Knucklehead will represent Anonymous Content for commercials in the U.K., Amsterdam and Ireland. The directors represented are Mark Romanek, Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu, Armando Bo, Andrew Douglas, Brett Morgen, Daniel Benmayor, Joe Kosinski, Will Gluck, Awesome & Modest, David Kellogg, David Slade and Jeff Blitz. Knucklehead has hired Stevie Holliday to represent the Anonymous Content lineup for the aforementioned markets. Her recent experience includes posts as head of new business at Believe Media, creative manager at 19 Entertainment and directors rep for Biscuit @ Independent…..Limey, the production house headed by executive producer/owner Andrew Denyer, has secured representation in the Canadian market via Toronto-based shop Frank Content. Frank will introduce Limey directors Nick Jones, Graeme Joyce and KN+SAW to agencies in Canada….Lost Highway Films has brought Brandon Rosenberg on board for in-house representation. Formerly a freelance producer, Rosenberg brings to his new roost experience spanning advertising, TV, film, new media and reality TV….Man Made Music has hired Natalia Romiszewski as director of business development and music strategy. Prior to joining Man Made, Romiszewski created Sound Language, a consulting company which worked on projects ranging from music coordination for films, styling runway shows at New York Fashion Week, sound-scaping high profile events and music supervising commercials and video games such as MLB 2K. Previously Romiszewski worked with will.i.am Global and The Black Eyed Peas assisting in business development, partnership, production and strategic marketing initiatives…Dattner Dispoto and Associates (DDA) has signed DPs Autumn Durald, Frederik Jacobi, Frank Perl and James Wall, and production designers Gabriel Abraham and Hannah Beachler….
“Mufasa: The Lion King” and “Sonic 3” Rule Box Office For 1st Weekend Of 2025
The Walt Disney Co.'s "Mufasa: The Lion King" claimed the No. 1 spot on the North American box office charts over the first weekend of 2025.
The photorealistic "Lion King" prequel earned $23.8 million in its third weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Paramount's "Sonic the Hedgehog 3," which has dominated the past two weekends, wasn't far behind.
"Sonic 3" stayed close with a 3-day estimate of $21.2 million, bringing its total domestic earnings to $187.5 million and helping the overall franchise cross $1 billion worldwide. "Mufasa's" running total is slightly less, with $169.2 million.
In third place, Focus Features' "Nosferatu" remake defied the fate of so many of its genre predecessors and fell only 39% in its second weekend. Horror films typically fall sharply after the first weekend and anything less than a 50% decline is notable. "Nosferatu," which added 140 screens, claimed $13.2 million in ticket sales, bringing its running total to $69.4 million since its Christmas debut. The film, directed by Robert Eggers, already surpassed its reported production budget of $50 million, though that figure does not account for marketing and promotion expenses).
No new wide releases opened this weekend, leaving the box office top 10 once again to holdovers from previous weeks. Several have been in theaters since Thanksgiving. One of those, "Moana 2," claimed the No. 4 spot for Disney in its sixth weekend in theaters. The animated sequel earned another $12.4 million, bumping its global total to $960.5 million.
The Bob Dylan biopic "A Complete Unknown," dipped only slightly in its second weekend, bringing in $8.1 million. With $41.7 million total, it's Searchlight's highest grossing film since Disney acquired the company in... Read More