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Narnia Ticket Sales top Potter, Kong in France
French Narnia site Elbakin.net reports that Narnia has sold more than 1,8 millions of tickets in its first week of release here in France, one of the best performances of the year!
Year: 2005
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Full houses for a talking lion, wicked witch
A talking lion, a wicked witch and a cupboard have recorded the fourth biggest Boxing Day tally at Australian cinemas, early estimates have revealed.
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Puritans miss the real message of Narnia
It is hard to find a group today more puritanical than the anti-Christian, anti-Narnia brigade. They have unleashed an entirely disproportionate assault on the film The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which opened in Melbourne at the weekend.
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VFXWorld’s LWW Effects Diaries: Part 4 of 4
In the final installment of VFXWorld’s exclusive production diaries, Jim Berney of Sony Pictures Imageworks chronicles the creation of more mythical CG characters, the Bombing of London and other environmental effects for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Includes a QuickTime clip!
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LWW DVD in Three Different Versions?
Ultimate Disney is reporting that The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe DVD will be released in three separate editions when it hits stores this April.
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LWW DVD set for April 2006?
We’ve long suspected the DVD would hit sometime around April of 2006, and it seems a promoter for the film has revealed plans for an Easter release, which seems somehow fitting.
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Narnia Climbs back to #1 on Box Office Chart
King Kong can’t hold on to the number one slot on the box office charts, as Narnia pulled into the lead on Wednesday, by $70,056. This isn’t a large gap, by any means, but it is telling.
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Disney’s ‘Narnia’ to be released in China
The Walt Disney Co said on Thursday that the Chinese government has approved the release of Disney’s hit fantasy film “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” in China in spring 2006.
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Behind the Magic VI: The Score and VII: Creatures
Behind the Magic of Narnia VI is available at ComingSoon.net. This one is called “The Score.” It’s just over 3 minutes in length and shows an interview with Composer Harry Gregson-Williams. And in Behind the Magic VII,listen to Howard Berger, Richard Taylor, and Andrew Adamson discuss how the different creatures for the film were created through a mix of costumes, puppets, and digital effects.
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LWW, Gregson-Williams Win Satellite Awards
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe won the award for Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media, beating competitors: Howl’s Moving Castle, Wallace and Gromit, The Corpse Bride, and Chicken Little.