATE: Focus Features has confirmed Deadline’s scoop. Release is at the bottom of the story

UPDATE: I’m told that Focus Features indeed closed a distribution deal for one of Toronto’s hottest acquisition titles, the Derek Cianfrance-directed The Place Beyond The Pines. The negotiations between the Focus … Read More »

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Toronto: Insider Says No Weinstein Company Offer On ‘Place Beyond The Pines’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Saturday September 8, 2012 @ 2:42pm PDTTags: The Place Beyond The Pines, The Weinstein Company, Toronto Film Festival
Mike Fleming

Just read on a rival site that The Weinstein Company is moving aggressively toward a deal after making an offer on Derek Cianfrance’s The Place Beyond The Pines. Only problem, I’m told by sources inside The Weinstein Company, is … Read More »

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Toronto: New Film With Ryan Gosling & Bradley Cooper Draws Distributors

By PETE HAMMOND | Saturday September 8, 2012 @ 1:55am PDTTags: Bradley Cooper, Derek Cianfrance, Eva Mendes, Ryan Gosling, The Place Beyond The Pines, TIFF Wrap-Up, Toronto, Toronto Film Festival
Pete Hammond

The Place Beyond The Pines is perhaps the most eagerly awaited acquisition title of the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. And Friday night it premiered to an enthusiastic reception from a sold-out crowd. With stars Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper and Eva Mendes lighting up the Princess of Wales theatre’s Red Carpet, there was much anticipation about this unique crime thriller from director and co-writer Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine also starring Gosling). At the 19 Mercer Street after-party, producer Jamie Patricof (Lynette Howell and Alex Orlovsky co-produced with him for Sidney Kimmel Productions) told me they have kept this film under lock and key until the TIFF showing. Because no one had seen it, a lot of distributors were in the audience eager to get a look. Patricof and helmer Cianfrance both said they are looking for a company who is most passionate about the film. Whether it gets out this year (in time for the Oscar race) or later is secondary to that. Cianfrance did add that his natural inclination is always to “have the film out tomorrow” if he could.

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A snap poll of reaction after the screening indicated the film had true impact. There’s no doubt buyers will be circling this one – and snapping it up fast. Clearly the movie has a lot of marketing potential with Gosling and Cooper in the leads. Gosling  said that working with Cianfrance “has changed my life and changed me as an actor”. He plays a bank robber and said he always had a fantasy about making his getaway by riding a motorcycle into a U-Haul truck which was incorporated here. Cooper might have the most difficult role. ”But I was ferocious in wanting to work with these two guys. It was one of the most incredible experiences I have ever had acting,” he said. Read More »

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