'BABY' FINALLY HITS $100 MILLION FILM'S HAUL TOOK SIX MONTHS TO REACH.Byline: Greg Hernandez Staff Writer At last, Clint Clint is the diminutive word for the given name Clinton and may refer to: People:
``Million Dollar Baby'' took the long way to cross the $100 million mark at the domestic box office, finally doing so over the weekend when it added $188,348 to its total, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. final box office figures released Monday. Still playing in 345 locations, the Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . release has been in theaters nearly six long months. In contrast, ``Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith'' hits theaters Thursday and will likely reach the $100 million threshold by its third or fourth day. ``It's quite amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. that at this late date, when 'Million Dollar Baby' has had all the accolades and all the awards any movie can hope for, it crosses the $100 million mark as sort of icing on the cake Icing on the Cake is the seventeenth episode from the dramedy series Ugly Betty. Overview As Grace and Daniel chit chat in bed before they start the day, Daniel panics when she informs him that she needs to speak with his mother, but tells her that Claire has ,'' said box office analyst Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations Co. The box office milestone came 11 weeks after the movie won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director (Eastwood), Best Actress (Hilary Swank) and Best Supporting Actor supporting actor n → attore m non protagonista (Morgan Freeman). The film had a limited release in December to qualify for Academy Award consideration, built strong word-of-mouth buzz, then finally went into wide release in late January. ``The (Oscar) win kept it in theaters longer than it normally would have,'' said Brandon Gray, president of Box Office Mojo Box Office Mojo is a website that tracks box office revenue in a systematic way. Brandon Gray started the site in August 1998 and claims to now receive over one million monthly visitors. . ``What's even more impressive is that it crossed $100 million overseas. Without the Oscar hype and the requisite promotion that comes with that, it probably wouldn't have come close to $100 million.'' Oscar arch-rival ``The Aviator'' has had a similar domestic performance to ``Million,'' earning $102.6 million to date so far. Those are the only 2005 best picture nominees to make $100 million or more domestically in what has been one of the lowest-grossing crop of Oscar contenders in recent memory. ``Ray'' earned $75.3 million in ticket sales, ``Sideways'' $71.5 million and ``Finding Neverland'' $51.7 million. ``Million'' becomes the 24th 2004 release to earn $100 million or more domestically. The $100 million milestone has been harder to come by so far for 2005 releases with only the Will Smith romantic-comedy ``Hitch hitch to fasten by a knot, usually used to describe tying a horse to a post. ,'' the computer-animated ``Robots,'' and Vin Diesel's ``The Pacifier'' in that exclusive club so far. Greg Hernandez, (818) 713-3758 greg.hernandez(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) EASTWOOD |
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