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...Harry Potter, which some conservative Christian parents rejected because the books dealt with magic and witches and wizards. I never understood why J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis' witches and wizards got a free pass just because the authors wore their missions on their sleeves. (You see it in the Twilight saga too; we're O.K. with vampires and werewolves as long as they're fighting it out to protect a girl's virginity.) If, to some parents, J.K. Rowling's subtlety makes her lessons suspect, I think it makes them powerful. Kids, like adults, resist force-feeding. When a whole...
...eloquent word of mouth. But no one need feel sorry for New Moon. Its domestic gross, $255.6 million, is nearly double that of The Blind Side's $129.3 million. And with a modest budget of $50 million, a worldwide cumulative gross of $570 million and two or three more Twilight movies in the offing, the franchise has a lot of bite left in it. (Read "New Moon Review: Team Jacob Ascending...
...picture had the lowest gross of any winner since Labor Day weekend. But those rooting for an underdog had plenty to cheer about. The Blind Side - the true-life sports movie about a determined white woman and her adopted black son - finally overtook the vampires and werewolves of The Twilight Saga: New Moon at the North American wickets, according to studio estimates. And none of the three debut films in wide release could earn even half of what The Blind Side did. The only movie to spark hopes of box-office gelt and Oscar gold, Up in the Air, opened...
...Blind Side, $20.4 million; $129.3 million, third week ? ?2. The Twilight Saga: New Moon, $15.7 million; $255.6 million, third week ? ?3. Brothers, $9.7 million, first weekend ? ?4. A Christmas Carol, $7.5 million; $115 million, fifth week ? ?5. Old Dogs, $6.9 million; $33.9 million, second week ? ?6. & 7. (tie) Armored, $6.6 million, first weekend. 2012, $6.6 million; $148 million, fourth week ? ?8. Ninja Assassin, $5 million; $28 million, second week ? ?9. Planet 51, $4.3 million; $34 million, third week ? ?10. Everybody's Fine, $4 million...
...masterful cult classic, “Fight Club,” Fincher’s fifth feature was more disappointing than even his ill-fated “Alien 3.” While trailers promised a tense and harrowing thriller, viewers were instead treated to a pre-Twilight Kristen Stewart hyperventilating alongside a whiny Jared Leto with a gun in hand...