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“Chihuahua” Scoots Over, “Max Payne” Rules Box Office
Walt Disney Pictures family film “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” enjoyed a friendly two consecutive weekends at the top of the North American box office as audiences appeared to be in the mood for some light peaceful laughs in the first half of October, but this has now changed.
“Max Payne,” based on the popular video game of the same name, starring Mark Wahlberg in the title role and Mila Kunis as a literal femme fatale, earned $18 million in ticket sales during its first three days of availability in theaters. “Chihuahua” was no longer a priority as the action film rose to the top spot and the pooch comedy slipped to No. 2 with $11.2 million. Second place is not...
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“Chihuahua” Scoots Over, “Max Payne” Rules Box Office
Walt Disney Pictures family film “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” enjoyed a friendly two consecutive weekends at the top of the North American box office as audiences appeared to be in the mood for some light peaceful laughs in the first half of October, but this has now changed.
“Max Payne,” based on the popular video game of the same name, starring Mark Wahlberg in the title role and Mila Kunis as a literal femme fatale, earned $18 million in ticket sales during its first three days of availability in theaters. “Chihuahua” was no longer a priority as the action film rose to the top spot and the pooch comedy slipped to No. 2 with $11.2 million. Second place is not...
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Ocho Cinco It Is...
It's official. In a publicity stunt to start a media frenzy, Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson changed his name in his home state of Florida last week.
The National Football League decided on Thursday to recognize receiver Chad Johnsons legal name change to Chad Ocho Cinco. The new name will be on the back of his Cincinnati Bengals uniform for the season opener in Baltimore on Sunday.
Regardless of the name change, Johnson is going to have to put up numbers as he has done in the past or Cincinnati fans will grow tried of his show sooner or later.
I'm sure Reebok is happy, that they can now product a new jersey that will most likely be the number one seller in Ohio.
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Weekend Box-Office: The Dark Knight Rules!
The Dark Knight sets a new box office weekend record by passing Spider-Man 3, which originally held the record at $151,116,516.
1) The Dark Knight (2008) $155M $155M
2) Mamma Mia! (2008) $27.6M $27.6M
3) Hancock (2008) $14M $192M
4) Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) $11.9M $43.1M
5) Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) $10M $56.4M
6) WALLE (2008) $9.81M $182M
7) Space Chimps (2008) $7.35M $7.35M
8) Wanted (2008) $5.1M $123M
9) Get Smart (2008) $4.08M $120M
10)Kung Fu Panda (2008) $1.75M $207M
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NFL New Rules For 2008
On Tuesday the NFL owners concluded their annual meeting with quick passages of several proposals and by tabling the re-seeding idea for the playoffs as well as the Kansas City Chiefs' proposal to prohibit hair hanging over the back of jerseys to the nameplate.
Without the necessary 24 votes to pass a re-seeding plan to give wild-card teams the chance to host playoff games, the Competition Committee tabled the concept to a later meeting, most likely May.
Why are we messing with the playoff system? The NFL is the closest league to being perfect and now the owners are trying to mess up the playoffs. It doesn't make sense. They need to leave that proposal of the table until Elvis returns.
The proposals that were passed:
A recommendation to eliminate force-out decisions on pass completions near the sidelines was approved. Now, officials will only have to decide whether a receiver landed in bounds or not. The intended result is more consistency. It is a good call.
The "Phil Dawson field goal rule" change passed. Now, certain field goals can be reviewed by instant replay, including kicks that bounce off the uprights. Under the previous system, no field goals could be replayed. Sure, why not?
Coaches can now defer a decision on the opening coin toss. This is similar to the college rule. Previously, the winner of the coin toss could only choose to receive or kick off. Who cares?
A direct snap from center that goes backward will now be treated as a fumble. Previously, it was ruled a false start. What? Sure.
The 5-yard face mask penalty was eliminated. Now, only the serious face mask will be called (and will be assessed as a 15-yard penalty). The major foul will involve twisting or grabbing the face mask. I like it.
It passed a rule to allow defensive players to wear radio helmets on Tuesday. It's only fair.
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