This good news for clans is bad news for the fight against marine crime. Pirates are known for their expensive cars, weddings and drug habits, says Shortland.
Somali custom means the pirates spend their loot on their extended families and clans rather than stashing it abroad – or in buried chests. All this suggests Garoowe and Boosaaso are doing quite well. Meanwhile, local prices for food and cattle reveal increased spending locally, coinciding with pirate activity in the Arabian Sea. She found that night-time glow of the pirate home towns of Garoowe and Boosaaso has been climbing since 2008 (see photo) – even as piracy took off and higher food prices forced other towns in the region to cut their electricity bills. *-* Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.Shortland averaged a year of light readings from Puntland to exclude transitory lights such as campfires. Year-to-date gross Change (in billions) from 2005 $5.67 +6.3% Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest 20.5 358.4
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*-* Movie 3-day gross Total Miami Vice $25.2 $25.2 Preliminary results (in millions) in the U.S. Next weekend features four major releases: “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” the NASCAR comedy starring Will Ferrell the horror picture “The Descent” the drama “The Night Listener” and the family film “Barnyard.” Whereas “Pirates” was the first picture to win three straight weekends in almost a year, the reign of “Vice” may be short. Overall weekend ticket sales of $127 million topped those of the same period last year, and summer and year-to-date revenue stayed ahead of 2005’s. and Canada, it has passed “X-Men: The Last Stand” as the year’s No. and Canada and $78.3 million worldwide.Īlthough it’s no longer in the top 10, Disney’s “Cars” added $2.5 million to its total. The Focus Features comedy will be hard pressed to equal the success of the previous teaming of the director and actress: December’s mystery “Match Point,” which grossed $23.2 million during its run in the U.S. Woody Allen’s “Scoop,” starring Scarlett Johansson, opened at $3 million at 537 theaters.
Hoping to capitalize on word of mouth, Fox Searchlight is slowly rolling out the comedy about a dysfunctional family: Next weekend it will expand to 10 more cities and a total of about 60 theaters. The weekend’s most favorably reviewed new release, “Little Miss Sunshine,” opened in seven theaters in New York and Los Angeles, grossing an estimated $356,683, or a robust $50,955 per location. has endured a brutal summer, with “Poseidon,” “Lady in the Water” and now “The Ant Bully.” Even “Superman Returns,” which has grossed $185.8 million, has been labeled a disappointment by some, although the studio has said the movie would turn a profit. “There’s a little too much out there for family audiences,” he said. But the picture suffered from a crowded market, said Jeff Goldstein, general sales manager at Warner Bros. “The Ant Bully” was directed by John Davis, who scored a hit in 2001 with “Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.” Like many animated movies aimed at families, it featured a star-filled voice cast. Made for less than $20 million, “John Tucker” will be highly profitable, he said.
The opening crowd was 75% female and 68% under 25. “We went after our target audience and we got ‘em,” he said. 5 at $8.1 million, far below Warner Bros.’ expectations.Ī marketing campaign aimed at female teenagers helped make sure “John Tucker Must Die” didn’t die at the box office, said Chris Aronson, general sales manager at 20th Century Fox. “The Ant Bully” - released a week after the animated “Monster House” and a week before the animated “Barnyard” - came in No. But “The Ant Bully” raised questions about whether animated movies might be hitting a glut. The teen comedy “John Tucker Must Die” finished third with $14.1 million, at the high end of expectations for 20th Century Fox. Vastly different results greeted the weekend’s two other wide releases. That made it the studio’s biggest success ever, beating “Finding Nemo,” and kept it on pace to exceed $400 million, a level reached by only six movies. 2, grossing an estimated $20.5 million to bring its total to $358.4 million in the U.S. Walt Disney Co.'s “Pirates” slipped to No.
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