Weekend Box Office Preview
July 02, 2003

Russian B.O. rockets

Jowell cuts deal over media bill

Holland's topper ankles

'Potter' pay a problem

UPN models ratings jump

No. 1 bow is destiny for Beyonce

Scribes in the pen with 'Prison'

Patently ineffective

Paris Cinema detoured by protest

AOL TW sells stake in key Chinese net

Versatile Amateau, 79, straddled pic, TV biz

Carsey-Werner ups Gerson to biz chief

Rede TV ready for novelas

Cuomo firm on Rainbow case

Sogecable tie-up completed

Loehneysen exiting IN-Motion board

Herbie Mann

Feature toon types play Namco vidgame

Waves of production flattening in Hawaii

'Bouncer,' 'Muse' unveiled at Copenhagen

Discop high on chopsocky

Will Arnold, Reese set off fireworks?

Lopez files vs. manager

Dreams of open China market dim

Bend it like 'Becker'

Nigella Lawson

Rich Rogers

Italian job anxiety

Acad getting personal

MTV writes reality check for fall season

NBC's in luck with Olympics going Canuck

Belladonna opens gate on 'Jailbait'

Odd couple in Hispanic toon

Helmer Waters on 'Mean' streak

'Legally' fashionable

'T3's' slingshot effect

Scribes sparkle under spotlight

Salma's 'Sunset' cruise

Lampoon looks to Belzer for laughs

Di Bona probes interest in D.C. reality

Labels get the blues

'Wife' sets up house at ABC Family

Orphanage gets 'Kids' gig

SAG may try merger again

WB orders 'Shock' block

TNT helping 'Mayday' into prod'n

RTL names new director general

'Vittula' gets director, coin

DLA, cl@se pact for distrib'n

TvDanmark names Ravn CEO

Revengers helping out with roles

Comcast deal gives Liberty some options

BocaBoca feeds pipeline

RTL taps Zulueta

Crooner White dies after lengthy illness

Arnold's back but B.O. isn't

Michael O'Farrell

Hearst falls short

Stage, CIE take on Spain

Deluxe buys Disctronics

Primedia turns Folio over to Lewis

Webs to punt Big East gridiron pacts?

Buckley frames Chauvel film nod

Aussie showbizzers push for TV credit

Plantin puts September on calendar

A fact-based pact Sky Italia

Japan to mark WWII anni with 'Color' doc

India imposes cable rate regs

HBO primes 2nd feevee

Gilliam's 'Grimm' pic Czechs in

Skip Ward

N!xau

Purchase of vid-editing biz dazzles Pinnacle

Blubster decentralizes network

All-star voices on board for Bond game

Tune trade helps launch service online

Martin Bachmann

Ed Micone

James Lichtman

Harper won't run for SAG prexy

TBS fine toons its sked with 'Futurama,' 'Guy'

Slater firms move to WMA

The foreign legion of Canuck distrib'n

Startup cabler eyes more upbeat reality

Heavenly B.O. o'seas for 'Angels,' 'Bruce'

Oscar calls 87 nations

Can Lion keeper tame the French circus?

Moran Caplat

SEC opens Rainbow Media probe

ITV merger's in jeopardy

Monte Carlo clocking fest kudos

Truth takes bullet with 'Clyde' tale

New 'Morning' dawns at CNN

Dean Dunlavey

UIP, Teuton exhibs chalk up 'Hulk' deal

Sahara skein forced off the air again

MCC unveils '03-04 season

SoapNet lathers up with 'Dallas'

Focus gets 'Tangled'

2nd spell for 'Tell'

USA likes Eick for inhouse prod'n

D'Works inks 'Bones' key

New Line gets 'Smarter'

Dino does 'Decameron'

New Line mans 'Homefront'

New Line in 'Terry' territory

Doyle 'Standing' tall in overall Fox deal

Taska plans 'Tonight'

Stockholm spotlights Hepburn

Karlovy Vary reaches maturity

'Hulk' unleashed in German plexes

Endemol, Globo win 'Big' case

EC to rule on pay TV deals

Bertelsmann exec ankles print arm

Eurimages doles out dosh

BBC stands firm

Variety legit critic Markland Taylor dies

Open to new accord

Star shines with Nine deal

Broadway is feeling biz slump

Viacom and Lee settle Spike spat

Saving the scribes

Song-and-dance man Ebsen hit it big on TV

ZDF posts surprise surplus

Adelphia suit seeks $5 bil, charging Rigas loan fraud

Style touts makeover with 13 segs of 'Brini'

DirecTV bows PPV service for gay auds

Nona Gaye

SEC probe casts pall over Cablevision

Rich Rogers

Doc trio set for PBS, L.A. Latino film fest

Mag Fades In on script kudos

Ascent lifts 4 tech exex

FNC 'Cashin'' in on Rogers

TV-Radio museum prexy dies at 58

Heat hits o'seas B.O.

Sony TV taps Steinberg

TCM remembers Hepburn

Panettiere blooms Thistle

Savage comment costs host his job

G4's got (kudos) game: Vid awards show set

Reality's romantic for Galan

Screenblast, Adobe effect upgrades

ABC explores AIDS in Africa online

'Galaxies' debuts with record buyers

'Century' on Eye docket

Mercer's cooking at RAW

BBC toots Reveille skeins

Miramax keeps laughing

Management 360 inks overall WB deal

Lima to paw 'Cats'

Judge won't budge

'Sex' lures new suitor; guest stint gains focus

McCord's hat in SAG's ring

Mottola takes U turn at Casablanca

Bollywood mate on board chess pic

Milos glowing over 'Embers'

Storytellers groomed young

H'w'd sings out for 'Oz'

IO sets hi-def transfer demo

'Hulk' bursts in U.K.

Wishing for a hole in one

Essence of festival

'LXG' lands in Vegas

Loach honored by org

Fest auds make new 'Buddy'

Karlovy Vary cues talk on int'l, local biz

Game over for TV6

Sky TV gets dramatic

ZDF, Polska pact

Filmsite has unique spin on top pix

James Antinori

Versatile Amateau, 79, straddled pic, TV biz

Andrew Heiskell

Bertha Egnos

Reality, NASCAR lift NBC

Pixar's picking up

Lawmakers blast Dixie Chicks ban

Univision union assailed

IATSE ratifies KTLA pact

TNT and TBS shuffle exex

Michael 'Peanuts' Hucko

Wellspring takes '#9'

San Diego drops plan to add prod'n fees

WB Pix 'mad' for wells

Cohen-Cutler given sr. VP stripes

Spots washing out

Comics keep drawing 'em in

Spike settlement a win-win

Oz thesps on board for one-day strike

NBC puts money in bank with 'Love'

Oneile on FFC Australia board

U.K. nixes ownership reg

HFPA releases Globe regs

Anchor embraces U.S. with citizenship oath

CAA to rep CTV

Bravo gets bolder

Wagner sues Col, Sony over 'Angels'

French fest fears

Echo Lake answers the call of De Felitta's 'Happy'

Fox cuts costs in India

Fox Movie Channel is top of list or viewers

Potter place up for sale

Wen's in 'Kopps' lockup

'Money' talks for Blair, Col

Drabinsky sues Landlord

Thirteen, Granada get wild

Gallic B.O., tix sales drop

David Terwische

UIP rings in 'Evil Hour'

G.M. named for Beyond sales

Getting 'Evenhand'

Inside Move: Circuit books up Isaacson

Peacock sez Bravo to Harrison

Artisan plans to 'Revolt'

Funding fizzles

Rate hikes by cablers rile solons

Zellweger shoe-in for 'Cinderella'

'Sorry' fest's Dutch treat

'Luther' biopic to bow via RS

Showtime determined to buoy buzz

MTV Int'l rocks & roll execs

Endeavor to rep Douglas

MTV's profane papa stays put

Finding freedom?

Spare Reiner

The Good German

7 Years of Marriage

Unconditional Love

Whole

Vertical Frontier

Close To Leo

Lost Highway: The History of American Country

A Tale of Two Sisters

You'll Get Over It

Domestic Violence 2

Dream Cuisine

The Soul's Place

Miss Entebbe

Totally Sexy Loser

The Handcuff King

Queer Parents

Limelight

Wash, Dry & Spin Out

Wilco; Sonic Youth

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

OzzFest 2003

The Mars Volta

Savage Roses

Tord Gustavsen Trio

Sandy Stewart, Bill Charlap

From My Hometown

World Beats

Raphael Saadiq

Year of the Bull

Switchblade Romance (aka High Tension)

Last Man Running

Private Property

Dead Man's Memories

Jesus Freak

Intern Lady Killers

Buddy

Red Snow

Jesus, You Know

A Bizarre Love Triangle

Nickel and Dime

The Fittest