Scientific-Atlanta did this to prolong box life, but found a side benefit.
And research from Australia on health risks linked to TV viewing suggest too much time sat in front of the box can shorten life expectancy, presumably because viewers who watch a lot of telly do little or no exercise.
Oh, and one other thing: Peter Drucker never drew a four-box matrix in his entire life.
The studio is hoping to make up some of the losses with the Asian box office where they feel Life of Pi will do really well.
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Due out late next year, the chilling tale of a young American in Europe willing to kill for the good life will star box-office heavyweights Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow.
David Lock, counsel for the hospital, part of the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, said a doctor had said she was "living in a plastic box" and that her life would be "dominated by pain and suffering".
Fox's domestic distribution president Chris Aronson said he believes the movie will have a long life at the box office, noting that audiences gave it an average grade of A according to market research firm CinemaScore, and there are no more family-friendly films until "Monsters University" opens June 21.
If life is like a box of chocolates, picking out a box to give is even harder: You never know what you're gonna get.
Among the victims is an uncomplaining risk-management executive, Eric Dale (Stanley Tucci), who, leaving with nineteen years of his life in a cardboard box, passes a flash drive to Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto), one of the young analysts.
Resurrected demons and resurrected dinosaurs are helping to put some life back into the weekend box office.
Though I doubt Half-Life 3 will be a Steam Box exclusive, it could still release as part of a package deal.
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Which makes life difficult for would-be box-office draws like Jennifer Aniston and Jude Law, who both have new movies opening this weekend.
If we just subtracted budget from box office earnings to get a net gross, Life of Pi would have topped the list.
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Rising Damp started life as a play titled The Banana Box, which introduced the shabby landlord Rigsby and his equally shabby boarding house in 1973.
Chamakh had been quiet but the striker suddenly burst into life with two shots inside the Lyon box that needed to be blocked, before Jaroslav Plasil blazed over from the edge of the 18-yard box.
Lincoln sounded like a boring high school history class come to life, yet it became a critical and box-office triumph.
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The gamepad has plenty of life left in it conceptually, as does a box full of increasingly venerable parts optimised for gaming.
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As for whether or not Half Life 3 could be a launch title for the Steam Box, Newell was mum.
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Because Werness' annuity isn't reinsured by an insurance company, serious trouble for New Life could threaten his ten-year payout (see box, p. 184).
On it he placed a peasant's pipe and tobacco and behind the chair a box of sprouting onions, a symbol of nature and the new life that might grow from art.
American films that opened in China after "Life of Pi" and are awaiting their cut of box office grosses in the country include "Skyfall, " released by Sony Pictures Entertainment, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" from Time Warner Inc.
Late in life, injuries repeatedly forced him to coach from the press box instead of the sideline during games.
The restaurant also has a gigantic Barbie box allowing customers to step in and feel like a packaged up, life-size Barbie.
But even if she is known for her out-of-the-box style, she sees it as a very minimal aspect of her life.
The next day another constituency of hunger, laziness, and procrastination argues persuasively that a box of doughnuts and an easy chair hold the secret to a meaningful life.
It should be noted, however, that MacFarlane's "Ted" recently broke a box office record: The flick about a teddy bear that comes to life has surpassed "The Hangover" as the highest-grossing non-sequel R-rated comedy worldwide.
He learns to box, and to care for himself, yet he barely escapes with his life.
As a recent college grad, I often find myself coming up with off-the-wall, out-of-the-box, borderline idiotic ideas of what to do with the rest of my life.
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