Something happens to a team in Alaska at a remote base. It is the doctor's job to find out what happened. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365929/
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > "Whiteout"? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 12:30:06 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: "District 9" Does Well at Box Office > > > > There is also Whiteout which looks like a rip off of the Thing. > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Keith Johnson > <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > >> >> >> I expected it to do well. There wasn't any new scifi competition (unless >> you count "The Time Traveler's Wife"), GI Joe has dropped precipitously in >> box office, and while "Panyo" was great, it's a cartoon aimed at younger >> audiences. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "ravenadal" <ravena...@yahoo.com> >> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 8:19:45 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >> Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: "District 9" Does Well at Box Office >> >> >> >> Wow! I would have thought this as unlikely as Tiger losing the PGA >> Championship. >> >> ~rave! >> >> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, Keith >> Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: >> > >> > >> > [AP News] >> > >> > 'District 9' lifts off with No. 1 weekend at $37M >> > >> > >> > By DAVID GERMAIN >> > >> > >> > The Associated Press >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > LOS ANGELES â€" The first-time director and cast of unknowns of the >> acclaimed sci-fi thriller "District 9 " have given Hollywood a late-summer >> box-office boost. >> > >> > >> > >> > Enlarge photo >> > This movie still released by Sony Pictures shows, left to right, Sharlto >> Copley, Mandla Gaduka and Kenneth Nkosi in "District 9." (AP Photo/Sony >> Pictures)This movie still released by Sony Pictures shows, left to right, >> Sharlto Copley, Mandla Gaduka and Kenneth Nkosi in "District 9." (AP >> Photo/Sony Pictures) >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > The Sony release produced by "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson >> led the weekend with a $37 million debut, according to studio estimates >> Sunday. >> > >> > "District 9" is the debut feature from commercial and music-video >> director Neill Blomkamp, who co-wrote the tale about extraterrestrials >> forced by humans to live in squalor in a ghetto in South Africa. >> > >> > The movie built audience interest with a clever marketing campaign >> playing up the theme of prejudice against aliens, including posters >> instructing citizens to report non-humans and ads on bus benches stating >> that the seats are for humans only. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > "Everybody was like, 'What is this?' There was a big question mark in >> people's minds," said Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony. "It did >> really pique their interest and drove them to the Internet and elsewhere to >> discover what's going on." >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > The previous weekend's No. 1 movie, Paramount's "G.I. Joe: The Rise of >> Cobra," slipped to second place with $22.5 million, raising its 10-day total >> to $98.8 million. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Another sci-fi tale, the Warner Bros. romance "The Time Traveler's Wife" >> starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, opened asolid No. 3 with $19.2 >> million. The film joined the previous weekend's "Julie&Julia" as a choice >> for women, with females accounting for 76 percent of its audience. >> > >> > "District 9" and "Time Traveler's Wife" led a wave of five new wide >> releases for mid-August, when Hollywood's summer output normally is petering >> out. The rush continues next weekend with another surge of new releases, led >> by Quentin Tarantino's World War II saga "Inglourious Basterds." >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > "It's getting very crowded, and it's these films that want to compete in >> the summer time frame but can't compete in the sweet spot of summer," said >> Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. "Opening 'District >> 9' against 'Star Trek,' that would not be a good strategy. But to release it >> now makes sense. August is the month of opportunity for films that in other >> months of summer would get slaughtered." >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > The weekend's other debuts: Paramount Vantage's used-car comedy "The >> Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard," opening at No. 6 with $5.4 million; Disney's >> animated adventure "Ponyo" from animation master Hayao Miyazaki ("Spirited >> Away"), coming in at No. 9 with $3.5 million; and Summit Entertainment's >> teen rock 'n' roll tale "Bandslam," which tanked at No. 13 with just $2.3 >> million despite a cast that includes Vanessa Hudgens of "High School >> Musical." >> > >> > It was Hollywood's second weekend in a row of rising revenues after a >> monthlong slide compared with summer 2008, when the Batman blockbuster "The >> Dark Knight" was smashing box-office records. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Overall receipts came in at $142 million, up 14 percent from the same >> weekend a year ago, when "Tropic Thunder" debuted at No. 1 with $25.8 >> million. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Revenues since the summer season opened the first weekend of May are at >> $3.77 billion, just a fraction below where Hollywood was last summer, >> according to Hollywood.com. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Factoring in higher ticket prices, admissions are off 4 percent compared >> to summer 2008, though movie attendance remains strong given how "The Dark >> Knight" dominated a year ago. The biggest blockbuster since "Titanic," ''The >> Dark Knight" topped out with a domestic haul of $531 million. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > "Considering we had a movie of that magnitude in the mix, I think this >> summer has held up very well for itself," said Dan Fellman, head of >> distribution for Warner Bros., which released "The Dark Knight." >> > >> > Estimated ticket sales are for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and >> Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Final figures will be >> released Monday. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > 1. "District 9," $37 million. >> > >> > 2. "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," $22.5 million. >> > >> > 3. "The Time Traveler's Wife," $19.2 million. >> > >> > 4. "Julie&Julia," $12.4 million. >> > >> > 5. "G-Force," $6.9 million. >> > >> > 6. "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard," $5.4 million. >> > >> > 7. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," $5.2 million. >> > >> > 8. "The Ugly Truth," $4.5 million. >> > >> > 9. "Ponyo," $3.5 million. >> > >> > 10. "500 Days of Summer," $3 million. >> > >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/