Signs of a blockbuster: Disney opens Shyamalan's latest on $60.3m

Mel Gibson and director M Night Shyamalan both recorded career-high openings as the mystery-drama Signs recorded a blockbuster opening for Buena Vista over the weekend with an estimated $60.3m. It is the first number one for the studio since Monsters, Inc. last November and is almost double what executives had been expecting. The impressive debut was also a record high for Disney production label Touchstone Pictures, which reported an average of $18,474 from 3,264 venues. ...