Want more about General News to land in your mailbox?

Michael Jackson film tops UK box office
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The Michael Jackson concert movie "This Is It" topped Britain's box office over the weekend, according to Screen International on Tuesday, knocking Disney's "Up" off the No. 1 spot after three weeks.
The footage of Jackson's rehearsals for a planned series of 50 shows in London took 4.87 million pounds ($7.9 million). Worldwide, the movie has made $103.9 million, according to figures from its studio, Columbia pictures.
Disney-Pixar's Up -- which took 6.4 million pounds on its debut UK weekend -- was down in second place with its animated story of a cranky old man on a balloon-powered adventure.
The stop-motion animated version of Roald Dahl's "Fantastic Mr Fox," was unchanged at three while blood-soaked horror offering "Saw VI" slipped to four from second.
The latest film to cash in on the vampire craze, "Cirque Du Freak: the Vampire's Assistant," was unchanged at five.
"Couples Retreat," the story of four couples trying to heal their relationships at a New Age therapeutic resort, was down at six from four.
Animated sci-fi movie "9" came in at seven with the apocalyptic tale of puppets fighting to the death with an army of exterminating machines.
Another newcomer, 1960s coming-of-age tale "An Education," made its debut at eight, just above director Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus" which fell to nine from six.
British gangster film "Dead Man Running," with rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, was new at 10.
(London newsroom;stephen.addison.reuters.com@reuters.net)
| Related news from other sources |
Business
Business News | Economy | Earnings | BSE NSE Notices
General News
Current Affairs | Politics | World News | Sports | Entertainment
Corporate Strategy
Management | Advertising | Marketing | Legal
Personal Finance
Tax | Insurance | Credit Cards | Loans | Property | Retirement | Investment Help | Financial Planning | Fixed Income
Markets
Local Market | Global Market | Market Cues | Analysis | Expert & FII outlook | Brokerage Recomendation
Stocks
Stocks in News | Expert Advice | ADRs & GDRs | IPO
Mutual Funds
News | Advice | MF Analysis | Fund Managers Views
Lifestyle
Travel | Wellness | Technology | Auto| Books
Harsh Manglik
Chairman
Accenture India
Accenture India to hire aggressively for select verticals
Vishal Doshi
Managing Director
Shrenju & Company
Shrenuj & Company will project 15% rev rise this yr
MP Taparia
Chairman
Supreme Petrochemicals
Supreme Petrochemicals expects Rs 2200cr rev in next 1.5yrs
Vineet Nayyar
Chief Executive Officer
HCL Technologies
HCL Tech plans to merge arms with itself, eyes new spots
-
Most Read
-
Most Viewed
- UBS Sec: Good level to enter mkts, suggests stocks

- Mitesh Thacker's top 5 picks for today's trade

- Nifty to cross 5100; infra, banking best bets: Quantum Sec

- End of BPLR: RBI to de-regulate lending rates in FY11

- ARSS Infrastructure IPO opens; should you subscribe?
- Jubilant Food's anchor investors buy add'l stake on debut
- SAIL to issue bonus shares before FPO: Sources

- Ten success stories in unheard of sectors
- What is Religare Capital betting on in the long-term?

- India a stock picker's market: JPMorgan Sec

- China confirmed as global export champion
Source: ft.com
- Time to understand how the mighty fall
Source: ft.com
- India growth set to near 2007 boom levels
Source: ft.com
- Speculators build record bets against euro
Source: ft.com















