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Digital
Media FX News Archives
Tuesday
- August 28, 2001
- Final Fantasy Performs Well
Overseas
- Nintendo GameCube
Gets Boost From Sega
- Final Weekend Box Office
Numbers
- News Link of the Day
- Microsoft Delays Xbox Launch in Japan
 Final
Fantasy Performs Well Overseas
(by digitalmediafx.com) Square Pictures finally has some good
news regarding Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, which
bombed at the U.S. box office. Overseas the picture is doing quite
well even when put up against movies like Shrek and Spy
Kids.
According
to Daily Variety, In Italy, Final Fantasy "reaped
about $277,000 on Friday and hit No. 1 in a field awash with newcomers,
including heavyweights Spy Kids and Shrek."
Final Fantasy
is also performing strong in Spain (#2), Austria (#1) and Germany
(#1). This is good news for Square, which failed to interest U.S.
audiences. The movie could only muster a grand total of $32 million
in the U.S.. It cost well over $100 million to create.
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Nintendo
GameCube Gets Boost from Sega
(by digitalmediafx.com) Long time rivals Nintendo and Sega have
mended fences now that Sega is out of the hardware business. Sega
plans on releasing several new titles on the GameCube including
Sonic Adventure 2, Phantasy Star Online, and Super Monkey Ball.
"Sega
is making video game history with the announcement of Sonic Adventure
2 for Nintendo GameCube," said Peter Moore, president and
COO, Sega of America. "By bringing Sonic to Nintendo's platforms,
Sega is delivering one of the world's most popular video game
properties of all time to an even greater number of gamers worldwide.
Continuing Sega's tradition of innovation, Sega also plans to
be the first to deliver online gameplay to Nintendo GameCube with
Phantasy Star Online."
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Final Weekend
Box Office Numbers
(by digitalmediafx.com) Final weekend box office numbers are
in and here are the results for the top animated and visual effects
movies:
|
Movie
|
Rank
|
Weekend
Total
|
Gain/Loss |
Overall
Total
|
| Planet
of the Apes |
#
10 |
$03.5
Million |
-50% |
$167.8
Million |
| Jurassic
Park 3 |
#
12 |
$02.4
Million |
-46% |
$172.6
Million |
| Osmosis
Jones |
#
19 |
$758,324 |
-70% |
$12.3
Million |
|
Shrek
|
# 21
|
$583,262
|
8%
gain |
$261.4
Million
|
|
Dr.
Doolittle 2
|
#
23 |
$406,322
|
-47% |
$110.7
Million
|
|
Tomb
Raider
|
# 26
|
$283,144
|
247%
gain |
$130.3
Million
|
| Cats
& Dogs |
#
28 |
$241,765 |
-65% |
$91.5
Million |
| Spy
Kids: Special Edition |
#
32 |
$161,662 |
-79% |
$111.5
Million |
|
The
Mummy Returns
|
# 40
|
$76,210
|
-6% |
$201.5
Million
|
|
Pearl
Harbor
|
# 41
|
$75,852
|
-43% |
$195.4
Million
|
|
Atlantis:
The Lost Empire
|
# 42
|
$70,250
|
-42% |
$81.4
Million
|
| CyberWorld
3D |
#
46 |
$51,854 |
-16% |
$9.9
Million |
| Final
Fantasy |
#
52 |
$34,940 |
-67% |
$32.1
Million |
| A.I. |
#
57 |
$27,241 |
-53% |
$78.1
Million |
The gain/loss
represents the movie's performance when compared to last weekend.
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News Link
of the Day - Microsoft Delays Xbox Launch in Japan
According to BBC News:
"Microsoft
has said it is to delay the launch of its new Xbox game console
in Japan until February 22nd next year. The company said it wanted
to concentrate its efforts on the Xbox's US launch before rolling
it out to other markets, and denied that technical problems were
behind the delay..."
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