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"Dark Knight Rises" tops box office, sales drop 60 percent
Jul 29th, 2012
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Batman sequel "The Dark Knight Rises" topped movie box office charts this weekend with nearly $64.1 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales, a 60 percent drop from its debut last week in the wake of a fatal shooting in a Colorado movie theater. The reduction in ticket sales for the movie starring Christian Bale as the comic book crimefighter trailed the performance of its 2008 predecessor "The Dark Knight," which fell 53 percent in its second weekend to earn $75 million. ... (Source: Reuters) -
By Serajul Quadir and Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - Eight people were killed when a fire swept through a clothing factory in Bangladesh, police and an industry association official said on Thursday, as the death toll from the collapse of another factory building two weeks ago climbed above 900. The fire, in an industrial district of Dhaka, comes amid... [Full Article]
By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - At $40 million, the headlines would have been "'Iron Man' Crushes 'Gatsby'." At $51 million, it was "'Gatsby' Dazzles, But Can't Catch 'Iron Man.'" In the world of summer box-office and blockbusters, $10 million normally doesn't mean... [Full Article]
REUTERS - Wal-Mart Stores Inc's quarterly profit just missed Wall Street expectations on Thursday, with sales down 1.4 percent at its Walmart U.S. stores open at least a year. The world's largest retailer said U.S. sales suffered from a delay in income tax refund checks, cool weather, less grocery inflation than expected, and the payroll ... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - One-time hedge fund darling Apple Inc was dropped by more well-known fund managers in the first quarter, including John Griffin and Chase Coleman. Shares of Apple were down $19.50, or 4.4 percent, at $424.36 in trading on the Nasdaq on Wednesday. The shares have fallen 40 percent from their all-time peak of $705.07 in September. Sales o... [Full Article]
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's expects India to grow around 6 percent in the current fiscal year ending March 2014, said credit analyst Takahira Ogawa. The rating agency also does not expects any significant improvement in structural reforms in India, Ogawa said in a teleconference, after reiterating in a release the negative outlook... [Full Article]
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