[Aztlan] Apocalypto

[Edward B. Hanna]

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> Mel Gibson's bloody epic Apocalypto debuted as the No. 1 weekend  
> movie, proving the filmmaker still can deliver a winner despite his  
> drunken-driving arrest and anti-Semitic rant last summer.
>
> Set in the Mayan civilization and told in an obscure Mayan  
> language, the film opened with $14.2 million. It was a modest haul  
> compared to the $83.8 million opening weekend of Gibson's 2004  
> blockbuster The Passion of the Christ, which went on to earn $370  
> million domestically.
>
> But Apocalypto overcame the baggage of Gibson's personal troubles  
> as well as difficult subject matter.
>
> Sony's romance The Holiday debuted at No. 2 with $13.5 million. The  
> movie stars Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jack Black and Jude Law in  
> the story of an American and a British woman who swap homes for the  
> holidays and find love in the process.
>
> The thriller Blood Diamond, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer  
> Connelly and Djimon Hounsou, opened at No. 5.

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   Edward B. Hanna
   edwbhanna at comcast.net
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