Smash-hit superhero film to be part of FOX Movies Premium’s blockbuster line-up
Asia, May 7, 2013 – FOX International Channels (FIC) has secured the exclusive pay-TV rights in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia for Marvel Studio’s feature film, Iron Man 3. The hit film will be broadcast on the network’s leading Hollywood movies channel, FOX Movies Premium. The third film in the popular superhero franchise is expected to be a major summer blockbuster and one of the year’s highest-grossing theatrical features.
Iron Man 3’s box-office opening was incredibly successful, recording the highest opening weekend ever across most markets in Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam, even eclipsing The Avengers, which itself was one of the most successful film releases of recent years. In the US, Iron Man 3 grossed a reported USD175.3 million, making it the second biggest domestic opening ever, behind only The Avengers.
The hit film is part of FOX Movies Premium’s unbeatable line-up of blockbuster movies. The premium channel has garnered massive popularity with TV-goers in Hong Kong and across Southeast Asia by bringing to audiences major hit movies like The Avengers, The Hunger Games and first-class series including The Walking Dead series, whose recent finale episode enjoyed stellar ratings.
Iron Man 3 will also be available on FOX Movies PLAY, the channel’s authenticated online catch-up service to complement the linear experience. FOX Movies PLAY is available to FOX Movies Premium channel subscribers at no additional cost and features a wide variety of content, including blockbuster movies, big-budget series, major live events, sophisticated documentaries and much more.
Iron Man 3 sees actor Robert Downey Jr. reprising the role of Tony Stark, whose world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called The Mandarin, played by Ben Kingsley, and which sets him off on an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution. The film also features an impressive cast that includes some of the Hollywood’s most popular actors, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce.
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About FOX International Channels
FOX International Channels (FIC) is News Corporation’s international multi-media business. We develop, produce and distribute 350 wholly- and majority-owned entertainment, factual, sports and movie channels across Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa, in 37 languages. These networks and their related mobile, non-linear and high-definition extensions reach over 1.1 billion households worldwide. We also operate a global online advertising unit .FOX (“dot-fox”) specialized in online video and display, and four TV production houses.
In Asia, FIC operates or distributes 37 channel brands, including the FOX, STAR and National Geographic brands, with over 100 feeds across 14 markets, As the leading pay-TV network in the region, FIC reaches more than 550 million cumulative subscribers across Asia Pacific and the Middle East with offices in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Australia, New Zealand and the UAE. For more information, please visit www.foxinternationalchannels.com.
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