'Twilight' falls sharply but makes it to $161M
7/04/2010 11:41:00 PM
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"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" is waning at the box office but still has gotten off to a blockbuster start with $161 million in its first five days.The third chapter in the vampire romance fell off sharply after debuting last Wednesday with $68.5 million. That was the second-best opening-day haul ever, behind its predecessor, last year's "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," which opened with $72.7 million.
From Friday to Sunday, "Eclipse" took in $69 million, a fraction more than it managed just on opening day.
Its total through Sunday came in well short of the $200 million mark set last year by "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," the record-holder for best five-day start for movies opening on Wednesday.
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Directed by Derek Yee Tung-Sing and starring Louis Koo, Daniel Wu, Li Bing Bing and Ah Sa Charlene Choi, the action movie "Triple Tap" began airing in theatres July 1st at 6pm. By the following night Friday July 2nd, the box office revenue reached 13.5 million. With these successful results, chief executive of Polybona Film Distribution Mr. Yu Dong expressed his high satisfaction, "With the World Cup quarterfinal elimination games playing, "Triple Tap" was able to achieve this success, that's not at all easy. It also makes it clear the quality of the movie "Triple Tap" is an explosive successful key." From viewers' widespread reaction, in addition to handsome Louis Koo and Daniel Wu's performances, sparks from the excellent acting were flying in all directions, while the psychological and suspense aspects are also important aspects to "Triple Tap".
Cecilia Cheung is already a mother of two sons and having a happy family life, making her have happy smile on her face all the time. She accepted interview by Cable TV lately, disclosing he wants to have three sons and one daughter. She expressed becoming a mom again feels experienced and familiar, she even praised first son Lucas is a good brother that he cares his younger brother Quintus a lot. Talked about Quintus' Chinese name, she said have to wait for husband to announce.
With $68.5 million in its coffers after a record-breaking Wednesday plus another $24 million on Thursday and an estimated $28.6 million on Friday, the third installment of the Twilight franchise, Twilight Saga: Eclipse has earned a shade over $121 million and is on its way to a $200 million six-day total. The Last Airbender, despite the incredibly dismal reviews, should have a decent number two finish for its debut weekend. The M. Night Shyamalan flick took in $16 million on Friday after pulling in $16 million on its opening day for a 5-day holiday weekend gross that could total $70 million.
Carrie Prejean has taken the ol' "opposite marriage" plunge.
The success of iPhone 4 has been astonishing to witness, despite the antenna issues, proving once again that Apple has a unparalleled ability to differentiate around design and integration, not simply “features.”
Besides the less-than-perfect market on Android devices, newish builds of the operating system seem to be fairly well received. Froyo has made improvements in speed, but the overall user experience hasn’t changed a whole lot since the early days.
Joey Yung, Raymond Lam, Charlene Choi and Wong Cho Lam attended the TVB & EEG movie "Emerald Pearl" promotional event last night.