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...scowling critics of Cannes or rude industry swag hogs of Sundance. Better yet, as far as movie distributors go, Torontonians seem predisposed to standing ovations, open weeping and laughter. It was the first two that tipped Berney off to the potential of Whale Rider when he attended Toronto for Newmarket in 2002. A movie about a 12-year-old Maori girl doesn't scream box-office gold, but after Toronto crowds leapt to their feet for the film, Newmarket bought it, and Whale Rider went on to earn a respectable $20 million at the U.S. box office as well...
...Dorm Room Diet By Daphne Oz Newmarket...
...Newmarket Films...
...oriented hits. It has a long-term deal with Saturday Night Live's Lorne Michaels, whose Mean Girls earned $86 million. Best news: each of these films cost $30 million or less to produce. The studio also has an indie shingle, Paramount Classics, and has been angling to buy Newmarket Films, which distributed the surprise smashes My Big Fat Greek Wedding and The Passion of the Christ...
...studio is always in the business of big," says Newmarket boss Bob Berney. "But Paramount can use all the divisions it owns to bolster one another." That's Paramount's other secret ingredient: cross-marketing. The networks feed ideas to the studio, which produces the movies, which are promoted on the networks. That puts the energy in synergy. "This is not to say that under my management Paramount is going to become the MTV Films studio," says Freston. "But they will play a big cornerstone in what Paramount is going...