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According to retail expert Brit Beemer, electronics are virtually tied with toys as the top Christmas-gift item for the first time in more than 25 years. In a survey conducted last weekend by Beemer's firm, America's Research Group, and UBS Global Equity Research, 30% of consumers cited electronics when asked what gift they were buying most often (30.8% said toys). Last year, only 23.7% of respondents said they'd purchase an electronics item. The sector's strength has compelled Beemer, for the first time in his 19 years of conducting Christmas consumer surveys, to revise his holiday...
...picture is cashing in some coin too. Playing this weekend at 72 theaters, Up in the Air earned $2.5 million, or $34,000 per screen. It achieves full liftoff Christmas Day. That seems an excellent flight plan for two kinds of gold: at the box office and on Oscar night...
Here are the weekend's top-grossing pictures in North American theaters, as reported by Box Office Mojo.com...
...Princess and the Frog, $25 million; $29.9 million, third week 2. The Blind Side, $15.5 million; $150.2 million, fourth week 3. Invictus, $9.1 million, first weekend 4. The Twilight Saga: New Moon, $8 million; $267.4 million, fourth week 5. Disney's A Christmas Carol, $6.9 million; $124.5 million, sixth week 6. Brothers, $5 million; $17.4 million, second week 7. 2012, $4,400,000; $155.3 million, fifth week 8. Old Dogs, $4,396,000; $40 million, third week 9. Armored, $3.5 million; $11.8 million, second week 10. Ninja Assassin, $2.7 million; $34.3 million, third week...
Like many Americans in interfaith households, I'm ping-ponging between traditions this weekend. The painted figures of the Nativity set are finally arranged in the front window; I've caught up on my Advent readings; and the Christmas-cookie-baking marathon is about to start. At the same time, the candles in the menorah are burning brightly; I'm practicing my Hebrew pronunciation for the blessing; and every corner of our apartment smells like latkes...