FOX Searchlight and MIRA NAIR's THE NAMESAKE ($4.6 Million in 24 days)www.foxsearchlight. com/thenamesake/ - Top 20 North America BOX OFFICE - 4 weeks in a row! Highest +% change!
| TW | LW | Title (click to view) | Studio | Weekend Gross | % Change | Theater Count / Change | Average | Total Gross | Budget* | Week # | |
| 1 | N | Blades of Glory | P/DW | $33,000,000 | - | 3,372 | - | $9,786 | $33,000,000 | $61 | 1 |
| 2 | N | Meet the Robinsons | BV | $25,056,000 | - | 3,413 | - | $7,341 | $25,056,000 | - | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 300 | WB | $11,155,000 | -43.8% | 3,004 | -276 | $3,713 | $179,662,000 | $65 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | TMNT | WB | $9,160,000 | -62.2% | 3,120 | +10 | $2,935 | $38,428,000 | $34 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | Wild Hogs | BV | $8,389,000 | -39.4% | 3,200 | -201 | $2,621 | $135,355,000 | - | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | Shooter | Par. | $8,000,000 | -44.9% | 2,806 | - | $2,851 | $27,212,000 | $61 | 2 |
| 7 | 7 | Premonition | Sony | $5,100,000 | -46.7% | 2,474 | -357 | $2,061 | $39,342,000 | $20 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 | The Last Mimzy | NL | $4,000,000 | -60.1% | 3,017 | - | $1,325 | $16,192,000 | - | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | The Hills Have Eyes 2 | FoxA | $3,925,000 | -59.5% | 2,465 | +18 | $1,592 | $15,809,000 | $15 | 2 |
| 10 | 8 | Reign Over Me | Sony | $3,700,000 | -50.4% | 1,671 | - | $2,214 | $13,331,000 | $20 | 2 |
| 11 | N | The Lookout | Mira. | $2,007,000 | - | 955 | - | $2,101 | $2,007,000 | - | 1 |
| 12 | 15 | The Namesake | FoxS | $1,545,000 | +18.2% | 237 | +120 | $6,518 | $4,608,000 | - | 4 |
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IT'S HAPPENING FOR WAHLBERG, FOX AND SHYAMALAN
http://www.imdb. com/title/ tt0949731/
OSCAR nominated actor Mark Walhberg will star in M. Night Shyamalan's next movie, The Happening, for 20th Century Fox. The director had Wahlberg in mind when he first inked a deal with Fox. The actor, who is also shooting Fighter for Darren Aronofsky, plays a man who takes his family on the run when a major natural disaster threatens their existence. Shyamalan is again teaming with Barry Mendel (Unbreakable, Sixth Sense), who will produce with Sam Mercer. Shooting starts in August with a June 13 (Friday the 13th), 2008 release date already set. http://www.ew. com/ew/article/ 0,,20016530, 00.html
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'BOLLYWOOD BLUES' - BIG BUDGET COMEDY - NEED INVESTORS
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... BADAL SOMENANI is a famous successful BOLLYWOOD writer/director and he is all excited to shoot his new film 'BOLLYWOOD BLUES' in New York, USA. His producer ROCKY 'BALBOA' SINGH (huge SYLVESTER STALLONE fan) arrives a month before in NYC to make arrangements for the film. A week before the shoot, Rocky shockingly finds out that Badal's 'P1 Entertainment Visa' (nonimmigrant visa) is cancelled because his name is an anagram for 'OSAMA BIN LADEN'. Rocky sees his huge investment going down the drain. Badal comes out clean and confesses that his script for 'Bollywood Blues' is a scene to scene copy of Once-Upon-A- Time-Famous- Independent- Award-Winning writer/director BARRY O'NEIL's indie hit 'BROOKLYN BLUES' ...
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TIRLOK MALIK - MAKING FILMS IN NY - EMMY AWARD NOMINATION
Last year I produced and was featured in a Thirteen/WNET segment on Indian filmmaking ( http://imdb. com/name/ nm0539598/) in New York titled, "Namaste, I love making films in New York." Our program has been nominated for a NY Emmy Award. The segment appeared several times on PBS in the "Setting the Stage" and "New York Voices" programs. It was a great team effort. Here is the link to 'Articles that have been written about it' http://www.google. com/search? hl=en&ie=ISO-8859- 1&q=Tirlok+Malik% 2C+emmy+awards
Last year I produced and was featured in a Thirteen/WNET segment on Indian filmmaking ( http://imdb. com/name/ nm0539598/) in New York titled, "Namaste, I love making films in New York." Our program has been nominated for a NY Emmy Award. The segment appeared several times on PBS in the "Setting the Stage" and "New York Voices" programs. It was a great team effort. Here is the link to 'Articles that have been written about it' http://www.google. com/search? hl=en&ie=ISO-8859- 1&q=Tirlok+Malik% 2C+emmy+awards
Best regards,
Tirlok Malik Contact: NritvFilmClub@ aol.com + tirlokmalik@ aol.com
Phone: 646.345.8707
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Tirlok Malik Contact: NritvFilmClub@ aol.com + tirlokmalik@ aol.com
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215 West 90th Street, Suite PH B, New York, NY 10024
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'Nothing in the world will take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than the unsuccessful person with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.' - Calvin Coolidge
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