Saturday, 30 August 2008
Avril Lavigne touring China
According to the China Daily, the vocalist will likely celebrate her 24th birthday on September 27 in Guangzhou. Lavigne had rocked Shanghai last July.
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Wednesday, 20 August 2008
`Tropic Thunder' breezes to No. 1 with $25.8M
The action funniness "Tropic Thunder" grabbed the top spot at the box office with $25.8 jillion, knocking the Batman taradiddle "The Dark Knight" into second-place later four weekends on top.
With a $16.4 billion weekend, "The Dark Knight" raised its domestic amount to $471.1 1000000 to pass "Star Wars" as No. 2 on the all-time charts slow "Titanic" at $600.8 million.
The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, telephone number of field of operations locations, medium receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Media By Numbers LLC are:
1. "Tropic Thunder," Paramount, $25,812,796, 3,319 locations, $7,777 average, $36,845,588, one calendar week.
2. "The Dark Knight," Warner Bros., $16,379,293, 3,590 locations, $4,562 average, $471,082,cl, five weeks.
3. "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," Warner Bros., $14,611,273, 3,452 locations, $4,233 average, $14,611,273, one week.
4. "Mirrors," Fox, $11,161,074, 2,664 locations, $4,190 median, $11,161,074, one week.
5. "Pineapple Express," Sony, $9,808,295, 3,072 locations, $3,193 medium, $62,740,789, deuce weeks.
6. "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," Universal, $8,205,720, 3,363 locations, $2,440 average, $86,245,775, three weeks.
7. "Mamma Mia!", Universal, $6,096,250, 2,771 locations, $2,cc average, $116,013,715, five weeks.
8. "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2," Warner Bros., $5,785,250, 2,714 locations, $2,132 average, $32,002,712, two weeks.
9. "Step Brothers," Sony, $4,807,904, 2,648 locations, $1,816 average, $90,695,938, four weeks.
10. "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," MGM, $3,755,575, 692 locations, $5,427 average, $3,755,575, one week.
11. "Journey to the Center of the Earth," Warner Bros., $3,348,341, 1,405 locations, $2,383 average, $88,002,999, six weeks.
12. "Fly Me to the Moon," Summit, $1,900,523, 452 locations, $4,205 average, $1,900,523, one workweek.
13. "WALL-E," Disney, $1,836,332, 1,403 locations, $1,309 intermediate, $214,129,943, ashcan School weeks.
14. "Hancock," Sony, $1,720,241, 1,277 locations, $1,347 average, $225,022,587, seven weeks.
15. "Swing Vote," Disney, $1,137,385, 1,281 locations, $888 average, $14,687,549, ternion weeks.
16. "Henry Poole Is Here," Overture Films, $805,219, 527 locations, $1,528 average, $805,219, one week.
17. "Space Chimps," Fox, $775,152, 768 locations, $1,009 fair, $27,568,802, five weeks.
18. "Brideshead Revisited," Miramax, $740,030, 501 locations, $1,477 medium, $4,650,150, quadruplet weeks.
19. "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," Universal, $541,150, 481 locations, $1,125 average, $74,616,780, six weeks.
20. "Bottle Shock," Freestyle Releasing, $392,440, 117 locations, $3,354 average, $837,clv, two weeks.
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