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     Serenasailor AALBC .com Platinum Poster Username: Serenasailor Post Number: 1943 Registered: 01-2006 Rating: N/A |
(Entertainment Weekly) -- Disney's "The Princess and the Frog" dominated the pre-holiday weekend with a $25 million nationwide debut, pushing the frame up over the same weekend last year. The 2-D animated flick introducing the first African-American princess Tiana proved to be a big hit with audiences, earning an A from exit pollster Cinemascore. It has now grossed close to $28 million including its $2 million from 2-week limited engagement and should be one of the highest-grossing movies of the upcoming holiday season. The studio was also able to bookend the top 5 with its well-playing holdover "The Christmas Carol," which fell only 11 percent in its sixth week to $6.8 million. Filling in the gaps were "The Blind Side," which in the number two spot fell only 23 percent its fourth weekend in theaters. The Sandra Bullock crowd pleaser added $15.4 million to its $150 million total. The other new wide release of the frame, Clint Eastwood's "Invictus" opened to a weak $9 million. But with an A- score from exit polls, the Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman-starrer is likely to play well in the weeks to come. Place four belonged to "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" which grossed an additional $8 million to push its astounding total at $267 million. The top 12 was up 8 percent compared to last year at this time when "The Day the Earth Stood Still" debuted at $30 million. And the box office is sure to cross the $10 billion mark for the year next week when the behemoth "Avatar" from James Cameron opens worldwide next weekend. Hollywood and box office prognosticators everywhere will be closely watching how the expensive sci-fi extravaganza performs. Stay tuned. | ||
| Troy AALBC .com Platinum Poster Username: Troy Post Number: 2055 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
Did y'all here about the Brother out of DC that is suing (at least trying) Disney saying they story his story. Princess Briana http://aalbc.com/cgi/aalbcamazonproductsfeed.cgi?Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=192 8889069&myOperation=Image | ||
| Chrishayden "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Chrishayden Post Number: 8397 Registered: 03-2004 Rating: N/A |
60 years ago this would have been something. Now--so what? People act like they did you a favor. Ooooh dey made a cartoon bout us. Lemme ask you, did you have to pay to get in? They didn' give you nothing. This don' make up for 'Song of the South" or them crows in Dumbo or any of the other darkie stuff they were doing back then. | ||
| Moonsigns AALBC .com Platinum Poster Username: Moonsigns Post Number: 2088 Registered: 07-2004 Rating: |
We took our "baby" to see it - she loved it! As a parent, I think there are some parts that I find a bit too scary for a younger audience, though. And I wasn't pleased that Tiana is a damn frog for 3/4 of the movie. Nonetheless, my boycott of Disney (products) has ended and we are finally enjoying buying all the "Princess" stuff - plates, bowls, cups, dolls, book bags, tee-shirts, Pjs, etc It felt good to see other parents out there doing the same! It's about time! |
