Texas Chainsaw ends Hobbit's U.S. reign January 7, 2013 - 14:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Horror film Texas Chainsaw 3D has unexpectedly topped the U.S. box office, ending The Hobbit's three-week reign, BBC News reported. The movie, set immediately after the events in Tobe Hooper's classic 1974 slasher picture, made $23m (£14.3m) in its opening weekend. It immediately made back its $20m budget for film company Lionsgate. Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained held firm at number two, making $20.1m, while The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey slipped to number three. Peter Jackson's return to Middle Earth has so far taken $263.8m (£164m) in the U.S., and about $825m (£514m) globally. Fourth place went to musical adaptation Les Miserables, starring Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway. It has now passed the $100m mark, the first musical movie to do so in under 14 days. And fifth position went to Billy Crystal's big screen comeback Parental Guidance, about an elderly couple left in charge of their grandchildren.   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 About 32,000 rally in Yerevan to deman Pashinyan’s resignation  About 31,700 people attended an opposition rally on Thursday, May 9 in Yerevan demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.Viva-MTS: Tech solutions to modernize infrastructure of border village The border village has been the focus of Viva-MTS and the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values since 2015.Ucom's fixed network launched in Artashat To mark this occasion, the company has introduced a special offer exclusively for Artashat residents.“By Your Side”: IDBank's new support program for displaced Artsakh citizens IDBank is launching a long-term social support program for forcibly displaced Artsakh residents. |
