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"Jumper" scales heights at foreign box office
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The sci-fi thriller "Jumper" ruled the international box office for a second weekend, earning an estimated $22 million from 40 markets.
The movie, starring Hayden Christensen as a man who teleports himself around the globe, finished No. 1 in at least nine markets, including the U.K. Its foreign total stands at $61.2 million.
Newly crowned Oscar best-picture winner "No Country for Old Men" reached a foreign total of $37 million, thanks to a $4.8 million weekend from 35 territories. The violent drama also won Oscars Sunday for director, adapted screenplay and supporting actor.
The Daniel Day-Lewis saga "There Will Be Blood," which won Oscars for lead actor and cinematography, has earned $10.1 million after about two weeks. The teen comedy "Juno," which won for Diablo Cody's original screenplay, has rolled up a total of $35.8 million internationally.
New domestic champ "Vantage Point" -- a thriller about various views of an attempted presidential assassination -- opened in a half-dozen overseas markets for an estimated gross of $1.8 million.
"Sweeney Todd" was the weekend's No. 2 title overall, with sales of $8.8 million from 51 territories. The weekend tally included $2.6 million from Italy, and $1.4 million from Germany. The total rose to $81.5 million.
"National Treasure: Book of Secrets" was No. 3 with $8.3 million; the total for the Nicolas Cage adventure rose to $213.8 million.
England expect to square series
England believe their opening one-day defeat by New Zealand was a blip and expect to make amends in the second match in Hamilton on Tuesday.
"We believe we just had one bad day at the office," said batsman Owais Shah.
"After the way we played in the two Twenty20 matches we believe we still have the momentum."
England are considering whether to recall all-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas - who impressed in the Twenty20 wins - as a replacement for Ravi Bopara.
"We believe we just had one bad day at the office," said batsman Owais Shah.
"After the way we played in the two Twenty20 matches we believe we still have the momentum."
England are considering whether to recall all-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas - who impressed in the Twenty20 wins - as a replacement for Ravi Bopara.
Coach Peter Moores said the decision to drop Mascarenhas and the recall of specialist opener Alastair Cook for Luke Wright in the opening match would be reconsidered.
"Was it the right decision? You'd have to say maybe they weren't," he admitted.
"It was a difficult decision to leave out two guys that had done well and we'll look at it again."
Shah pointed to England's situation after being dispatched by 119 runs in the opening match of their series in Sri Lanka last October, when they fought back to win the series 3-2.
"It's similar to where we were in Sri Lanka when we adapted to the conditions after the first game, when we got a hammering by Sri Lanka," he explained.
"We came back strongly then and went on to win the series and it's still early days in this one. We all believe we can still win games out here and try and win the series."
"Was it the right decision? You'd have to say maybe they weren't," he admitted.
"It was a difficult decision to leave out two guys that had done well and we'll look at it again."
Shah pointed to England's situation after being dispatched by 119 runs in the opening match of their series in Sri Lanka last October, when they fought back to win the series 3-2.
"It's similar to where we were in Sri Lanka when we adapted to the conditions after the first game, when we got a hammering by Sri Lanka," he explained.
"We came back strongly then and went on to win the series and it's still early days in this one. We all believe we can still win games out here and try and win the series."
New Zealand are braced for a backlash, with captain Daniel Vettori saying: "They'll be feeling the same as we did after the Twenty20 games. They'll come back pretty hard at us.
"If we get 2-0 up we've got a good chance to finish the series off. I still think it will be incredibly tight.
Vettori believes the Hamilton wicket will offer more pace than the drop-in pitch at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington, which caused England's batsmen real problems.
The hosts may add an extra seamer at the expense of spinner Jeetan Patel, who cleaned up the tail in the first game.
"If we get 2-0 up we've got a good chance to finish the series off. I still think it will be incredibly tight.
Vettori believes the Hamilton wicket will offer more pace than the drop-in pitch at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington, which caused England's batsmen real problems.
The hosts may add an extra seamer at the expense of spinner Jeetan Patel, who cleaned up the tail in the first game.
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Harry Potter Mania
Harry Potter is one brand that surely gets interest from all media sources be it TV, radio, print so how can Internet be far behind.
Here is how the potter mania is catching on..
Zapak.com which recently launched maxim channel on zapak.tv has just launched an exclusive Harry potter zone! (finally they are starting to realise that they cant show bikini clad maxim models to 10-12 year old gaming kids.). This zone will have the usual wallpapers and trailers along with a game called "Dolores Umbridge's Cats".
This strategy by zapak to get exclusive content and games on current hot movies and topics is a good one but they need to get their positioning right by making sure they are not pushing everything and anything under the zapak brand which is also mentioned in an earlier article.
AOL India also seems to be in the race to leverage the popularity of the young wizard. AOL India in association with Warner brothers has launched this Potter Zone on their site where one can again see trailers, read synopsis, play games and read facts about Mr.Potter.
Seems like the potter mania is in full force on the internet and it will only grow i guess as both potter mania and internet reach are growing!
Harry Potter mania at the cinemas
HARRY Potter mania officially hits Bahrain today, with cinemas showing a total of 34 screenings of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix a day.
The latest blockbuster, based on the fifth book in J K Rowling's series, hits the screens just three days before the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on Saturday.
The film will be shown a total of 20 times a day at Seef Cineplex's two screens alone, along with screenings at Saar Cineplex and Al Jazeera Cinema.
It opened last Wednesday in the US and has already raked in over $140 million (BD52.92m) to date, almost covering its production cost of $150m.
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