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: This copied from the article atScreenDaily.com : Notice the word DOMESTIC............ : 2003 domestic highlights for Miramax include Spy Kids 3D (July 25), The Human Stain (Sept 26), Duplex (Oct), Scary Movie 3 (Oct 3), : The Station Agent (Oct 3), Kill Bill (Oct 10), Bad Santa (Oct 24) and : Cold Mountain on Dec 25. : 2004 highlights include Cursed (Feb 13), The Great Raid (Feb 13), : Ella Enchanted (March), Jersey Girl (first quarter), : JM Barrie's Neverland (second quarter) and potential summer tentpole Artemis Fowl. : The first 2 titles are correct for USA, acoording to IMDB. : Miramax does the business : Mike Goodridge in Cannes : 21 May 2003 04:05 : Miramax Films swiftly completed its international sales goals this : market, closing a big deal with Gaga Communications in Japan for Shall : We Dance, Duplex and Tadpole and with Asmik Ace for Spy Kids 3D : and Blue Car, and re-teaming with Svensk Filmindustri in Sandinavia for : the first time in a decade for a package of six titles including JM Barrie's : Neverland, Scary Movie 3 and Cursed. : Miramax International now sells to about 30 territories, complementing : its joint venture operations with Buena Vista International (BVI) in the : UK, Italy, Germany, Australia and parts of Latin America and with TF1 : in France (TFM). Under Miramax COO Rick Sands, the independent : powerhouse is now evaluating financing and distribution for its films on a : picture-by-picture basis. : "We are shifting our risk management strategy," said Sands midway : through a sizzling Cannes for the mini-studio. "We are partnering with : studios on some projects like Starsky And Hutch with Warner Bros or : The Brothers Grimm with MGM and with independents on others like An : Unfinished Life with IEG or Shall We Dance with Spyglass [Miramax : retained Japanese rights]. We will sell other films to independents, who : have always done a great job on our movies. But there are limits as to : how much the independent marketplace can bear." : "We haven't changed our business plan," he adds, "but remain a hybrid, : moving in and out of the studio system." : Miramax's acquisitions strategy meanwhile under executive vice : president of acquisitions and co-production Agnes Mentre continues on : a selective basis with titles such as the Dutch film Twin Sisters this : week or Italian film I'm Not Scared at Berlin or US independent The : Station Agent at Sundance. "We are open to everything," said Mentre. : "We buy big movies, small movies, edgy movies, foreign language : movies. My only mandate is to find good movies." : Mentre is also looking for select territory buys outside North America : such as the recent acquisition of UK rights to The House Of Sand And : Fog and is working closely with TF1 to identify projects for French joint : venture TFM. : 2003 domestic highlights for Miramax include Spy Kids 3D (July 25), : The Human Stain (Sept 26), Duplex (Oct), Scary Movie 3 (Oct 3), The : Station Agent (Oct 3), Kill Bill (Oct 10), Bad Santa (Oct 24) and Cold : Mountain on Dec 25.

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