Word: weekend
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...North American weekend box office had to fight off a continent-deep whiteout: another walloping snow storm on the East Coast, a high-rated Winter Olympics and hockey fever in Canada. Yet it looks to surpass last year's end-of-February count by about 7%. Regardless of snow or four-man bobsled races, people still want to go to the movies...
...felonious reviews (a 20% score on Rotten Tomatoes). In third place, with a solid $16.5 million, was the horror remake The Crazies. After months of female-angled hits, the guys returned to dominate the movie market by seeing a bunch of red-meat pictures. This was the first weekend that R-rated films filled the top three slots since Aug. 28-30, when four gorefests reigned: Final Destination, Inglourious Basterds, Halloween II and District 9. (See TIME's review of Shutter Island...
...domestic theaters and is nearing $2.5 billion worldwide. But it will soon take a hit in a crucial spot: 3-D theaters. Avatar has had a monopoly on the goggles auditoriums for the past 11 weeks and has lined its pockets with cash from the higher ticket prices; last weekend it made 95% of its North American gross in those specialty rooms. Next weekend, though, the movie will lose most of its 3-D venues to Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Not that folks will stop seeing the Cameron spectacle, even in 2-D - free publicity from the ramp...
...Crimson fights to keep its season alive and to help its coach break a record, a lot is at stake at Bright Hockey Center this weekend. Only one team will move...
With its speed and strong defense, the Crimson has reason for its confidence. Its freshman goaltender, Laura Bellamy, is going into this weekend with more experience than the last time she faced the Tigers. The teams’ second contest had been her first career start, as she stepped in between the pipes in senior Christina Kessler’s absence...