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Compass performs well at Japanese advance screenings

Posted on February 28, 2008 by jessia

Variety Asia reports that the Golden Compass earned 2.5m USD (Y270m) this past weekend at advanced screenings in Japan this weekend. Audience demographics exceeded expectations drawing in not only families but teens and fans in their fifties and sixties. Although the Japanese distributor Gaga has not released their own box office projections, Variety calculates: “A straight line B.O. projection would be $51 million — not “Harry Potter” territory, but not bad for a pic that finished in the US with $70 million.” This estimate would set worldwide box office gross to 380m USD according to Box Office Mojo’s numbers. Read more.

The Golden Compass opens in Japan to 700 screens this weekend.

Oscar thank you cam

Posted on February 26, 2008 by jessia

The official website for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Oscar Awards has updated their website to include behind the scenes footage. See the winners of the award for achievement in visual effects (The Golden Compass) share their extended thanks. Watch it here. Thanks to Mockingbird for the tip.

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Oscar for Achievement in Visual Effects

Posted on February 25, 2008 by jessia

The Academy for Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have awarded the award for Achievement in Visual Effects to Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Wood for their work on The Golden Compass. It is the first Academy Award for these four visual effects artists and the second nomination for Fink (Batman Returns) and Westenhofer (Narnia) in this category. In the category for Achievement in Art Direction and Set Decoration, The Golden Compass’ Dennis Gassner and Anna Pinnock were beat out by Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo for their work on Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

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Win a signed copy of ‘Discovering The Golden Compass’

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Ian

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We are giving BridgetotheStars readers the opportunity to win a signed copy of ‘Discovering The Golden Compass: A Guide To Philip Pullman’s Dark Materials’ written by George Beahm with artwork by Tim Kirk (whose artwork was the subject of a contest at the end of 2007 right here at BTTS). To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is answer the following question:

Who plays the character Lyra in the movie adaptation of ‘The Golden Compass’?

Email your answer along with your name and full address to bridgetothestarscontest@gmail.com to enter the contest.

The contest will close at midnight GMT next Friday (February 29th).

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Golden Compass movie to be released in mainland China

Posted on February 20, 2008 by krebbe

The Chinese site hisdarkmaterialsnews.com have announced that The Golden Compass is to be one of the twenty foreign films annually approved for screening in China and is set for release on March 28. Although it is currently unclear whether the film will be subject to censorship, its release on the big screen is bound to bring a huge boost to China’s His Dark Materials fans. Thank you to tato on the forum and our partners cittagazze.com for the tip-off. A Google translation of the Chinese article can be viewed here.

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