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Bits and Bobs (Vol. 18): That’s Ricky-diculous!
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... Billy Elliot visit ABC’s The View . George Gently, Series 1 (featuring Richard Armitage’s episode) drops on DVD, along with the Jamie Bell-starrer, Mister Foe . (P.S. and there’s a new Enya CD. Shhhhhh!) Wednesday: Daniel Craig guests on Regis and Kelly (check local listings), Dido hits Ellen (ditto), and BBC persona non grata Russell Brand chats with Letterman (CBS, 11:30). Thursday: Pick up Warning at One , the new Lois Meade Mystery by Anne Purser. Friday: The new Bond is out. Saturday: BBC Radio 6’s ...
Box Office Preview: 'Twilight' to suck up buckets of blood...and big bucks
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Box Office Preview: 'Twilight' to suck up buckets of blood...and big bucks Twilight_forbo02_l Twilight , the much-anticipated movie version of Stephenie Meyer 's smash vampire-romance novel, hits theaters this weekend, at long last. And it'll be huge, right? Totally! But competition from fellow newcomer Bolt and strong holdover Quantum of Solace could take a bite out of Twilight 's grosses. Here -- for the first time in blog form, woot! -- is how I see the weekend's box office top five shaping up. 1. TWILIGHT -- $69 million There's no ...
'Twilight' grosses $35.7 mil on Friday
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'Twilight' grosses $35.7 mil on Friday Friday's box office returns are in, and we can report that Twilight earned a huge $35.7 million on its opening day. That's the 14th best first-day gross of all time. With Quantum of Solace and Bolt far behind, the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's vampire-romance novel is guaranteed a big weekend win, in excess of $70 mil. Here's Friday's top five, and don't forget to check back for the full weekend wrapup in tomorrow's Box Office Report. 1. Twilight -- $35.7 mil 2. Quantum of Solace -- $8.8 mil 3. Bolt -- ...
Box Office Report: 'Twilight' sinks its teeth into a blockbuster debut
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... of the film's audience, but will they continue to pack theaters as the weeks go on? In the short term: yes. According to studio data, ticket buyers gave the movie a nice A- grade, signaling the spread of positive word of mouth as we head into Thanksgiving. Certainly, there will be some competition for this core crowd from Australia and Four Christmases next week, but you can also assume that Twilight will be able to build on its super-smashing start. Second place went to Quantum of Solace , which banked $27.4 mil (again, almost exactly as I predicted). That's a big 59 ...
Box Office Preview: Can 'Twilight' hold off 'Four Christmases' and 'Australia'?
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... ) tend to boast. 5. Quantum of Solace -- $23 million Daniel Craig's second outing as James Bond dropped a steep but expected 60 percent last weekend against stiff competition and under the weight of middling reviews and weak word of mouth. Thanksgiving should help give it a small boost, but ...
Box Office Report: 'Four Christmases' jingles all the way to the bank
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... , which grossed $36 mil from Wednesday through Sunday, and $26.6 mil in the three-day frame (sure enough, that's more than Twilight banked in the same period). Thus, Disney's animated feature enjoyed a rare thing in box office land: A week-to-week gain. Bolt was up 1 percent from its debut sum of $26.2 mil last time around. So, yeah, get accustomed to seeing this film in your local movie listings for weeks to come. Quantum of Solace (No. 4) held strong with $28.1 mil over five days and $19.5 mil over three; its domestic sum is a stellar $142.1 mil to date. The Nicole ...
Box Office Report: 'Four Christmases' jingles all the way to the bank
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... , which grossed $36 mil from Wednesday through Sunday, and $26.6 mil in the three-day frame (sure enough, that's more than Twilight banked in the same period). Thus, Disney's animated feature enjoyed a rare thing in box office land: A week-to-week gain. Bolt was up 1 percent from its debut sum of $26.2 mil last time around. So, yeah, get accustomed to seeing this film in your local movie listings for weeks to come. Quantum of Solace (No. 4) held strong with $28.1 mil over five days and $19.5 mil over three; its domestic sum is a stellar $142.1 mil to date. The Nicole ...
Box Office Preview: 'Bolt' to the top?
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... -- $12 million The message boards tell me that some people are getting tired of reading about this movie. And yet...it continues to clean up at the box office. Go figure. 4. Quantum of Solace -- $10 million With more than $145 mil already filling its domestic coffers, Daniel Craig's 007 sequel is slowly creeping up on ...
'Four Christmases' wins slow weekend at the box office
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... declined 53 percent to bank $7 mil at No. 4. And Quantum of Solace (No. 5) grossed $6.6 mil and crossed the $500 mil mark worldwide. Among major new releases, the biggest was hardly the baddest: ...
