In 1990, there were about 3.5 smoking scenes per box-office hit.
The box-office hit was honoured with four Bafta film awards on Sunday and will be up for eight Oscars at the Academy Awards on 24 February.
The 1987 production of "Fences, " the only August Wilson box-office hit, struggled to bring in African-American audiences, as did Russell Simmons's "Def Poetry Jam" in 2002.
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Yet the overseas success of "A Separation" has improved its performance in Iranian theaters, where the film had been a box-office hit and theaters extended its run after the movie won awards at international festivals.
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His introduction allowed the usual right-back Francisco Arce to push further forward and do what he does best - hit magnificent balls into the opposing box.
As for Bushnell, she got a book deal, landed an HBO series that lasted six years (and still sees daily syndication worldwide), and that series ultimately spurred two critically panned but box office smash-hit feature films.
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Metaab sealed Ahly's win in the 63rd minute when he hit a close-range shot in the penalty box, after surging past the weak Zamalek defence.
The only goal of the game came after Marc Smyth gathered the ball on the edge of the box and his mis-hit effort fell perfectly for Kean, who fired a curling shot past goalkeeper Mark Brown and into the net.
Hoilett skinned Martin Skrtel as he hit the bye-line and broke into the box before squaring to Benjani, who tapped into the net easily to leave the crowd cruelly singing "you're getting sacked in the morning" in the direction of Hodgson.
The Dutchman hesitated as Downing robbed him of possession to knock a simple low cross along the six-yard box but Heskey could only hit the ball against his shin as it ballooned on to the bar.
Over the next half-decade Seacrest added a countdown show, a morning radio show, a daytime talk show, a celebrity news show and a plum spot on every red carpet in town--which earned him a scene-stealing cameo in 2007's summer box office hit, Knocked Up.
That event propelled the movie into a box office hit, and the coincidence of a well-made fictional film with a real-life event with a very similar plot line led to a huge increase of public fears around the safety of nuclear power, and likely set the nuclear power industry back by decades.
Darlington appealed for a second penalty in the third minute of extra-time when Richard Ravenhill's strike hit Gary Jones' elbow in the box, but this time Beeby waved away their claims.
Other big box retailers like Target and Wal-Mart have not been as hard hit.
Over the same period in 2009, record-breaking blockbuster Avatar was in its second week of release and box office hit Sherlock Holmes had just opened.
Enckelman spilled a long drive from Stevenson and, when the ball was played back into the Saints penalty box, the Hearts forward's flick on after a mis-hit Templeton effort was clawed off the line by the nervy looking goalkeeper.
"As I was looking at the box-office numbers rolling in that weekend, the power of local content really hit me, " says Mr. Panitch.
" Now that it's set to hit U.S stores on Nov. 19, the box will sell, oddly, as the Wii--pronounced "we.
Yes, there are legitimate domestic asset-protection schemes (see box, p. 60) to fend off ruinous legal awards against doctors hit by medical malpractice claims, executives by shareholder suits, spouses by divorce.
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