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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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'Whip It' didn't need to get whipped at box office by Company Town

My colleague Patrick Goldstein weighed in this morning on why Fox Searchlight's "Amelia" failed to catch on with viewers. Well, for starters, the length and the hideous reviews probably didn't help. I'm more curious about "Whip...
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Pricey tropical junket seems to have paid off for 'Couples Retreat' by Company Town

One of the keys to the strong $35.3-million opening of "Couples Retreat" was that oldest of Hollywood marketing ploys: the glitzy media junket. Universal flew dozens of journalists to Bora Bora for interviews with the cast in the same tropical...
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'Paranormal Activity' moves into wider release by Company Town

Following "Paranormal Activity's" robust debut in a handful of midnight screenings last weekend, Paramount Pictures said Monday that it is bringing its micro-budget thriller to 20 more cities on Friday. Paramount said more than 200,000 fans...
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'Transformers' sequel could earn big bucks for Paramount and Michael Bay by Company Town

Paramount Pictures' upcoming film doesn't hit theaters until June 24, but Hollywood is already buzzing that "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” could be the biggest movie of the summer and net one of the richest paydays ever for a director...
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Carmike Cinemas taps new CEO, third turnover among top theater chains this year by Company Town

Hollywood's oldest industry continues to receive a transfusion of new executive blood. The latest sign came today when Carmike Cinemas Inc., the nation's fourth-largest theater chain, announced that S. David Passman III, the company's chairman...
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