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Thursday, November 4, 2004


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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence played in 47 theaters around North America this weekend, and earned $501 per theater. In its first week of release in Canada, it's box office sales were up 37% from the previous week, bringing its box office total to $924,482 and moving it from 69th in the box office chart to 58th.

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie played in 66 theaters this weekend, earning an average of $116 per theater, bringing it's box office total up to $19,762,690 after 12 weeks in theaters. It ranked 78th at the box office, down from 54th last week.

Meanwhile Ju-On: The Grudge, the original Japanese movie that spawned several sequels, manga spin-offs and a Hollywood movie starring Sarah Michelle Gellar ranked 93rd at the box office, up from 97th last week.
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CPM Licenses Haru wo Daiteita (2004-11-04 14:05:57)
Central Park Media announced at Yaoi-con this weekend that they have licensed yaoi manga series Haru wo Daiteita (Embracing Love). They expect book 1 to be released in May 2005 (not April as first planned).
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Variety reports (subscription required) that Tom DeSanto (executive producer of the X-Men movies) wrote the original story for the upcoming Transformers live-action movie, and that John Rogers (Writer for Catwoman) will be adapting the story into a screenplay.

Tom DeSanto, along with X-Men co-executive producer Don Murphy and Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, is also producing the movie.

The movie, due out in summer 2006, is being jointly produced by DreamWorks and Paramount, under the executive-production of Steven Spielberg.

According to Variety, the movie is likely to be a "Franchise Property."

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