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...tonight, according to studio estimates, it will have earned $140.7 million, which makes the film a prime mover in what could be, according to Variety, "the second-best weekend ever at the domestic B.O. in terms of overall ticket sales." And not on a holiday. And not in summer. As one noted journalist observed, on hearing these numbers...
That $140.7 million would also make New Moon the third hottest opener in movie history, after those predictable summer attractions The Dark Knight and Spider-man 3. Please note that the core demographic for those two smashes were young males who love comics; this one became a smash because of girls who read books. The supersmash status of New Moon shows that women can make megahits, and that, as with Harry Potter, a beloved book franchise can translate to widely and wildly popular movies. (Read "New Moon Review: Team Jacob Ascending...
...peddled his techniques by radio), Francisco discovered that he could do “the movie guy.” This talent has incorporated itself into one of his greatest acts. On stage, at will, Francisco can drop his voice several octaves and intone, “Coming this summer. Action. Adventure. Romance.” In one sketch, Francisco invited the audience to imagine the voiceover to an upcoming action flick actually being honest: “Jean-Claude Van Damme is back in the same crap you’ve seen over, and over, and over again...
According to Nuni, only $5,025 has been raised to date. Seven-hundred dollars of that sum was raised over the summer by the Undergraduate Council, which turned over the controversial effort to create the center to the SCCF...
...March poll - public concerns are fomenting splits among the parties. Labour and its chief opponents, the Conservatives, remain committed to the NATO mission, but are trading blows over the treatment of troops and future defense investment plans. The Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg suggested in an article this summer that troops' "lives are being thrown away because our politicians won't get their act together," while two smaller parties, the Greens and the far-right British National Party, are demanding the immediate withdrawal of British troops. (See pictures of Afghanistan's dangerous Korengal Valley...