THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
`lnception' wins out box office
By David Germain
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
LOS ANGELES Leonardo
DiCaprio and Christopher Nolan's
"Inception" is anything but a
sleeper as the thriller opened big
with $60.4 million and a No. 1 finish
at the weekend box office, accord
ing to studio estimates Sunday.
The Warner Bros. action tale
about a team that sneaks into peo
ple's dreams is DiCaprio's biggest
opening weekend, topping his pre
vious best of $41.1 million for last
winter's "Shutter Island."
"Inception" falls far short of
director Christopher Nolan's best,
though. Nolan is the man who
directed the Batman blockbuster
"The Dark Knight," which opened
over the same weekend two years
ago with a record $158.4 million.
Warner Bros. has carved out a
niche with this particular mid-July
weekend. The studio followed
"The Dark Knight" with a $77.8
million opening for "Harry Potter
and the Half-Blood Prince" over
the same weekend last year.
"We like this spot. Not to sound
superstitious, but stay away from
this weekend. I own it," said Dan
Penman, head of distribution for
Warner Bros.
The final "Harry Potter - movie
debuts on the same weekend next
summer. Warner plans to open
Nolan's third - Batman" movie
over that weekend two years from
now, though Fellman said the stu
dio could move it to an earlier date
that summer.
Strong reviews helped
"Inception," which stars DiCaprio
as leader of a team that normally
breaks into people's dreams to
steal their secrets but now has
been hired to do the opposite
Polanski makes appearance after release
By Bradley S. Klapper
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
MONTREUX, Switzerland
Roman Polanski has made his
first public appearance since his
release for being arrested under
charges of having sex with a
minor in 1977.
The 76-year-old film director
arrived at the Lake Geneva jazz
festival Saturday evening.
Security personnel protected him
from an eager crush of photogra
phers.
Polanski's wife, the actress and
singer Emmanuelle Seigner, per-
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Inception came out Friday, July 16
plant an idea in a wealthy heir's
subconscious.
Slipping to second place with
$32.7 million was the previous
weekend's No. 1 movie, Steve
Carell's animated hit "Despicable
Me." The Universal release raised
its 10-day total to $118.4 million.
Disney's family adventure "The
Sorcerer's Apprentice' . was a dud,
opening at No. 3 with $17.4 million,
lifting its total to $24.5 million
since premiering Wednesday.
"It's disappointing to say the
least," said Chuck Viane, head of
distribution for Disney, which had
high hopes for the movie. "I'm per
plexed. I have no response,
because I honestly don't know
what went wrong."
The movie reunites the team
behind the hit "National
Treasure" movies -- Nicolas
Cage. producer Jerry
Bruckheimer and director Jon
Turteltaub for an action come
dy about an ancient wizard train
ing an awkward apprentice (Jay
formed shortly after his arrival.
In an interview earlier Saturday
with Swiss television. Polanski
thanked "the millions of people
who kept sending me messages of
support during those nine long
months."
"I would also certainly thank my
wife Emmanuelle ( and) my chil
dren, without whom I would have
never been able to hold onto my
dignity and perseverance,"
Polanski said.
. The Oscar-winning director was
freed Monday from seven months
of house arrest at his Swiss chalet
when Switzerland's government
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sorceress in modern Manhattan.
Bruckheimer has been a block
buster producer for Disney with
such hits as "The Rock,"
"Armageddon" and the "Pirates of
the Caribbean" franchise.
But "The Sorcerer's
Apprentice" was the summer's
second DiSney-Bruckheimer pro
duction to come up short at the
domestic box office, following
"Prince of Persia: The Sands of
Time," which was unable to crack
the $lOO million mark
'Jerry's working on Pirates 4'
as we speak," Viane said of the
Johnny Depp sequel due out next
summer.
"I'll go to bat with Jerry any day,
because his track record is pretty
darn good."
With "Inception" and
"Despicable Me," the weekend
marked a rare instance when two
original stories not sequels,
spinoffs or adaptations of comic
books, best-sellers or other prop
erties led the box office.
Hollywood relies on familiar
titles such as "Iron Man 2," "The
Twilight Saga: Eclipse" and "Toy
Story 3" for most of its big summer
releases, though the occasional
fresh idea manages to score with
audiences.
"We let all of the sequels and
popcorn films come out and get
the summer rolling, then we come
in here with this original concept,"
Fellman said of - Inception."
"We're in a good place to run now
for the rest of the summer"
Estimated ticket sales for
Friday through Sunday at U.S. and
Canadian theaters, according to
Hollywood.com.
Final figures will be released
Monday.
refused to extradite him to the
United States. Before that, he was
held in the country while the gov
ernment debated whether or not
to extradite him to the U.S. for
having sex with a 13-year-old girl
in 1977.
Polanski still faces an Interpol
warrant in effect for 188 countries.
"For the moment, I'm happy to
be free and to be able to do the
things I was kept from doing,"
Polanski said.
Polanski was released from
house arrest when his son cut off
Polanski's electronic anklet that
had kept him imprisoned.
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Next Stage puts on
`sos tragi-comedy
By Kathleen Loughran
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
It d; , •:.;n't matter if it's yester
day, n)( - :<< . ', OF tomorrow the
characters of "Waiting for
Godot" will continue to wait on
an old country road with a bare
tree and a rock.
Carlijn van Nieuwland, who
attended Thursday's perform
ance. said she enjoyed "Waiting
for Godot.'
- I've always liked the play, but
I've never seen it before, so it
was nice to finally be able to see
it," she said.
In Waiting for Godot: two
vagabonds -- Estragon and
Vladimir -- wait for Godot
because the pair want to know
what Godot 's answer is to their
prayer
While waiting, characters
Pozzo and I - ticky cross Estragon
and Vladimir's path. Pozzo
decides to stay a while before
heading off to the fair to sell
Lucky, his pet. The four tell vari
ous stories until Pozzo decides
to depart.
Then a boy, Godot's messen
ger. comes and tells Estragon
and Vladimir that Grid I will not
be coming today but will definite
ly make an appearance tomor
row. The pair resolves to return
the following day and wait.
Co-artistic director Jay D.
Shuchter said The Next Stage
decided to perform "Waiting for
Godot" as part of its year of
"famous masterpiece plays."
Mary Skees, The Next Stage's
other artistic director, said the
turnout for the play has been
particularly good.
"We're getting a much bigger
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Where: The State Theatre,
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When: July 23 to 25
Details: Tickets are $l6, $l4
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