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‘Hotel Transylvania’ Leads Weekend Box Office .. and more ..

September 30, 2012, 12:19 pm 2 Comments

By BROOKS BARNES


Columbia Pictures

Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) in “Hotel Transylvania.”Columbia
PicturesDracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) in “Hotel Transylvania.”

Pent-up demand for a new animated movie and a long and lively marketing campaign powered Sony’s “Hotel Transylvania” .. http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/movies/hotel-transylvania-with-adam-sandlers-voice.html?src=twr .. to No. 1 at North American theaters over the weekend. The film, which cost at least $85 million to make, outperformed expectations to take in about $43 million, according to Hollywood.com .. http://www.hollywood.com/ , which compiles box-office data. (An elated Sony e-mailed reporters on Sunday morning to announce “a monster hit on our hands!!!!!!”)

“Looper,” an R-rated action movie starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis, was second, with an estimated $21.2 million in ticket sales; Sony distributed this movie, a collaboration between Endgame Entertainment and China’s DMG Entertainment that cost about $30 million to make. “End of Watch” (Open Road) was third, taking in about $8 million, for a two-week total of $26.2 million. Clint Eastwood’s “Trouble With the Curve” (Warner Brothers) trundled along in fourth place, taking in about $7.5 million, for a two-week total of $23.7 million. Fifth place went to “House at the End of the Street” (Relativity), which sold about $7.2 million in tickets, for a two-week total of $22.2 million.

Also notable over the weekend: “Pitch Perfect,” .. http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/movies/pitch-perfect-starring-anna-kendrick.html?ref=movies .. a Universal Pictures comedy, took in a huge $5.2 million in 335 theaters ahead of its wider release on Oct. 5; and Walden Media’s “Won’t Back Down,” an education reform drama starring Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhaal, bombed, selling about $2.7 million in tickets in wide release.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/hotel-transylvania-leads-weekend-box-office/?src=un&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjson8.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Fmovies%2Findex.jsonp

LOL .. guessing there aren't any prizes for anyone guessing which of the 3
top movies a presidential voting survey would find more GOP voters had seen ..

.. repeat .. it's great to see you guys taking a break .. REALLY .. :)



.. and more American's have been quaking too, since the May video release .. May/September .. "47%"/convention
.. one infamous GOP debacle pair .. really it's been a parade of!!! .. yet those two are tooooooooooo
tremendous Romney 2012 achievements!! .. two which will be held in history on high ..

September 28, 2012, 8:30 am 593 Comments

Sept. 27: The Impact of the ‘47 Percent’ - By NATE SILVER

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In the chart, I’ve highlighted the dates of what are probably the four most important political
news events of the last month: the Republican and Democratic conventions; the deaths of four
Americans in an attack on the consulate in Benghazi, Libya; and the release of the “47 percent” tape.

[...]

The overall story line, however, is fairly clear: Mr. Romney is at best holding ground in the polls, and quite possibly
losing some, at a time when he needs to be gaining it instead. Further, it’s increasingly implausible for Mr. Romney
to attribute the numbers to temporary effects from the Democratic convention. Mr. Obama’s probability of winning
the Electoral College advanced to 83.9 percent in the Nov. 6 forecast, up from 81.9 percent on Wednesday.

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/sept-27-the-impact-of-the-47-percent/

Hate to post so many uninterrupted .. sheesh .. lol .. HOWEVER .. that 'fret' is much overridden by
undeniable HAPPINESS at seeing you guys taking a break .. seriously .. i hope y'all believe me .. hehe ..

.. ha .. ok .. c'mon, gang .. Stewie, i know which movie Syd would enjoy .. which movie will w'all see?