Word: armageddons
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...format in which to load their ill-gotten wares: the video-compact disc, also known as VCD. Popular with Asian counterfeiters for a year or so, the VCD, which resembles the digital videodisc but offers lower-quality images, has begun hitting the U.S., with boots of "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon" now available on the black market in Los Angeles. The discs, which can be played on a DVD machine, are going for as much as $200 each...
FUNNY RUSSIA Now Russians are punch-lines. The cosmonaut in Armageddon (1998; 6) provides comic relief, but he helps save the world...
With a take of $34.8 million this weekend, "Armageddon" fell far short of the $51.1 million that "Men in Black" grossed last year on the Fourth of July. Add to this the fact that "Godzilla" earned $35 million less than last year's Memorial Day winner, "The Lost World," and you might think the major studios are ready to plead poverty. But in fact, box office receipts are up 9 percent from last summer. Though the much-hyped blockbusters aren't quite blockbusting, other surprise successes such as "Mulan" and "Dr. Dolittle" have been attracting audiences quietly and reliably...
Been there, done that. Just a month ago, come to think of it. Except that Armageddon, as directed by Michael Bay, doesn't give a hoot about making a deep, humanistic impact on us. Or even a shallow one. If it can be said to be about anything other than orchestrating the explosive string of special effects on which its last act endlessly dwells, it is about class conflict...
...Bruce Willis action picture "Armageddon" brought in an estimated $34.8 million this July 4th weekend, far more than the $19.8 million by last week's No. 1 (and this week's No. 2), Eddie Murphy's "Dr. Dolittle." Rounding out the top five box office draws over the holiday weekend were "Mulan," "Out of Sight" and "The X-Files Movie." "Armageddon"'s ticket sales were considered less than Earth-shattering, considering its $160 million budget. In its first five days the film brought in $52.9 million, putting it right behind this summer's other top action flick, "Godzilla," which opened...