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variety.com - 11/8/2009

'Precious' finds special place at box office

— variety.com — 'Christmas Carol' tops charts with $31 million The specialty box office roared to life as Lionsgate's “Precious:... Based on the Novel ‘Push' by Sapphire” opened to $1.8 million from 18 locations for a record-breaking $100,000 per location average. Among ... 'Precious' finds special place at box office

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deadline.com - 11/7/2009

HAPPY HOLIDAYS? NOT FOR STARS: Jim Carrey's & George Clooney's Movies Open Soft Friday

— deadline.com — FRIDAY PM/SATURDAY AM: If there's a Christmas-themed movie opening in November, then it's the official start of... the holiday box office. (Hey, no studio waits for Thanksgiving anymore...) First up: Disney's A Christmas Carol. You may know it better as ... HAPPY HOLIDAYS? NOT FOR STARS: Jim Carrey's & George ...

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rottentomatoes.com - 11/6/2009

Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009)

— rottentomatoes.com — November 05, 2009: Critics Consensus: A Christmas Carol Dazzles But Disappoints This week at the movies, we've... got some modern-day Dickens (Disney's A Christmas Carol, starring Jim Carrey and Gary Oldman); a button-pushing thriller (The Box, ... Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009)

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Friday's Ticket Sales Show Nothing Fantastic
The Celebrity Cafe — ... for “A Christmas Carol” totaled $200 million and much more was spent on marketing. Surveys conducted before Friday estimated that the movie would open with at least $40 million in sales domestically over the first three days, but the number from Friday suggests that the total will most likely be closer to $30 or $35 million. Three other hyped films that debuted on Friday had sales of $5 million or less. Universal’s thriller “The Fourth Kind” brought in $5 million, according to Entertainment Weekely . George Clooney’s satirical comedy, “The Men Who Stare at Goats” was only ...

Australia Finally Realizes That Britney Lip-Synchs, Ex-Scientologist Claims Tom Cruise Once Made Violent Offer [Dirt Bag]
Jezebel — ... ] A Christmas Carol led the Friday box office this week, but the true success story of the weekend were the record-breaking numbers brought in by Precious , which took in $585,000 from just 18 theaters; an average of $32,500 per screen. [ EW ] if you want to go on tour with Britney Spears , you have keep it clean; Spears reportedly has told staff members that they might be subjected to random drug testing. "Britney's rule is clear – zero tolerance," says a source, "If you don't comply, you don't tour. We're not even allowed to have a beer or glass of wine with a meal, even ...