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Plus, network TV is not the 800-lb gorilla it once was. Most big media companies (see Disney or News Corp.) are seeing more growth and profit in their cable operations, which have a more reliable income stream than broadcast advertising. Audiences are slipping away, and with them, high syndication fees. "Television stations have made it crystal clear that [Oprah's] show was going to get an enormous haircut if it comes back," one syndicator told trade publication Broadcasting & Cable. "Why would she want to subject herself to that when she's in such an iconic position...
...popcorn-alypse thriller would earn $65 million at the domestic box office in its first three days. Budgeted at way over $200 million, 2012 outgrossed the rest of the top 10 and earned as much in its first three days as last week's $200 million-plus epic, Disney's A Christmas Carol, did in its first 10 days. (Read "2012: End-of-World Disaster Porn...
...whether this sort of fly-by-night notoriety of rhetorical bombast is sustainable or just diverting. In 2008, Bachmann had to battle for her seat after saying on MSNBC's Hardball that Barack Obama "may have anti-American views." And Grayson must defend a Republican-leaning district next to Disney World that he won by just 13,364 votes. Republicans have put his district at the top of their target list for 2010. "I made myself the No. 1 target for the national Republican Party," he admits. "Whatever happens, happens...
...only twice before (by Dreamgirls and Brokeback Mountain), but the movie had enormous promotion from executive producer Oprah Winfrey to complement its sheaf of enthusiastic reviews. Then again, it's the rare indie movie that, over its entire run, can gross as much as $31 million - the "disappointing" amount Disney's A Christmas Carol will have earned in its first three days...
...Disney's A Christmas Carol, $31 million, first weekend 2. Michael Jackson's This Is It, $14 million; $57.9 million, second week 3. The Men Who Stare At Goats, $13.3 million, first week 4. The Fourth Kind, $12.5 million,, first weekend 5. Paranormal Activity, $8.6 million; $97.4 million, seventh week 6. The Box, $7.9 million, first week 7. Couples Retreat, $6.4 million; $96 million, fifth week 8. Law Abiding Citizen, $6.2 million; $60.9 million, fourth week 9. Where the Wild Things Are, $4.2 million; $69.2 million, fourth week 10. Astro Boy, $2.6 million; $15.1 million, third week Read "The Year...