So, *now* can Smith finally do a love story with a Black woman? :(
(You know me Tracey: you knew i had to ask!)
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From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: [NPHC] Best Ever December Opening ("I Am Legend")
> Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:18:08 -0500
> From: Marva
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> Smith's 'Legend' grows with $76.5M debut
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> By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer 51 minutes ago
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> LOS ANGELES - For the last man on Earth, Will Smith sure has a lot of
> friends. The Warner Bros. tale "I Am Legend," starring Smith as a plague
> survivor who may be the last living human, debuted with $76.5 million,
> the biggest December opening ever and a personal best for one of
> Hollywood's top box-office champs, according to studio estimates Sunday.
>
> "It's no wonder Will Smith feels so lonely. Everyone else on Earth is in
> the movie theater," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office
> tracker Media By Numbers.
>
> The 20th Century Fox family flick "Alvin and the Chipmunks," starring
> Jason Lee in a big-screen take on the cartoon critters, opened a strong
> No. 2 with $45 million. The two films combined to give Hollywood a
> year-end surge after a drowsy fall season.
>
> "Forty-five million acorns," said Chris Aronson, senior vice president
> for distribution at 20th Century Fox. "Chipmunks are diurnal animals and
> they do hibernate, but not right now."
>
> Overall business soared, with the top 12 movies taking in $153.6
> million, up 39 percent from the same weekend a year earlier, when Smith
> also was No. 1 with a $26.5 million debut for "The Pursuit of Happyness."
>
> The previous No. 1 movie, New Line Cinema's fantasy "The Golden
> Compass," nose-dived in its second weekend, coming in third with $9
> million, down a dismal 65 percent from its less-than-expected $25.8
> million debut a week earlier.
>
> "The Golden Compass," which cost $180 million to produce, has done $90
> million so far overseas but has proven a dud domestically with just $41
> million.
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> On the other hand, "I Am Legend" smashed Smith's personal debut record,
> easily exceeding the $52.1 million opening weekends of "I, Robot" and
> "Men in Black II," his previous bests. "I Am Legend" outdid the $72.6
> million premiere of 2003's "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the
> King," the previous best December opening.
>
> "It's nice to be in the Will Smith business," said Dan Fellman, head of
> distribution for Warner Bros. "He is just the No. 1 box-office star in
> the world today."
>
> Based on the Richard Matheson novel filmed twice before as Vincent
> Price's "The Last Man on Earth" and Charlton Heston's "The Omega Man,"
> "I Am Legend" casts Smith as a scientist trying to find a cure and
> fighting off the vestiges of humanity, people transformed by the plague
> into vampire-like creatures.
>
> Two Golden Globe nominees just hitting theaters did well in their second
> weekends.
>
> Focus Features' "Atonement" a tragic romance that led the Globes with
> seven nominations, including best drama and acting honors for Keira
> Knightley and James McAvoy pulled in $1.85 million in 117 theaters.
> That gave "Atonement" a strong average of $15,835 a theater, compared to
> $21,224 in 3,606 cinemas for "I Am Legend."
>
> Fox Searchlight's "Juno," a teen-pregnancy comedy whose three
> nominations included best comedy or musical and an acting honor for
> Ellen Page, grossed $1.44 million in 40 theaters for a $36,018 average.
>
> "Atonement" and "Juno" expand into nationwide release over the next
> three weekends.
>
> Another Golden Globe nominee, the Paramount Classics-DreamWorks
> foreign-language contender "The Kite Runner," debuted strongly with
> $450,970 in 35 theaters for a $12,885 average. Spanning the Soviet
> invasion of Afghanistan to modern times, the film follows an emigrant to
> America who returns home to rescue the son of a childhood friend.
>
> Francis Ford Coppola's first film in 10 years, "Youth Without Youth"
> from Sony Pictures Classics, had a so-so debut of $27,815 in six
> theaters, averaging $4,636. The film stars Tim Roth as an elderly
> language scholar whose youth is restored by a lightning strike.
>
> Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian
> theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be
> released Monday.
>
> 1. "I Am Legend," $76.5 million.
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> 2. "Alvin and the Chipmunks," $45 million.
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> 3. "The Golden Compass," $9 million.
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> 4. "Enchanted," $6 million.
>
> 5. "No Country for Old Men," $3 million.
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> 6. "The Perfect Holiday," $2.97 million.
>
> 7. "Fred Claus," $2.3 million.
>
> 8. "This Christmas," $2.3 million.
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> 9. "Atonement," $1.85 million.
>
> 10. "August Rush," $1.8 million.
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> Marva
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