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...movies were football teams squaring off for a big game, New Moon would not have covered the spread against that dogged underdog, The Blind Side. The inspirational sports drama, made for just $29 million, earned a stalwart $41 million in three days and $57.5 million in five. Whereas New Moon's revenue fell 70% from last weekend's neck-swiveling $142.8 million take, The Blind Side's tally increased about 18% in its second weekend. Word of mouth has been great - CinemaScore's poll of exiting moviegoers gave it a gold-star A+ - and Sandra Bullock's recently burnished star...
Chalk up part of The Blind Side's success to a condition that might be called seasonal affection. With the big college teams fighting for conference championships and audiences in a beneficent holiday mood, the mass audience must have figured it was downright Thanksgiving-y to see a real-life uplifter about a crack addict's son who is adopted by a nice white couple and pulls himself up to be a star tackle at Ole Miss. (Sort of Rudy meets Precious.) It doesn't hurt that the movie's subject, Michael Oher, graduated impressively from college...
...Twilight Saga: New Moon, $42.5 million weekend, $66 million five days; $230.7 million, second week 2. The Blind Side, $40.1 million weekend, $57.5 million five days; $100.3 million, second week 3. 2012, $18 million weekend, $25.6 million five days; $138.8 million, third week 4. Old Dogs, $16.8 million weekend, $24.1 million five days; first week 5. A Christmas Carol, $16 million weekend, $22.6 million five days; $105.4 million, fourth week 6. Ninja Assassin, $13.1 million weekend, $21 million five days; first week 7. Planet 51, $10.2 million weekend, $13.9 million, five days; $28.5 million, second week 8. Precious, $7.1 million...
Kessler and the rest of the Harvard team got the job done on defense and also showed strong play on the opposite side of the ice. Ryabkina recorded one goal and one assist in her first game of the season after coming back from a dislocated knee. Freshmen Josephine Pucci and Jillian Dempsey each contributed a goal and assist of their own, while co-captain Cori Bassett and junior Kate Buesser added assists as well...
There was no national plan. Departments tended to work side by side in silence. There was a need for a planning commission so we had an overarching plan for the country. So we created one. That also speaks to the need for the leadership to be well informed...