2012 marks Universal Pictures' best year at int’l box-office December 21, 2012 - 09:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Universal Pictures said Thursday, Dec 20 that 2012 will mark its best year at the worldwide box office in the studio’s 100-year history, with global theatrical grosses exceeding $2.927 billion to date, TheWrap revealed. Universal broke its domestic record ($1.127 billion) in October, and the studio will surpass its international record ($1.716 billion) on Friday. A broad slate helped Universal achieve the feat. Seven films took in more than $200 million worldwide: "Ted," $500 million; "Snow White and the Huntsman," $400 million; "Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax," $349 million; "Battleship," $307 million; "The Bourne Legacy," $276 million; "American Reunion," $235 million; and "Safe House," $209 million. Universal had six films claim the top spot at the domestic box office in 2012, led by "Ted," which became the highest-grossing original R-rated comedy of all time.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
