Summit sells 'Creatures,' 'Tomb' worldwide

While news might have damaged throughout Berlin that industry stalwart David Garrett was resigning from Summit Intl., that did not place the brakes on its sales activity in the European Film Market, where it virtually offered on "Beautiful Animals" and "The Tomb." Both photos -- the previous a teenage medieval romance and also the latter a Sylvester Stallone-Arnold Schwarzenegger prison drama -- cleared up within the foreign market because of appealing content and star energy. "Beautiful Animals," in line with the bestseller by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, went gangbusters, supplying New zealand and australia (Roadshow), France (SND/M6 Group), Italia (Bald eagle Pictures), South America (Sun Distribution) and The country (Aurum). The Richard Lagravenese-helmed teen witch pic, which toplines Emma Thompson, Viola Davis, Jack O'Connell and Alice Englert, offered in early stages out to Germany's Tele Muenchen for any reported $8 million while Entertainment Film Marketers clicked up U.K. privileges. (The cost taken care of Blighty is unknown however the pic's selling price sitting at $5 million for that country.) Additional sales around the believed $50 million Alcon-created pic include Baltic states (ACME UAB), Russia and also the CIS (West Video), Croatia and Slovenia (Blitz Film), Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania (Media Professional), Hong Kong (Golden Scene), Iceland (Mike Film), India (Tanweer), Indonesia (P.T. Camila), Israel (U . s . King), Malaysia (Golden Screen), Middle East (Jaguar Films), Philippines (Pioneer Films), Belgium (Monolith) and Portugal (Zon Lusomundo). Also it offered to Scandinavia (Nordisk Group), Poultry (Fida Film), Thailand (Mongkol), Europe (Ascot Elite), Taiwan (Lengthy Shong), Columbia (Daisy Entertainment), Nigeria (Nu Metro) and Serbia (Mirius Tuck). Foreign purchasers also visited town on Stallone and Schwarzenegger drama "The Tomb," that is backed by Summit and Emmett/Furla Films. Helmer Mikael Hafstrom's pic, that was partially funnelled through Summit's various output deals around the world, goes to eOne in Blighty and Australia, Tele Muenchen in Germany, SND/M6 Group in Gaul and Aurum in The country. "Tomb" also offered towards the Baltic states (ACME UAB), Benelux (Nederlander Filmworks), Russia and also the CIS (Clubpenguin Intl.), Croatia and Slovenia (Blitz Film), Czech Republic and Slovakia (Media Professional), Hong Kong (Golden Scene), Iceland (Mike Film), India (PVR Pictures), Indonesia (P.T. Camila), Israel (U . s . King) and Japan (Gaga). Other deals were locked for South America (IDC), Malaysia (Golden Screen), Middle East (Jaguar Films), Philippines (Pioneer Films), Belgium (Monolith), Portugal (Zon Lusomundo), Scandinavia (Nordisk), Serbia (Mirius Tuck), Nigeria (Nu Metro), Columbia (Pancinema), Europe (Ascot Elite), Taiwan (Lengthy Shong), Thailand (Mongkol), Poultry (Fida Film) and Vietnam (MegaStar Media). Garrett, who co-founded Summit with Patrick Wachsberger and Bob Hayward in 1993 like a production, distribution and purchasers operation, made the decision to step lower now, per month after it merged with Lionsgate. Contact Diana Lodderhose at diana.lodderhose@variety.com