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Original predictions for the R-rated comedy's debut last weekend were in the $25-30 million range. So industry swamis were surprised to see that in the early studio tabulation last Sunday, the movie came in a close second to the Pixar hit Up. The following day they were flummoxed by the full weekend figures, showing that The Hangover actually beat out Up for the No. 1 slot, $45 million to $44.3 million. Films flip-flopping the top two positions from early estimates to final ones: that hardly ever happens. (TIME Reviews The Hangover: A Bro-Magnon Bromance...
...game, in which you create a character and interact with artificial intelligences in a simulated world, has sold more than 100 million copies since its debut in 2000. It's the best-selling PC game of all time. That's a tough act to sustain, but Sims 3, remarkably, blows past its ancestors in every way. (See the top 10 video games...
Hergé's real name was Georges Remi; his pseudonym comes from the French pronunciation of his inverted initials, R.G. He was just 21 when he created Tintin, who made his debut in January 1929 in the children's newspaper Le Petit Vingtième. The comic strip was an instant success. Readers lapped up the stories of Tintin's adventures, which Hergé filled with quick wit and rich personalities (enthusiasts say he should be recognized as a literary great). They were illustrated in a style that Hergé perfected called ligne Claire, or clear line: simple lines...
...Leno hands over The Tonight Show to Conan O'Brien, ending a 17-year run behind one of the most hallowed desks in show business--on a program that has barely changed since its debut more than 50 years...
...other debut film, the gypsy-curse shocker Drag Me to Hell, looks to come in an O.K. third, with $16.6 million. Like Up, it's a film with no stars, but a star director of sorts: Sam Raimi, who did the Spider-Man movies and, ages ago, the Evil Dead cult trilogy. Credit Drag Me to Hell's success to a generous PG-13 rating and to the loyalty of genre fans who haven't been able to go to a new horror film in, gee, almost two months. (See TIME's video "Making Drag Me to Hell More Hellish...