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| ‘Twilight’ remains atop US box office Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:56 AM PST
"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2," the fifth and final installment of the wildly popular series, took US$43.6 million (RM133 million) dollars, according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations. The previous four films, based on novels by Stephenie Meyer and starting in 2008, earned a colossal US$2.4 billion altogether. In second spot was the new James Bond movie "Skyfall," which earned US$35.5 million on its third weekend in theaters, or US$51 over the combined five days including last Thursday's Thanksgiving holiday. Third place went to Steven Spielberg film "Lincoln," starring Daniel Day-Lewis — tipped for an Oscar for his role of America's assassinated 16th president — which had US$25.7 million in ticket sales. Entering the top 10 in fourth place was "Rise of the Guardians," DreamWorks's latest animated offering in which Jack Frost is called to help in the battle against evil. It took US$23.8 million at the weekend. Also new was 3D fantasy "Life of Pi" by Oscar-winning Taiwanese-American director Ang Lee, based on a Booker prize-winning novel about an Indian boy adrift on a lifeboat in the Pacific, which took US$22.5 million in fifth place. In sixth spot was "Wreck-It Ralph," the animated Disney film about a video game villain with dreams of becoming a hero, which earned US$16.6 million on its fourth week in theaters. Another new entry, "Red Dawn," about a group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers, took seventh place with US$14.3 million worth of tickets sold. In eighth spot was "Flight," a vehicle for Denzel Washington, who is also drawing Oscar buzz for his role as a crash-landing hero pilot with substance abuse problems. It pulled in US$8.5 million. At number nine was "Silver Linings Playbook," David O. Russell's dramatic comedy about a man's recovery from a meltdown, which won the Toronto Film Festival's top prize in September, and earned US$4.4 million this weekend. Rounding out the top 10 was "Argo," based on the true story of six Americans spirited out of Iran during the 1979-1980 hostage crisis. The film directed by and starring Ben Affleck earned US$3.9 million. — AFP-Relaxnews |
| Lindsay Lohan befriended by Sheen, loses out as Liz Posted: 26 Nov 2012 11:22 PM PST  Lindsay Lohan arrives for a private dinner at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, November 20, 2012, celebrating the premiere of "Liz & Dick". — Reuters file pic Sheen's camp yesterday confirmed that the "Anger Management" star gave the cash gift to the in-and-out-of-trouble Lohan who reportedly owes the US government more than US$200,000 in unpaid taxes for 2009 and 2010. "Charlie has a long history of helping out his friends in many ways and this is just another example of that," Sheen's publicist Larry Solters said in a statement. Sheen and Lohan worked earlier this year on the horror spoof "Scary Movie 5", which is scheduled for an April 2013 release. Lohan's latest performance as late Hollywood screen legend Elizabeth Taylor did not go so well. Her role in the TV movie "Liz & Dick" was slammed by critics and largely ridiculed on Twitter. Cable TV channel Lifetime said yesterday that a modest 3.5 million Americans watched the film at the weekend. Lohan and Sheen's hard partying and off-screen antics have made them tabloid favourites. Lohan, 26, has been mired in legal and financial troubles since 2007. Sheen, 47, once the highest-earning actor on television, was infamously fired from CBS comedy "Two and a Half Men" in 2011 after making derogatory comments about the show's creator, Chuck Lorre. During that time Sheen gripped the public in a meltdown of drug use, erratic behaviour and Internet soliloquies. Sheen has cleaned up his image in recent months while starring in "Anger Management" on cable television channel FX. — Reuters |
LOS ANGELES, Nov 27 — The last "Twilight" vampire movie clung to the top of North America's box office for a second weekend, fighting off the latest 007 movie "Skyfall" in second place, figures showed Monday.| You are subscribed to email updates from The Malaysian Insider :: Showbiz To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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