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...unscientific survey of the moviegoing public, conducted by people who wish to make money, parents facing a three-day weekend were found to be a particularly vulnerable subset. During the early weeks of summer, say, Fourth of July weekend, they are at their weakest. Labor Day is only a distant promise. It's hot. Typically, at least one member of the family is feeling fragile in regard to fireworks. Movies are a refuge, and this subset - one of considerable size - will take their children to see anything...
Here are Box Office Mojo's official weekend estimates for the Top 10 movies...
...Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, $112 million, first weekend; $201.2 million, first five days 2. The Proposal, $18.5 million; $69.1 million, second week 3. The Hangover, $17.2 million; $183.2 million, fourth week 4. Up, $13 million; $250.2 million, fifth week 5. My Sister's Keeper, $12.1 million, first weekend 6. Year One, $5.8 million; $32.2 million, second week 7. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, $5.4 million; $53.4 million, third week 8. Star Trek, $3.6 million; $246.2 million, eighth week 9. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, $3.5 million; $163.2 million, sixth week 10. Away...
...days I've been living in Arusha, Tanzania, I've felt pretty much cut off from the Western world. No Internet, no TV, no radio—heck, even real indoor plumbing is a luxury. But while I've been in the city this past weekend, one person has made me feel completely at home—Michael Jackson...
...five months, White House aides and friends of the Obamas have been quietly visiting local churches and vetting the sermons of prospective first ministers in a search for a new - and uncontroversial - church home. Obama has even sampled a few himself, attending services at 19th Street Baptist on the weekend before his inauguration and celebrating Easter at St. John's Episcopal Church...