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Summit Entertainment’s “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” has failed to eclipse an opening-day domestic boxoffice record set by franchise predecessor “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.” “Eclipse” rung up $68.5 million in Wednesday coin. That set a new record for first-day boxoffice on a Wednesday, featuring more than $30 million in grosses from 4,416 theaters programming the vampire-romance threequel for midnight Tuesday ... Read More »

It may not eclipse the opening-weekend performance of franchise predecessors, but Summit Entertainment’s vampire-romance threequel “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” is off to a bloody good — and record — start. “Eclipse” fetched more than $30 million in estimated boxoffice from more than 4,000 domestic theaters programming midnight Tuesday performances, an unprecedented midnight tally. The witching-hour coin will be lumped in ... Read More »

“The Karate Kid,” starring Will Smith’s son Jaden Smith as a young martial artist and Jackie Chan as his mentor, earned $56 million during the three days beginning Friday, according to estimates provided by its distributor, Columbia Pictures. The $40 million picture, shot in China, played strongly with youngsters, the Sony Corp unit said, with people under 25 accounting for ... Read More »

Looks like Google is looking forward to close the deal by the end of this year. In case you are wondering what Yelp is. Yelp is a local search that also reviews all kinds of businesses from restaurants to spas, pretty much everything. Google is reportedly brokering a deal to buy local search and review property Yelp for $500 million.The ... Read More »