"Les Miserables," "Django Unchained" top Christmas box-officeDecember 26, 2012 - 21:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Les Miserables" stormed the Christmas Day box office Tuesday, December 25 taking in an eye-popping $18.1 million on its first day of release. And Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" wasn't far behind, debuting to $15 million, TheWrap said. Universal's star-studded musical and the Weinstein Company's R-rated slave-era Western posted the second- and third-best Christmas openings ever. They trailed only 2009's "Sherlock Holmes," which benefitted from a Friday debut. The "Django" opening is the highest of all time for an R-rated movie on Christmas, easily topping the $10.2 million put up by "Ali" in 2001. "Parental Guidance," the Billy Crystal-Bette Midler family comedy got in on the fun, too. It finished the day in fourth with a better-than-expected $6.3 million. Warner Bros.' "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" fell from the top spot for the first time in two weeks but still added $11.3 million and was No. 3. "The Hobbit" is expected to play strongly while school is out so the order could change by the weekend. Audiences loved the new movies. "Les Miz" received an "A" CinemaScore while "Django" and the other Christmas opener, Fox's "Parental Guidance," received an "A-" from first-day crowds. 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 | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |