Posts Tagged ‘record’

  • New Moon scores third biggest box office opening ever

    The Twilight Saga: New Moon has recorded the third biggest opening in box office history grossing $140.7million.

    The second film in the vampire series scored the record for single day performance earning $72.7 million in ticket sales on Friday.

    The Dark Knight ($158 million) and Spiderman 3 ($151 million) are the only two movies to have scored bigger box office figures.

    The Twilight series, based on Stephenie Meyer’s four best-selling novels, tells the story of a teenage girl named Bella who falls in love with a vampire.

    The first Twilight film made $384 million in global ticket sales. Closely held Summit has the rights to all four books in Meyer’s series, and has already completed the third film, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

    New Moon stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner and is about a small-town girl caught in a love triangle between a vampire and a werewolf.

    2009.11.23 / no responses / Category: Movie Premiers, Movies, Robert Pattinson

  • Mel Gibsons drink-driving charge wiped from record

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    Actor Mel Gibson’s infamous 2006 drink-driving conviction has been officially wiped from his record.

    A Malibu judge signed legal documents today to expunge the arrest, during which Gibson made anti-Semitic and sexist remarks.

    This means that, in the eyes of the courts, the driving under the influence (DUI) incident never happened.

    Gibson asked for the conviction to be wiped, after successfully completing the terms of his three-year probation.

    The Braveheart star was arrested in Malibu, in the early hours of 28 July, 2006, after police clocked him driving at more than 85mph.

    A breath test indicated that the actor’s blood-alcohol level was 0.12 per cent. In California, a driver is considered legally intoxicated at 0.08 per cent.

    Gibson was caught up in further controversy as reports emerged that he had made anti-Semitic and sexist remarks to a female policewoman, calling her “sugar tits”.

    The star later issued two apologies through his publicist.

    He pleaded no contest to misdemeanor DUI and was given three years’ probation, which he has now completed.

    Gibson was not in court for today’s hearing.

    Source: Splash News

    2009.10.06 / no responses / Category: Alcohol, DUI, Mel Gibson

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