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Black people have good jobs with American companies and have proven that we will not rock the boat no matter what you do to us. Recent history has shown to the white supremacy set that if it gets really crazy, and it looks like we¹re going to rise up, there are simple socioeconomic buttons that can be pressed that will lead to us shooting each other in the streets or hating each other because of what island we were born on again. The Black People threat has been contained. We¹re 7% of the population in major cities like Los Angeles. So we¹re not really on the white supremacist¹s top 3 list anymore. The 80s were wild times. Will Smith¹s next picture has him co-starring with Charlize Theron. That¹s about as African as we¹re gonna get, folks. It¹s up to US now. On 12/17/07 11:28 PM, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought they just tacked them on to the list of who to hate. I don't know how they keep track Daryle wrote: That, and they have new brown groups of people to hate. On 12/17/07 9:54 PM, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:truthseeker_013%40yahoo.com mailto:truthseeker_013%40yahoo.com wrote: Tracey, I'd have to say that that's changing. From my recent experiences at the bottom of the health-care ladder, I've met many fine White people here in the nice red state of Jawja, all bound together by the certainty that we're all being held down by a common foe. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: What about the white poor in the reds states taught to hate us by those with money Martin wrote: No, Tracey, not the world. Just those in it who have the money. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: I still think it has to be a low budget art house flick that becomes a hit. I live near Microsoft which I have found out is a republication, Christian, morman stronghold, so my perceptions are a little off. I think the world hates us. [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net wrote: So, *now* can Smith finally do a love story with a Black woman? :( (You know me Tracey: you knew i had to ask!) -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com Original Message Subject: [NPHC] Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:18:08 -0500 From: Marva Smith's 'Legend' grows with $76.5M debut By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer 51 minutes ago 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
RE: [scifinoir2] [Fwd:Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend)]
I do, too! But it was excellent SF! Not much 'F', though! Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 1:06 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd:Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend)] I just love that movie. ...and Keith he had a Black wife with a former Black mistress. However, I know that does not count as a romantic comedy Reece Jennings wrote: How about 'Enemy of the State?' Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 6:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd:Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend)] So, *now* can Smith finally do a love story with a Black woman? :( (You know me Tracey: you knew i had to ask!) -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com Original Message Subject: [NPHC] Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:18:08 -0500 From: Marva Smith's 'Legend' grows with $76.5M debut By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer 51 minutes ago 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. 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
RE: [scifinoir2] [Fwd:Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend)]
true, that's my point and my problem. -- Original message -- From: Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Will's wife was Regina King, and in Independence Day, Vivica Fox... 2 very fine Black women...except that these movies aren't really love stories... Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 12:22 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] [Fwd:Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend)] what about Enemy of the State? -- Original message -- From: Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com How about 'Enemy of the State?' Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com] On Behalf Of KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 6:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd:Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend)] So, *now* can Smith finally do a love story with a Black woman? :( (You know me Tracey: you knew i had to ask!) -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com Original Message Subject: [NPHC] Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:18:08 -0500 From: Marva Smith's 'Legend' grows with $76.5M debut By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer 51 minutes ago 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. 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
Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd:Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend)]
Agreed, it's not what i'm looking for. I'm looking for a movie where the romance with a Sister is the focus--comedy or drama. I guess, though, we have stuff like Love Jones, Two Can Play that Game, Brown Sugar, etc., there's no dearth of Black romance at the movies. Though I would like to see a dramatic romance at the big screen soonLooking at the American Film Institute's list of the Top Passionate 100 Films of all time, i find only two on the list with Blacks: Porgy and Bess, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Two out of one hundred! And looking at the list of the 400 nominated films, we get a whopping three additional: Carmen Jones, Jungle Fever (WTF?), and Mississippi Masala? Are these five films really the best of Black-oriented romance we have in the last century??? (the answer is no, of course, which is why lists like the AFI's have to be taken with a grain of salt, but still, the point is there...) -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just love that movie. ...and Keith he had a Black wife with a former Black mistress. However, I know that does not count as a romantic comedy Reece Jennings wrote: How about 'Enemy of the State?' Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com http://www.legacyhomesavers.com -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 6:17 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd:Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend)] So, *now* can Smith finally do a love story with a Black woman? :( (You know me Tracey: you knew i had to ask!) -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com Original Message Subject: [NPHC] Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:18:08 -0500 From: Marva Smith's 'Legend' grows with $76.5M debut By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer 51 minutes ago 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. 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
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Good points, Keith. Good points... I remember 'A Warm December' with Sidney Poitier and Abby Lincoln. There are others...of course... Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 12:22 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd:Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend)] Agreed, it's not what i'm looking for. I'm looking for a movie where the romance with a Sister is the focus--comedy or drama. I guess, though, we have stuff like Love Jones, Two Can Play that Game, Brown Sugar, etc., there's no dearth of Black romance at the movies. Though I would like to see a dramatic romance at the big screen soonLooking at the American Film Institute's list of the Top Passionate 100 Films of all time, i find only two on the list with Blacks: Porgy and Bess, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Two out of one hundred! And looking at the list of the 400 nominated films, we get a whopping three additional: Carmen Jones, Jungle Fever (WTF?), and Mississippi Masala? Are these five films really the best of Black-oriented romance we have in the last century??? (the answer is no, of course, which is why lists like the AFI's have to be taken with a grain of salt, but still, the point is there...) -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com I just love that movie. ...and Keith he had a Black wife with a former Black mistress. However, I know that does not count as a romantic comedy Reece Jennings wrote: How about 'Enemy of the State?' Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 6:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd:Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend)] So, *now* can Smith finally do a love story with a Black woman? :( (You know me Tracey: you knew i had to ask!) -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com Original Message Subject: [NPHC] Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:18:08 -0500 From: Marva Smith's 'Legend' grows with $76.5M debut By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer 51 minutes ago 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
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Tracey, I'd have to say that that's changing. From my recent experiences at the bottom of the health-care ladder, I've met many fine White people here in the nice red state of Jawja, all bound together by the certainty that we're all being held down by a common foe. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about the white poor in the reds states taught to hate us by those with money Martin wrote: No, Tracey, not the world. Just those in it who have the money. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: I still think it has to be a low budget art house flick that becomes a hit. I live near Microsoft which I have found out is a republication, Christian, morman stronghold, so my perceptions are a little off. I think the world hates us. [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net wrote: So, *now* can Smith finally do a love story with a Black woman? :( (You know me Tracey: you knew i had to ask!) -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com Original Message Subject: [NPHC] Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:18:08 -0500 From: Marva Smith's 'Legend' grows with $76.5M debut By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer 51 minutes ago 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. 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
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That, and they have new brown groups of people to hate.
On 12/17/07 9:54 PM, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tracey, I'd have to say that that's changing. From my recent experiences at
the bottom of the health-care ladder, I've met many fine White people here in
the nice red state of Jawja, all bound together by the certainty that we're
all being held down by a common foe.
Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: What about the
white poor in the reds states taught to hate us by those
with money
Martin wrote:
No, Tracey, not the world.
Just those in it who have the money.
Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: I still think it
has to be a low budget art house flick that becomes a
hit. I live near Microsoft which I have found out is a republication,
Christian, morman stronghold, so my perceptions are a little off. I
think the world hates us.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net
mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net wrote:
So, *now* can Smith finally do a love story with a Black woman? :(
(You know me Tracey: you knew i had to ask!)
-- Original message --
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Subject: [NPHC] Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend)
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:18:08 -0500
From: Marva
Smith's 'Legend' grows with $76.5M debut
By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer 51 minutes ago
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.
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
Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd:Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend)]
I hope that is true. It is my fear that one day they will wake up too
late to the cold reality that we were not their enemies, but fellow
victims and that they were used to help take themselves down
Martin wrote:
Tracey, I'd have to say that that's changing. From my recent
experiences at the bottom of the health-care ladder, I've met many
fine White people here in the nice red state of Jawja, all bound
together by the certainty that we're all being held down by a common foe.
Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: What about the
white poor in the reds states taught to hate us by those
with money
Martin wrote:
No, Tracey, not the world.
Just those in it who have the money.
Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: I still think it
has to be a low budget art house flick that becomes a
hit. I live near Microsoft which I have found out is a republication,
Christian, morman stronghold, so my perceptions are a little off. I
think the world hates us.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net
mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net wrote:
So, *now* can Smith finally do a love story with a Black woman? :(
(You know me Tracey: you knew i had to ask!)
-- Original message --
From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com
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Subject: [NPHC] Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend)
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:18:08 -0500
From: Marva
Smith's 'Legend' grows with $76.5M debut
By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer 51 minutes ago
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.
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
Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd:Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend)]
I thought they just tacked them on to the list of who to hate. I don't know how they keep track Daryle wrote: That, and they have new brown groups of people to hate. On 12/17/07 9:54 PM, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:truthseeker_013%40yahoo.com wrote: Tracey, I'd have to say that that's changing. From my recent experiences at the bottom of the health-care ladder, I've met many fine White people here in the nice red state of Jawja, all bound together by the certainty that we're all being held down by a common foe. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: What about the white poor in the reds states taught to hate us by those with money Martin wrote: No, Tracey, not the world. Just those in it who have the money. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: I still think it has to be a low budget art house flick that becomes a hit. I live near Microsoft which I have found out is a republication, Christian, morman stronghold, so my perceptions are a little off. I think the world hates us. [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net wrote: So, *now* can Smith finally do a love story with a Black woman? :( (You know me Tracey: you knew i had to ask!) -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com Original Message Subject: [NPHC] Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:18:08 -0500 From: Marva Smith's 'Legend' grows with $76.5M debut By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer 51 minutes ago 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. 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
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oh indeed. Love Jones is better than most of the fluff romantic comedies the likes of Kate Hudson and Jennifer Lopez star in... -- Original message -- From: Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good points, Keith. Good points... I remember 'A Warm December' with Sidney Poitier and Abby Lincoln. There are others...of course... Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 12:22 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd:Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend)] Agreed, it's not what i'm looking for. I'm looking for a movie where the romance with a Sister is the focus--comedy or drama. I guess, though, we have stuff like Love Jones, Two Can Play that Game, Brown Sugar, etc., there's no dearth of Black romance at the movies. Though I would like to see a dramatic romance at the big screen soonLooking at the American Film Institute's list of the Top Passionate 100 Films of all time, i find only two on the list with Blacks: Porgy and Bess, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Two out of one hundred! And looking at the list of the 400 nominated films, we get a whopping three additional: Carmen Jones, Jungle Fever (WTF?), and Mississippi Masala? Are these five films really the best of Black-oriented romance we have in the last century??? (the answer is no, of course, which is why lists like the AFI's have to be taken with a grain of salt, but still, the point is there...) -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com I just love that movie. ...and Keith he had a Black wife with a former Black mistress. However, I know that does not count as a romantic comedy Reece Jennings wrote: How about 'Enemy of the State?' Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 6:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd:Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend)] So, *now* can Smith finally do a love story with a Black woman? :( (You know me Tracey: you knew i had to ask!) -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com Original Message Subject: [NPHC] Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:18:08 -0500 From: Marva Smith's 'Legend' grows with $76.5M debut By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer 51 minutes ago 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
Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd:Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend)]
So, *now* can Smith finally do a love story with a Black woman? :( (You know me Tracey: you knew i had to ask!) -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Original Message Subject: [NPHC] Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:18:08 -0500 From: Marva Smith's 'Legend' grows with $76.5M debut By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer 51 minutes ago 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. 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. 2. Alvin and the Chipmunks, $45 million. 3. The Golden Compass, $9 million. 4. Enchanted, $6 million. 5. No Country for Old Men, $3 million. 6. The Perfect Holiday, $2.97 million. 7. Fred Claus, $2.3 million. 8. This Christmas, $2.3 million. 9. Atonement, $1.85 million. 10. August Rush, $1.8 million. -- Marva Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
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I still think it has to be a low budget art house flick that becomes a hit. I live near Microsoft which I have found out is a republication, Christian, morman stronghold, so my perceptions are a little off. I think the world hates us. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, *now* can Smith finally do a love story with a Black woman? :( (You know me Tracey: you knew i had to ask!) -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Original Message Subject: [NPHC] Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:18:08 -0500 From: Marva Smith's 'Legend' grows with $76.5M debut By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer 51 minutes ago 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. 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. 2. Alvin and the Chipmunks, $45 million. 3. The Golden Compass, $9 million. 4. Enchanted, $6 million. 5. No Country for Old Men, $3 million. 6. The Perfect Holiday, $2.97 million. 7. Fred Claus, $2.3 million. 8. This Christmas, $2.3 million. 9. Atonement, $1.85 million. 10. August Rush, $1.8
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No, Tracey, not the world. Just those in it who have the money. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still think it has to be a low budget art house flick that becomes a hit. I live near Microsoft which I have found out is a republication, Christian, morman stronghold, so my perceptions are a little off. I think the world hates us. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, *now* can Smith finally do a love story with a Black woman? :( (You know me Tracey: you knew i had to ask!) -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Original Message Subject: [NPHC] Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:18:08 -0500 From: Marva Smith's 'Legend' grows with $76.5M debut By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer 51 minutes ago 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. 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. 2. Alvin and the Chipmunks, $45 million.
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I haven't seen Omega Man so I'm going to have to add it to my NetFlix list. I'm not sure what was wrong with the movie but it felt like you get hit with the marketing pull in and then left with not to much else of a movie. At least we won't have to suffer with a I Am Legend 2. I think the black folks just came out to support Will Smith and to see action. But the lack of Action is probably what pissed the audience off. The acting was good but just had the feeling that you fell for the marketing hype. People where sleeping in the movie, there where a ton of slow parts, well once you guys see it you will know what I'm talking about. But I love Will Smith and I think he will start getting better roles but he's going to have to pull an Oscar performance in order to move to the next level or he'll end up being the Black Tom Cruise. $100K grossing movies but no Oscar. Cause the critics are pretty much trying to kill off Tom Cruise and now Nicole Kidman. Denzel doesn't have to worry about Will Smith cause Denzel will probably go down as the best Black actor of all times. I'm sure he's getting another Oscar for The Great Debaters esp. since Lady O has her hands all over the movie. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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What about the white poor in the reds states taught to hate us by those with money Martin wrote: No, Tracey, not the world. Just those in it who have the money. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: I still think it has to be a low budget art house flick that becomes a hit. I live near Microsoft which I have found out is a republication, Christian, morman stronghold, so my perceptions are a little off. I think the world hates us. [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net wrote: So, *now* can Smith finally do a love story with a Black woman? :( (You know me Tracey: you knew i had to ask!) -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com Original Message Subject: [NPHC] Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:18:08 -0500 From: Marva Smith's 'Legend' grows with $76.5M debut By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer 51 minutes ago 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. 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,
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How about 'Enemy of the State?' Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 6:17 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd:Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend)] So, *now* can Smith finally do a love story with a Black woman? :( (You know me Tracey: you knew i had to ask!) -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Original Message Subject: [NPHC] Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:18:08 -0500 From: Marva Smith's 'Legend' grows with $76.5M debut By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer 51 minutes ago 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. 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. 2. Alvin and the Chipmunks, $45 million. 3. The Golden Compass, $9 million. 4
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what about Enemy of the State? -- Original message -- From: Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] How about 'Enemy of the State?' Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 6:17 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd:Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend)] So, *now* can Smith finally do a love story with a Black woman? :( (You know me Tracey: you knew i had to ask!) -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Original Message Subject: [NPHC] Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:18:08 -0500 From: Marva Smith's 'Legend' grows with $76.5M debut By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer 51 minutes ago 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. 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
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I just love that movie. ...and Keith he had a Black wife with a former Black mistress. However, I know that does not count as a romantic comedy Reece Jennings wrote: How about 'Enemy of the State?' Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com http://www.legacyhomesavers.com -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 6:17 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd:Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend)] So, *now* can Smith finally do a love story with a Black woman? :( (You know me Tracey: you knew i had to ask!) -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com Original Message Subject: [NPHC] Best Ever December Opening (I Am Legend) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:18:08 -0500 From: Marva Smith's 'Legend' grows with $76.5M debut By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer 51 minutes ago 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. 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
