“Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” tops $300 mln in box office February 8, 2012 - 18:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" passed two milestones: Sony's movie now has grossed $200 million worldwide and $100 million in North America, TheWrap.com said. The movie, which had a budget of $90 million, hasn't yet opened in some territories, including Japan. "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" opened to $12.8 million on December 21. It will be at 668 North American locations this weekend. David Fincher's adaptation of Stieg Larsson's bestselling novel is nominated for five Academy Awards, including best actress, for Rooney Mara. Daniel Craig also stars. At the Oscar nominees luncheon, Mara addressed a possible sequel: "I'm signed up for the other two. Hopefully they will do them. I think they will, but I'm not sure when." The 2010 Swedish film "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" grossed $104.4 million worldwide.   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 The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.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. |
