Thirteen persons were injured — two seriously — at the Quai d'Orsay when the bomb shattered offices in one wing of the building.
Mr. Farhadi's film, about the breakup of a family, has shattered box-office office records in Iran and won nearly three dozen awards.
To no one's surprise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 shattered box office records as fans flooded theaters to see the final installment of a wizarding saga over a decade in the making.
The original, Mr. Young says, garnered "universal critical acclaim, shattered box office records and ushered in the era of independent cinema".
While the Jets began trying to pick up the pieces and reassemble their shattered front office, they missed out on the last big-name general manager available.
Already, Warner Bros.' "American Sniper" shattered box office records for January.
The film received glowing reviews and shattered box office records across the United States, earning Universal $12 million on first release.
Last week, the Richmond, Calif.-based company said Toy Story 2, its third straight hit, shattered box-office records in the United Kingdom and (at $239.9 million domestic) is the No. 2 grossing animated movie of all time, trailing only Disney's The Lion King ($312.9 million domestic).
And in this milieu, The Dark Knight, sequel to the 2005 franchise reboot Batman Begins, is shattering box office records.
Combined with the boundary shattering box office stats projected for The Force Awakens, these have the potential to be the biggest VR events of the year.
