The top five concert tours, ranked by average box office gross per city. Includes the average ticket

The top five concert tours, ranked by average box office gross per city. Includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week’s ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

v (1) Cirque du Soleil — “Michael Jackson, The Immortal”: $2,098,925; $109.13

v (2) Kanye West / Jay-Z: $2,015,303; $118.98

v (3) Taylor Swift: $1,163,424; $69.29

v (4) Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band: $702,897; $70.41

v (5) Trans-Siberian Orchestra: $571,979; $51.82

“ncis” (8 p.m., cbs): “NCIS,” prime time’s most popular drama, hits a milestone with its 200th episode. To mark the occasion, the show takes an “It’s a Wonderful Life” twist with plenty of flashbacks as Gibbs (Mark Harmon) finds himself questioning the choices he’s made over the years.

“the river” (8 p.m., abc): “Lost” on the Amazon is the simplistic way to describe “The River,” a new drama about the treacherous search to find a wildlife expert (Bruce Greenwood) who vanished after decades of traveling the globe for a popular nature series. There are unnerving chills and thrills aplenty in the two-hour opener.

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Who makes best vodka cocktail?

YOUNGSTOWN

PolishYoungstown is seeking entries for its third annual vodka-cocktail contest, which will be Feb. 18, during the Ostatki celebration, at the Youngstown Club.

Mahoning Valley mixologists can show their creativity in the contest. As per the rules, they must create a cocktail using Polish vodka as a base, with no more than five ingredients, including garnish (contestants must bring own garnish). The cocktail must be given a name that has something to do with Poland or anything Polish, and provide an explanation. Judges will grade the cocktails on originality, taste, creativity, presentation and name.

Contestants must be in attendance from 7:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Anyone can enter, including nonbartenders. Entry fee is $10 per person or bar. The winner will receive: gift certificates, a Vesica T-shirt and a bottle of Vesica vodka. The sponsoring bar will receive free advertising on the PolishYoungstown newsletter and website.

A limited number of entries will be accepted. Deadline for entry is Feb. 15. For information, call Polish Happy Hour chairman Ken Shirilla at 330-503-9874.

French film festival

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.

“Le Fils de l’Epicier (“The Grocer’s Son”), the third film in Westminster College’s free French film festival, will be shown at 7 p.m. Feb. 14 in the Sebastian Mueller Theater of the McKelvey Campus Center.

The 2007 film will be subtitled in English. A discussion will follow the screening. The movie tells the story of a surly young man who must leave his dead-end job in Paris to run the family grocery store in Provence, after his father’s sudden heart attack. Upcoming films in the series are: “Des Hommes et des Dieux (“Of Gods and Men”), Feb. 21; and “Entre les Murs” (“The Class”), Feb. 28.