Immortals Opens #1 at US Box Office

Indian director Tarsem Singh’s new 3D adventure epic Immortals starring Henry Cavill, Freida Pinto and Mickey Rourke opened at number one at the North American box office on Friday, November 11, with an estimated $15M in ticket sales for Relativity Media exceeding expectations and leading all films in the marketplace. Singh has become part of a very short list of Indian-born filmmakers to top the U.S. box office multiple times. His fantasy thriller The Cell also opened at number one in August 2000. For Pinto, Immortals marks her second top spot debut of the year following her sci-fi pic Rise of the Planet of the Apes from August which has grossed more than $450 million worldwide to date.
Singh’s stylish Greek mythology-inspired epic Immortals beat out the combined grosses for the two other new films on Friday including Adam Sandler’s latest comedy Jack and Jill which opened to an estimated $10 million as well as director Clint Eastwood’s new biopic J. Edgar starring Leonardo DiCaprio which debuted with an estimated $4.3 million. Immortals also generated the third biggest opening day of the year for any R-rated film, and the best among non-sequels.

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Paranormal Activity 3 breaks records at weekend

Horror movie Paranormal Activity 3 jolted awake a sleepy movie box-office with an estimated $80 million in global ticket sales recently. The third installment of the low-budget haunted house movies topped domestic charts with $54 million from U.S. and Canadian theatres, the highest-grossing domestic debut for a horror film and a record for an October release.
The movie added $26 million from international markets over the weekend, distributor Paramount Pictures said. Like the first two films in the series, Paranormal 3 was released just before Halloween and produced on a budget tiny by Hollywood standards. The latest movie, the most expensive of the trio, cost $5 million to make.
The film opened with after-midnight showings and easily beat the studio’s forecast for a domestic debut of around $35 million. The movie is a prequel about two young sisters and their creepy encounters with an invisible presence in their home, all recorded by surveillance cameras.
A largely positive response from critics helped bring in an older-than-25 crowd in addition to the teenagers and young adults who usually flock to horror flicks, said Don Harris, Paramount’s president of domestic distribution.
“This is the best of the series. It was well-reviewed,” Harris said, adding that “people like to be scared in a Hitchcock-ian way. This isn’t a bloody franchise.” The film’s strong performance boosted a sluggish box-office that has limped along sharply below last year for several weekends this fall following a record summer. Robot boxing movie Real Steel, the domestic box-office champ the past two weekends, slipped to second place with $11.3 million at North American (U.S. and Canadian) theaters. The film, starring Hugh Jackman as a father who bonds with his son as they restore a battle-ready robot, has earned $153.3 million globally through its first three weekends of release.
A remake of 1980s dance classic Footloose finished third on the domestic charts with $10.9 million, dropping just 30 percent from its debut weekend and earning a total of $30.9 million to date.
Musketeers struggle
New release The Three Musketeers, a 3D action version of the classic novel about a sword-fighting trio, finished in fourth place with a weaker-than-expected $8.8 million. Critics were not enthused with the film, with just 28 percent giving a positive review on movie website Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences polled by survey firm CinemaScore gave the film a B rating on average.
Overseas, the movie has grossed $64.4 million for a combined global total standing at $73.2 million. Comedy Johnny English Reborn debuted in the North American market at eighth place with a dismal $3.8 million. But the film starring British Mr. Bean actor Rowan Atkinson as a bumbling secret agent has already chalked up success overseas, pulling in $104.5 million in international markets since its release five weeks ago. Fifth place domestically went to George Clooney’s political thriller The Ides Of March, which brought in $4.9 million during its third weekend of release. Clooney has directed, co-written and co-starred in the film about a primary fight between two presidential candidates.

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Katrina to don hot pants in 'Dhoom 3'

Katrina Kaif is bound to don a sexy sea beach attire in ‘Dhoom 3’, no matter how much she might beat her legs but she cannot get away from beach attire. Katrina has made clear to Aditya Chopra that she would not don bikini in the movie but to don a skimpy beach attire is the demand of the script. Esha Deol has donned beach attire in ‘Dhoom’, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan showed her body in ‘Dhoom 32’ and now Kat has to do it for ‘Dhoom 3’.
A source revealed, "Though Katrina signed on the dotted line for Dhoom 3 only on condition that the bikini sequence be removed, they reluctantly removed the bikini. But the question of what she wears in lieu of the skimpy apparel has only now been resolved."
Katrina Kaif left with no choice but will rather go for hot pants and top.
Says the source, "Aditya Chopra and director Vijay Krishna Acharya were not willing to do away with the sequence where Katrina was to be seen in beach wear.

The sequence was to be shot on an exotic beach. After she said no to wearing a two-piece, there was talk of doing away with that sequence altogether. But it is felt by the entire team that the beach location is lucky for the series.

Since Katrina is required for that sequence, her clothes have been suitable modified to go by her aesthetic comfort and the requirement of the sequence."

The beautiful lass will be seen opposite Aamir Khan in ‘Dhoom 3’ and she will be in never seen before avatar.

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Kareena’s Hair Dresser Styling Her Wax Statue At Mademe Tussauds

Kareena Kapoor‘s wax figure was unveiled at Madam Tussauds on October 26, on the day of the release of her mega budget movie Ra. One. Kareena’s mother Babita accompanied her daughter at the event. We have already brought the pictures and the pics here.
However, an interesting thing we came to know is that, Kareena’s personal hair dresser, Pompy Hans, did the styling for the wax statue! Who else is better to do this job than her real life hair dresser? Along with this amusing piece of news, we have couple of pictures as well.

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