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...with a tepid $25 million, a bit less than forecast by industry analysts. Rather than reaching the stratosphere of Pixar 3-D cartoons, Princess replicated the openings of Disney's recent in-house animation efforts like Meet the Robinsons and Bolt. Execs at the Mouse House hope their new film will play well through the Christmas season. And Princess did register the highest debut for an animated feature opening in December. But that record could expire in less than two weeks: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel invades theaters Dec. 23. (See why Disney's Princess is a breakthrough...
Invictus was one of several new pictures whose year-end releases were keyed to wowing critics and influencing Academy voters. The Lovely Bones, in which director Peter Jackson returned to ordinary-size pictures after The Lord of the Rings and King Kong, opened in three theaters and amassed $116,000. Touted as an awards contender before anyone had seen it, The Lovely Bones has received reviews in the mixed-to-negative range - just a 40% approval score on the Rotten Tomato-meter poll of critics. (The totals for other December hopefuls: The Princess and the Frog, 83%; Invictus...
...Princess and the Frog, $25 million; $29.9 million, third week 2. The Blind Side, $15.5 million; $150.2 million, fourth week 3. Invictus, $9.1 million, first weekend 4. The Twilight Saga: New Moon, $8 million; $267.4 million, fourth week 5. Disney's A Christmas Carol, $6.9 million; $124.5 million, sixth week 6. Brothers, $5 million; $17.4 million, second week 7. 2012, $4,400,000; $155.3 million, fifth week 8. Old Dogs, $4,396,000; $40 million, third week 9. Armored, $3.5 million; $11.8 million, second week 10. Ninja Assassin, $2.7 million; $34.3 million, third week...
...popular belief that testosterone contributes to aggressive behavior in humans may be just that - a belief - according to a new study in the journal Nature. The paper suggests that the hormone may in fact lead to fair, and more altruistic, behavior in some situations, causing aggression only when people believe they are under its influence...
...referring to is the central Araucania region, where Chile's 700,000 Mapuches (4% of the country's 17 million people) were forced to settle after the military finally "pacified" them in 1881. Until then, the Mapuche had resisted efforts by the Inca empire, Spanish colonizers and the new Chilean republic to subjugate them. Many Mapuche leaders still argue the country should return their ancestral lands in regions like south central Chile; but they're also angry about vast tracts they say were illegally taken from them in Araucania, near the city of Temuco, for forestry operations. This year militants...