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'New Moon' smashes 'Potter' midnight ticket sales record by Company Town

The vampires have beat the boy wizard. According to four people close to the movie, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sold more than $22.2 million worth of tickets in midnights shows last night, the all-time record set this summer by...
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Movie projector: 'New Moon' headed for $90-million-plus launch by Company Town

Edward and Bella's latest bite at the box office looks like it will be the second biggest of 2009. People with access to pre-release audience surveys say "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" will likely sell about $90 million worth of...
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Video game sales are to movie box office as house sales are to pet adoptions by Company Town

In a culture that has become obsessed intrigued by movies' openings at the box office, it's no surprise that other products, particularly in the world of entertainment, want to compare their launches to those of the biggest films. There's...
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Disney's dream that 'Chrismas Carol' will be the new 'Polar Express' coming true by Company Town

When "A Christmas Carol" opened to $30 million domestically on its opening weekend -- well below what prerelease research had suggested and historically very weak for a movie that cost nearly $200 million to produce -- Walt Disney Studios'...
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First look: '2012' explodes with $225 million worldwide box office. 'Christmas Carol' has strong second week. 'Precious' is powerful. by Company Town

Who will survive 2012?Apparently Sony Pictures -- and quite handsomely too. The 162-minute disaster epic, which got a love-hate reaction from critics (loved the special effects, hated the script), blew away the competition and took in $65 million in North...
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Opening day: '2012' looking huge, 'Christmas Carol' holding strong by Company Town

The end of the world is going to do big business once again. Sony Pictures' "2012," the latest disaster movie from director Roland Emmerich, appears headed toward an opening weekend gross of just over $60 million after it sold a...
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Movie projector: '2012' will be big domestically, huge worldwide by Company Town

The apocalypse will be felt even stronger overseas than in the U.S. "2012," Sony Pictures' $200-million disaster movie from genre specialist Roland Emmerich, is on track for strong domestic opening weekend ticket sales of about $55 million...
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Lionsgate planning aggressive rollout for 'Precious' after huge start by Company Town

Most years, at least one independent movie opens in the fall with dreams of Oscar glory and ends up a box-office sensation. This year, it's looking like that movie is "Precious," if Lionsgate's expansion plans pay off. The Sundance award...
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First look: 'Christmas Carol' weak, 'Precious' soars by Company Town

Audiences said a surprising "humbug" to big-budget family fare this weekend while embracing one of the most grim and serious movies of the year. Walt Disney Studios' nearly $200-million investment in producing its animated 3-D version of...
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Opening day: 'Christmas Carol' debut not looking too jolly by Company Town

Walt Disney Studios' big-budget holiday bet "A Christmas Carol" got off to a soft start Friday, selling a studio-estimated $9 million in the U.S. and Canada. Based on the performance of similar films, that means the motion-capture-animated...
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Movie projector: Holiday season kicks off with Disney's pricey 'Christmas Carol' by Company Town

We just got past Halloween. Thanksgiving is still three weeks away. You know what that means. Christmas baby!Friday, Walt Disney Studios opens "A Christmas Carol," its nearly $200-million version of the classic holiday tale starring Jim Carrey...
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Big Sunday shows 'This Is It' isn't performing like a concert film by Company Town

"This Is It" continues to throw all the old rules about concert movies out the window. Domestic ticket sales for the Michael Jackson movie totaled $8.3 million on Sunday, nearly $2 million more than the $6.3 million Sony Pictures projected....
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'This Is It' on its way to $200 million-plus, thanks mainly to foreigners by Company Town

He's huge in Japan. Michael Jackson's swan song "This Is It" made up for a so-so start domestically by doing more than twice as much business overseas. The movie sold $32.5 million over its first five days in the U.S....
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First look: 'This Is It' won't quit, takes $101 million worldwide; run extended by Company Town

Though it didn't live up to the outsize hype and had only a mixed start domestically, "This Is It" is looking like something of a worldwide hit. The behind-the-scenes look at rehearsals for the late Michael Jackson's concert grossed...
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$20.1 million is it for 'This Is It' by Company Town

Sony's unusual Wednesday launch for its Michael Jackson movie "This Is It" yielded decidedly mixed results. The documentary sold $20.1-million worth of tickets around the world, with $7.4 million coming from the U.S. and Canada and $12.7...
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