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manages to rank among top 25 highest revenue films in America. real dollars: dollars that have been adjusted for inflation superhit: a very successful and popular movie; a blockbuster Detailed reading concoct v. to make sth. by mixing ingredients (esp. ones that do not usu go together) e.g. Jean concocted a great meal from the leftovers. 2. to invent a story, an excuse, or a plan etc. e.g. Shed concocted some unlikely tale about the train being cancelled. Detailed reading colossal adj. very large, immense, huge e.g. Lingering would be a colossal waste of love and money. 弥留人间会是一种爱和金钱的巨大浪费。 Detailed reading dubious adj. probably not honest, true, right etc. e.g. The firm was accused of dubious accounting practices. e.g. The name of his company “Fake Design” alludes to Chinas dubious honor as the capital of counterfeits. 他公司的名字“飞科”(Fake Design)影射了中国盛产假货这一“殊荣”。 Detailed reading Cleopatra and Elizabeth Taylor Cleopatra is an ultracostly 1963 film which chronicles the struggles of Cleopatra Ⅶ, the young Queen of Egypt, to resist the imperialist ambitions of Rome. The film is infamous for nearly bankrupting 20th Century Fox. It was made at a cost of $44 million—the equivalent of $320 million in 2010 dollars. Elizabeth Taylor (1932—2011), an EnglishAmerican actress known for her acting talent and beauty, played the title role in Cleopatra. Detailed reading 20th Century Fox Founded in 1935 and Located in Los Angeles, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation is one of the major American film studios. The company’s most popular film franchises include Avatar, The Simpsons, Star Wars, Ice Age, Garfield, X-Men, Die Hard, Planet of the Apes, Night at the Museum, and The Chronicles of Narnia. Detailed reading Leonardo DiCaprio Kate Winslet Leonardo DiCaprio (1974—) is an American actor who started his career by appearing in television commercials when he was fourteen. In 1997, DiCaprio starred in James Cameron’s Titanic, alongside Kate