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Sandra Bullock breaks through with $200m box office flick

5 January 2010 8:10 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

Sandra Bullock has made movie history to become the first female actor to drive a movie above the $200million mark. Bullock, who was recently named the top-earning actress in Hollywood in 2009, has with The Blind Side eclipsed her peers who are top-earning actresses such as Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie and Reese Witherspoon. The baseball themed movie is gobbling up box office in the Us with its weekend receipts totalling $208.5million. By comparison, veteran movie star Meryl Streep's The Devil Wears Prada earned $124.7million. Warner Bros. President of Domestic Distribution Dan Fellman said: 'And we’re not even done. I think The Blind Side has another $30million left.' »

- Philippa Bourke

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Top 50 Performances of the Decade (Female)

5 January 2010 4:59 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

This list has more repeat offenders than the male list yesterday. Please give these 45 talented women one last round of applause before we take a break from the decade stuff to embark on the 2009 awards. As with the male list, I didn't include any 2009 performances (let the year settle first) though there is at least one that would obviously (x 50) be here if I did...

"And it's time my luck changed. And it's time something went right for me!"

-"Julia" makes a plea for a surprise Tilda Swinton nomination this year.

Please Note: This list should not be mistaken for an updated 'Actresses of the Aughts' chart. [editors note: I may attempt to return to that massive project in a definitive way after this year's Oscar race is complete]. How you feel about someone's entire career can be markedly different than how you feel about individual turns and an actress whose skill you may admire might not hit you as hard emotionally as she hits others. Then there are actresses I »

- NATHANIEL R

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Sandra Bullock blindsides Us box office with new record

5 January 2010 3:34 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

The Blind Side becomes the first movie solely led by a female star to cross the $200m mark

Sandra Bullock has made Us box-office history after her film The Blind Side became the first solely female-led movie to rake in more than $200m (£125m), Variety reports. The milestone puts the 45-year-old star of Speed and Miss Congeniality ahead of A-list peers such as Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie and Reese Witherspoon, none of whom have managed a similar feat.

The Blind Side, about the attempts of a determined woman (Bullock) to realise the footballing dreams of her troubled foster child, has been a surprise smash in the Us, taking $208.5m so far and exhibiting tremendous staying power. The film, based on a true life story, even saw off the challenge of The Twilight Saga: New Moon – both movies were released on 20 November, but while Chris Weitz's film opened »

- Ben Child

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Sandra Bullock makes Us box office history

5 January 2010 2:39 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Sandra Bullock has become the first A-list actress to lead a film past $$200 million at the Us box office. Bullock's latest film, sports drama The Blind Side, has pulled in $$208.5 million since its release seven weeks ago. Her recent romantic comedy The Proposal was also a box office favourite, taking in $$163 million in North America last summer. Julia Roberts's Erin Brockovich and Meryl Streep's The Devil Wears Prada (more) »

- By Simon Reynolds

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Bullock makes Us box office history

5 January 2010 2:39 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Sandra Bullock has become the first A-list actress to lead a film past $$200 million at the Us box office. Bullock's latest film, sports drama The Blind Side, has pulled in $$208.5 million since its release seven weeks ago. Her recent romantic comedy The Proposal was also a box office favourite taking in $$163 million in North America last summer. Julia Roberts's Erin Brockovich and Meryl Streep's The Devil Wears Prada (more) »

- By Simon Reynolds

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Sandra Bullock is Hollywood's First $200M Woman

4 January 2010 10:43 PM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

By Wrap Staff

Sandra Bullock’s “The Blind Side” became the first film driven solely by a top female star to cross $200 million at the domestic box office, Variety reported Monday. The football-themed movie finished the weekend with $208.5 million in its seventh week of release. (Click here to read TheWrap's report on women ruling the box office.) Other top titles with a female star as the main draw never hit the milestone: Julia Roberts' "Erin Brockovich" grossed $125.6 million domestically; and Meryl Streep's "The Devil Wears Prada" did $124.7 in domestic receipts, for »

- Josh Dickey

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Sandra Bullock Makes Box-Office History

4 January 2010 9:37 PM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

On this quietest of news days, it may interest you to know that the Sandra Bullock-starring The Blind Side has become the highest-grossing female-led film of all time at the Us box office, passing the $200m mark for a running total of $208.5m.Of course other films starring women have made over $200m in the Us, but this is the first one with a sole female lead and few other recognisable names of note. Yes, it's bigger than Mamma Mia! over there ($144.1m) and Pretty Woman ($178.4, which might push it higher adjusted for inflation but did also have a well-known male lead).This is a rather depressing statistic for feminists, but at the same time cheering news, since it may encourage Hollywood's dawning realisation that there be money in tham there films aimed at women. Films like Twilight, Sex and the City, the aforementioned Mamma Mia! and The Devil Wears Prada »

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Golden Globe contender Emily Blunt on 'Young Victoria' and 'The Wolfman'

2 January 2010 2:52 PM, PST | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »

To say Emily Blunt is a favorite of the Hollywood Foreign Press is a bit of an understatement.  The 26-year-old Brit was a surprise Best Supporting Actress nominee for her breakout role in "The Devil Wears Prada" (Oscar didn't agree) and won a statue the same year for her supporting Television performance in "Gideon's Daughter." Therefore, there was little surprise among the industry when Blunt was nominated this year for playing Britain's longest reigning monarch in "Queen Victoria." The period drama received stronger reviews stateside than it did overseas and has done well since opening in limited release a few weeks »

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