“Iron Man 3” spectacular debut
“Iron Man 3” is king of the weekend box office. The superhero threequel opened with the second biggest domestic debut ever — $175 million. In first place another Marvel flick, “The Avengers” which opened with $207.4 million last year.
In two weeks, “Iron Man 3” has taken in $680 million worldwide. More on The Wrap.
Mega Millions jackpot hits $139 million
A whole lot of green in the Mega Millions jackpot today. No one got lucky enough to pick all of the winning numbers in last Friday’s game — so the jackpot grew to $139 million. Here are Friday’s numbers: 2, 20, 34, 42, 54, and the Mega Ball 39. Two tickets held five of those numbers. One was bought locally at JJ Liquor 5442 Del Amo Boulevard, in Long Beach. That ticket is worth $133, 171.
The next Mega Millions draw is tomorrow.
Ever wonder what some of those multi-million dollar lottery winners do with all that dough? In 2007, Cynthia Stafford won $112 million in the Mega Millions lottery. Stafford started her own production company and is now making movies. More here.
History Channel’s “The Bible” heads for big screen
The TV miniseries, “The Bible” made a big splash on the History Channel a few weeks back. Get this, 95 million people reportedly watched some or part of this series. Now the producers are going after an even bigger audience — by re-editing a portion of the series for the big screen.
I watched some of the series — thought it was okay. Found the production value to be mediocre, however, the huge number of viewers shows a great deal of interest in the Bible and its stories. More on Bloomberg Businessweek.
