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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 million from 97...
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The opening-day box office for "This Is It" is neither a "Thriller" nor "Bad." According to executives at several studios who have been tracking the returns, the new Michael Jackson documentary is likely to sell $10 million to $12 million...
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Michael Jackson fans beat it to theaters in droves last night. "This Is It" sold $2.2 million worth of tickets in late night Tuesday screenings in the U.S. and Canada, a strong number for a weeknight outside of the summer,...
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The Angels weren't the only ones who had a bad Sunday.In a rarity for the movie industry, every movie in the top 10 ended up selling fewer tickets for the weekend than the studios that released them predicted on Sunday...
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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 It," also from Fox...
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Four movies with combined production budgets of more than $100 million opened this weekend, but none of them managed to beat a movie that cost $15,000. Paramount's "Paranormal Activity" expanded from 863 theaters to 1,945 this weekend and sold a...
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It was a gory weekend at the box office for pretty much every movie except "Paranormal Activity." Paramount Pictures' ultra-low-budget horror film more than doubled its nationwide theater count to 1,945 theaters and continues its winning ways, selling a studio-estimated...
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In the battle of the horror movies, "Paranormal Activity" has taken an early lead over "Saw VI" on a weekend that looks to be disappointing for every studio with a new film. Paramount's indie horror sensation "Paranormal" sold $7.6 million...
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Maybe the Great Pumpkin has the answer. It's the weekend before Halloween and it's anybody's guess which movie will scare audiences more. "Paranormal Activity" on Friday will more than double its number of theaters (which is about as wide as...
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Audiences came out to the movies in droves this weekend, sending ticket sales up 41% from last year, but the future of the No. 1 movie is still unclear. "Where the Wild Things Are" sold a healthy $32.5 million worth...
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"Where the Wild Things Are" opened to a solid if not exceptional $32.5 million in the U.S. and Canada, but played very much like an adult-themed movie despite its origins in children's literature. The adaptation of Maurice Sendak's book saw...
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With one of the most unusual big-budget movies of the year opening and independent phenom "Paranormal Activity" more than quadrupling its theater count, this weekend's box office is shaping up to be one of the most difficult to predict of...
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Sunday was a scarier day at the box office than we thought. "Paranormal Activity" was already set to break records this weekend based on Paramount's ticket sales estimate yesterday morning. But the low-budget horror film blew past that estimate with...
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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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One wide-release hit and one word-of-mouth sensation were enough to keep the movie business humming this weekend.Universal's "Couples Retreat" collected more money than the four new movies that opened on the same weekend last year combined, helping to drive domestic...