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Highest UK box office opening of 2010

12th Jul 2010 07:00

RNS Number : 1752P
Entertainment One Ltd
12 July 2010
 



Date:

12 July 2010

On behalf of:

Entertainment One Ltd.

Embargoed for release at 0700hrs

 

Entertainment One Ltd.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse achieves highest UK box office opening of 2010

Entertainment One Ltd ('the Company'), the international entertainment group, is pleased to announce that The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ("Eclipse"), the third instalment of The Twilight Saga has taken an estimated £13.8m at the UK box office, the highest UK box office opening to date for 2010.

On its UK release by Entertainment One on Friday 9th July 2010 Eclipse exceeded the opening of its predecessor, The Twilight Saga: New Moon which achieved £11.7m. In Canada, where Entertainment One released Eclipse on June 30, the film is already one of the year's top grossing films with total box office receipts of more than $18m to date. The next instalment of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn is expected in November 2011.

 

In addition it is anticipated that on 15th July 2010 the Company will complete its step up to the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange following the continued growth and success of the Group over the last 3 years on the AIM Market.

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Enquiries:

Redleaf Communications

 

Emma Kane

Rebecca Sanders-Hewett

Lucy Salaman

 

 

020 7566 6720

Entertainment One

Giles Willits

Scott MacFadyen

020 7907 3773

+1 416 903 6581

 

Singer Capital Markets Limited

(NOMAD and joint broker)

James Maxwell

Richard Savage

 

020 3205 7500

Cenkos Securities plc

Stephen Keys

Beth McKiernan

020 7397 8926

 

Notes to Editors:

Entertainment One

Entertainment One (AIM: ETO) is a leading international entertainment company that specialises in the acquisition, production and distribution of film and television content. The company's comprehensive network extends around the globe including the UK, Canada, the U.S., Ireland, Netherlands, Belguim, France, Australia and New Zealand. Through established Entertainment and Distribution divisions, the company provides extensive expertise in film distribution, television and music production, kids programming and merchandising and licensing. Its current rights library is exploited across all media formats and includes more than 20,000 film and television titles, 2,400 hours of television programming and 45,000 music tracks.

Further information is available at www.entertainmentonegroup.com or email Redleaf at [email protected] 

 

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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