Takes cover spot for fourth weekend
The summer time of year concluded on the international circuit with more whimper than slam as Warner�s latest Batman adventure, "The Dark Knight," finished No. 1 with an estimated $19 billion � a 45% drop from the prior stanza � from 6,580 screens in 62 markets.
In taking the top spot for the third consecutive frame (one-fourth weekend overall), "Dark Knight" pushed its international crying total past tense the $400-million mark ($416.7) and rallied its worldwide accept to near $1 jillion boxoffice territorial dominion ($919.1 million).
Ranking No.3 on the weekend domestically, "Dark Knight" finished No. 2 in Germany in its second marketplace weekend with an estimated $4.4 million from 955 sites. In France it ruined No. 1 for the third weekend in a row with an estimated $3.3 million from 820 screens.
"Babylon A.D.," with Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh and Gerard Depardieu, which opened No. 2 domestically, wound its second weekend on the international electrical circuit with an estimated $3.2 million.�
About $1.5 million of that came its sec weekend in France where Studio Canal released the sci-fi action vehicle directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. twentieth Century Fox International drew an estimated $1.3 million from 377 screens in four other markets including the U.K., where the rubric ranked No. 7 on the weekend.� Universal contributed some other $375,000 from just 33 screens (for a per-screen average of $11,364) in Belgium.
In a solid No. 1 opening at 365 screens in the U.K., Sony�s "Step Brothers," the drollery costarring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, racked up an estimated $3 million. DreamWorks/Paramount's satirical comedy, "Tropic Thunder," the No. 1 domesticated title, grossed an estimated $3.5 million from 1,061 screens in 11 markets, hoisting its early overseas cume to $14.1 million. Worldwide, the fit is a hair under $100 gazillion ($97.9 million).
Finishing No. 2 overall was Universal�s "Mamma Mia!," which registered $12.1 million from 2,933 dates in 33 markets, raising its international cume to $258.3 1000000. The adaption of the hit stage musical has now eclipsed "Iron Man" (cume, $256 million) as the sixth biggest overseas hit this year. Worldwide, "Mamma Mia!" has grossed $391.2 million.
A muscular No. 1 opening in Italy -- $6.6 million from 580 screens � pushed DreamWorks Animation/Paramount's "Kung Fu Panda" into the No. 3 pip with an estimated $9.1 meg on the weekend boilers suit from 3,332 situations in 62 markets.� Overseas cume now stands at $385 million.
Fourth was Sony's "Hancock," Sony�s superhero jaunt with Will Smith, which nabbed $8.9 meg from 1,445 screens in 44 territories for an oversea cume of $353 gazillion. A No.1 Japan chess opening provided $7.9 jillion from 450 sites.
Tied for the No. 5 slot were Pixar/Disney�s "WALL-E" and Sony's "You Don�t Mess With the Zohan," each with an estimated $7.7 million. "WALL-E" played 3,472 screens in 36 markets, opening No. 1 in Singapore, Norway and Denmark, and grossing $175 million so far overseas (worldwide $392 million).� The Adam Sandler comedy played 2,330 screens in 36 markets and raised its international total to $69.2 million.
Nearly tied were a pair of action adventure releases from Universal:� "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" ($7.4 million from 1,500 screens in 17 markets for a cume of $40.7 million) and "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" ($7.3 million from 4,681 sites in 53 territories for a cume of $239.1 million).� The same distrib�s "Wanted" drew $4.2 million from 1,522 screens in 35 markets for a cume of $138.7 million.
Warner�s digitally animated "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" raised its overseas cume to $22.5 million thanks to a $4.8 million weekend from 4,266 sites in 35 markets. In Paris and suburbs, it opened No. 4 and took an estimated $1.4 million from the France market overall.
Thanks to a No. 3 U.K. bow, Universal�s "The Strangers" tallied $2.3 million from 397 sites in just two markets (the other is Australia).� Cume stands at $3.7 million. Fox�s "Taken" took $1.9 million from 1,069 sites in four Fox territories for a Fox-only cume of $13.8 million.
In France, "Bangkok Dangerous," the crime-action vehicle with Nicolas Cage opened No. 3 via TFM (after "Dark Knight" and "WALL-E") in Paris and environs, and looked to gross $1.4 million in the market overall. "Doomsday," director Neil Marshall�s sci-fi outing, premiered via Medusa No. 3 in Italy, and grossed an estimated $500,000 overall in the market.
Other international cumes: Warner�s "Get Smart," $87.5 million (thanks to a $2.7 million weekend from 1,289 screens in 41 markets); Fox�s "The X-Files: I Want to Believe," $41 million; Universal�s "Death Race," $2.4 million; Fox�s "Meet Dave," $30 million ; Universal�s "Wild Child," $9 million (from U.K., Netherlands and United Arab Emirates only); Fox�s "Mirrors," $5.2 million; and Disney�s "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian," $273 million (worldwide, $415 million) thanks to a $1.9 million weekend from 2,038 screens in 23 markets.
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Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Saturday, 23 August 2008
PSA Dynamics And Nomograms In The Diagnosis And Treatment Planning For Prostate Cancer
�UroToday.com - The introduction of PSA as a marker for prostate cancer has dramatically altered how prostate cancer is diagnosed and treated. Along with the improvements in diagnosis and intervention options has come the realization that as
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
V Festival 2008: Gigwise's 20 Acts To Watch At The Festival
With the V Festival just years away, Gigwise thought it was around time to present you with our twenty acts of the Apostles to take in at this years event.
Boasting one of its strongest line ups ever, there was plenteousness to prefer from merely we've well-tried our best to separate the best from Girls Aloud.
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Wednesday, 6 August 2008
Vaughan Brothers
Artist: Vaughan Brothers
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
Family Style
Year: 1990
Tracks: 10
Sibling vapors guitarists Jimmie Vaughan (innate in 1951) and Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990) were innate and raised in Dallas, TX. Each began acting guitar during childhood, Stevie Ray inspired to take up the cat's-paw by his old brother. Jimmie Vaughan played in various groups in Dallas and Austin before draw up with singer/harmonica musician Kim Wilson and forming the Fabulous Thunderbirds in 1974. The group was signed to Chrysalis Records, for which they made little Joe albums, starting with a self-titled 1979 debut. The moment and tierce of them, What's the Word (1980) and Butt Rockin' (1981), made the lour reaches of the charts, but the ring was dropped by the tag after the commercial bankruptcy of T-Bird Rhythm in the
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Clooney to move house because of Spears
Actor George Clooney is reportedly moving out of his house and he blames Britney Spears.
Clooney revealed that he only realised the popstar lived so close when he heard the helicopters over her house on the day she was taken to hospital earlier this month.
The Hollywood star believed someone had broken out of prison because of the noise being created and told Newsweek that he was now planning to leave his Los Angeles home.
He said: "I just found out, like, 10 days ago I must live within, like 300 or 400 yards from Britney Spears. I found out because I came home at 10 at night and there was [sic] all these helicopters over my house with these lights.
"I think, 'Someone's broken out of prison...' I get my baseball bat, which is what you always get in every film, and I called up my assistant, who I thought was in my guesthouse.
The actor/director revealed he quickly realised his home wasn't at risk, but that he was living near Spears.
He joked: "So now I have to move."
Clooney revealed that he only realised the popstar lived so close when he heard the helicopters over her house on the day she was taken to hospital earlier this month.
The Hollywood star believed someone had broken out of prison because of the noise being created and told Newsweek that he was now planning to leave his Los Angeles home.
He said: "I just found out, like, 10 days ago I must live within, like 300 or 400 yards from Britney Spears. I found out because I came home at 10 at night and there was [sic] all these helicopters over my house with these lights.
"I think, 'Someone's broken out of prison...' I get my baseball bat, which is what you always get in every film, and I called up my assistant, who I thought was in my guesthouse.
The actor/director revealed he quickly realised his home wasn't at risk, but that he was living near Spears.
He joked: "So now I have to move."
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
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