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    Gareth Smith joins The Elements Music as creative producer in San Francisco

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    SAN FRANCISCO --

    The Elements Music has brought Gareth Smith on board as creative producer based in San Francisco. The hire represents an expansion of the company’s operations into San Francisco, complementing its Los Angeles and London locations. The Elements Music specializes in original music, catalog licensing, and sound design.

    A Bay Area native, Smith brings over 10 years of experience in music for advertising, starting his career at Scout, and moving on to an EP role at Beatnik Music. As a producer and composer, he’s produced projects for brands such as Google, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Apple, Nike, and Energizer. Smith also has substantial music supervision experience, placing music on many TV shows including Orange Is The New Black, Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy, Shameless, Ray Donovan and Younger.

    “Gareth is a rarity, in that he joins us equipped to make an immediate impact across the production, sync, and biz dev realms,” said Dan Bewick, partner and creative director of The Elements Music. “He also brings an incredibly positive energy and a keen understanding of our business that makes him a perfect fit for the team.”

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    “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” Tops Weekend Box Office

    Sunday, December 22, 2024

    In the holiday season battle of big-budget family movies, Paramount Pictures' "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" sped past the Walt Disney Co.'s "Mufasa: The Lion King" to take the top spot at the box office ahead of the lucrative Christmas corridor in theaters.

    "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" debuted with $62 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates. With strong reviews (86% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and a high score from audiences (an "A" on CinemaScore), "Sonic 3" is well positioned to be the top choice in cinemas during the busiest moviegoing period of the year.

    It was telling of some wider trends that "Sonic 3" — made for $122 million — bested one of Disney's top properties. Videogame adaptations, once among the most derided movie genres, have emerged as one of the most dependable box office forces in recent years. The two previous "Sonic" movies together grossed more $700 million worldwide and the third installment appears likely to do better than both of them. A fourth "Sonic" movie is already in development.

    "Mufasa," however, was humbled in its opening weekend, with its $35 million in domestic ticket sales coming in notably shy of expectations . The photorealistic "Lion King" prequel even opened wider than "Sonic 3," launching on 4,100 theaters and gobbling up most IMAX screens, compared with 3,761 locations for "Sonic 3."

    Though "Mufasa's" reviews were poor (56% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes), audiences gave it an "A-" CinemaScore.

    "Sonic 3" nearly doubled the haul for "Mufasa," which cost more than $200 million to make. Disney could look to $87.2 million in international sales to help make up the difference. The third "Sonic" will rollout in most overseas markets in the coming weeks.

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