Biggest Movies
More Or Less looks behind the box office figures for record breaking films, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trending hears from two Muslim rappers and the Why Factor asks why we like to take risks.
The film Jurassic World broke the record for the biggest opening weekend taking $511m. Most of the top ten films with the biggest opening weekends were released in the last five years. Why are these films doing so well? And what possessed a British newspaper to ask: ‘Who brings more to the British economy – the British Royal Family or bees. The answer? Bees of course. More or Less checks out the curious methodology.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Trending talks to fans of Deen Squad, two new Muslim rappers who take hit mainstream songs and rerecord them with deeply religious lyrics. They have built up a global following online, but is their music halal? And how do you police hate speech online? A forum used by white supremacists on Reddit has been allowed to continue, while others that made fun of fat people have been closed down. A civil rights activist and a free speech advocate debate the question.
Some people actively embrace risk by jumping out of aeroplanes, scuba-diving or motor-racing. But we all face risks every day just by eating, drinking, walking and driving - and yet we are not very good at calculating things on which our lives may depend. Why is that? Risk-averse Mike Williams speaks to some risk-takers for The Why Factor to find out.
(Photo: Scene from Jurassic World. Credit: ILM/Universal Pictures/Amblin Entert, Associated Press)
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