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"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is poised to break its second box office record in a single day. According to four people who have closely watched ticket sales data today, the teen vampire phenomenon is all but certain to gross...
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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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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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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 a...
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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' president...
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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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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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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, according to people...
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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-winning,...
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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 "A Christmas Carol"...
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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 tale starring Jim...
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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, with the majority...
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"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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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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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 $101...