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...Like all new jetliners, the A380 was controversial in conception, delayed in construction and years late on arrival. But none could have predicted that the A380 would fly into the most turbulent economy in the history of aviation. Air France ordered a dozen of the $300 million aircraft in 2000, when the economic forecast called for steady growth. By the time Air France took delivery nine years later, the industry was on its knees and the big-spending investment bankers whose business- and first-class tickets make up the bulk of airline profits had largely evaporated...
...Moon had not existed - well, many young hearts would be broken, but also, the big news would have been the $34.5 million racked up by the true-life inspirational sports drama The Blind Side. Based on another book (Michael Lewis's bio of Michael Oher, a troubled black youth, adopted by a white couple, who became a college football star and NFL rookie), The Blind Side would have won the box-office race almost any other fall weekend, and gave Sandra Bullock the biggest opening of her career. Also impressive was the $11 million amassed by the African-American drama...
...though, New Moon is the big news. The international grosses will also be massive. The first film earned $192.7 million in North America and almost exactly the same abroad. The worldwide five-day total for New Moon (which opened two days earlier abroad) is already at $258.8 million; expect a final worldwide gross to near $700 million. The thing's a phenomenon, and all the analysis of its popularity can't explain or diminish it. Sometimes the best strategy for canny film people is to step out of the way and let a hurricane sweep by. Nobody knows anything, except...
...Twilight Saga: New Moon, $140.7 million, first weekend 2. The Blind Side, $34.5 million, first weekend 3. 2012, $26.5 million; $108.2 million, second week 4. Planet 51, $12.6 million, first weekend 5. Disney's A Christmas Carol, $12.2 million; $79.8 million, third week 6. Precious, Based on the Novel "Push" By Sapphire, $11 million; $21,4 million, third week 7. The Men Who Stare at Goats, $2.8 million; $27.6 million, third week 8. Couples Retreat, $2 million; $105 million, seventh week 9. The Fourth Kind, $1.7 million; $23.3 million, third week 10. Law Abiding Citizen, $1.6 million; $70 million, sixth...
...Egyptian Foreign Ministry summoned the Algerian ambassador in Cairo last week to hear complaints about violence against Egyptians and Egyptian businesses in Algiers; and Algeria slapped Egyptian telecommunications giant Orascom Telecom with a $596.6 million bill for outstanding taxes, sending Orascom shares - a popular Middle East stock - tumbling. On Nov. 19, Egypt recalled its ambassador to Algeria "for consultations...