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...epic dropped a less-than-expected 47% from last weekend to pull in about $20 million. In 10 days, the polylingual action drama has amassed $73.8 million in the North American market and another $60 million abroad - which, in any language, means boffo. The South African sci-fi thriller District 9 was next with a $10.7 million weekend and a $90.8 million three-week total. For the first time in, well, quite a while, the films in the top four box-office slots were all R-rated kill-fests...
...nearing $50 million. In its opening weekend, Taking Woodstock - Ang Lee's tale of peace, love and outrageous Jewish stereotypes - took in a wan $3.7 million. That wouldn't be too big a disappointment for a low-budget film, but Woodstock cost a mediumish $30 million - the same as District...
...Final Destination, $28.3 million, first weekend 2. Inglourious Basterds, $20 million; $73.8 million, second week 3. Halloween 2, $17.4 million, first weekend 4. District 9, $10.7 million; $90.8 million, third week 5. G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra, $8 million; $132.4 million, fourth week 6. Julie & Julia, $7.4 million; $71 million, fourth week 7. The Time Traveler's Wife, $6.7 million; $48.1 million, third week 8. Shorts, $4.9 million; $13.6 million, second week 9. Taking Woodstock, $3.7 million, first weekend; $3.8 million, first five days 10. G-Force, $2.8 million; $111.8 million, sixth week
...After all, there are other considerations that go into the decision to buy a house. When Choe bought last fall, he figured the air was still coming out of real estate, but his older son was about to start kindergarten, and he wanted to settle into the right school district. "My thinking was, It's not the bottom, but it's gone down enough," he says. (See pictures of modernist houses available for rent...
...Many experts, however, disagree. They fear that by offering yet another choice, the government's move may only distract from other drug and condom programs. "You can't just put 100,000 condoms out in district warehouses and expect something to happen," says Mike Strong, coordinator for the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Uganda. "Since we try to be an evidence-based operation, we're waiting to see any evidence that this is a cost-effective method of protecting women against unwanted pregnancy and HIV transmission...