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Film revenues down 54% for Metrodome

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Metrodome Group’s theatrical income of £436,000 in 2005 was down 54% on 2004 (£943,000) although five more feature films were released in 2005 (13 in total), according to the group’s preliminary results published last Friday. For the UK audiovisual entertainment sales and distribution outfit majority owned by Germany’s TV Loonland AG, theatrical only represented 11% of the group’s 2005 turnover of just over £4m against 17% the previous year, but, as stressed by Chairman Simon Flamank – appointed to his new position on April 26 – “comparisons with 2004 theatrical numbers are not truly comparative as 2004 included Metrodome’s biggest ever theatrical hit Monster (£2.6m box office)”.

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Metrodome’s biggest box office hit in 2005 was The Assassination of Richard Nixon, which grossed £560,000, but several European titles were also released, such as Thomas Vinterberg’s Dear Wendy, Mikael Håfström’s Evil, Lukas Moodysson’s Hole In My Heart and The Mighty Celt by Irish filmmaker Pearse Elliott. In spite of lower revenues from the theatrical side, the group remains optimistic as sell-through – its main profit centre with £3m in revenues (76% of its turnover) – remained stable, enabling the company to register an operating profit of £17,000.

Currently on UK screens under Metrodome’s banner is Michael Caton-Jones’ acclaimed Shooting Dogs [+see also:
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, which has grossed over £118,000 in 5 weeks. Next to hit screens are US independent films Tell Them Who You Are (June 2), Pretty Persuasion (June 9), and Quinceanera (July), followed by French horror film Them by Xavier Palud and David Moreau (September) and Container, Moodysson’s fourth feature film to be released by Metrodome (November).

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