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It was a big weekend at the box office for the ultra-mainstream and the ultra-indie. Universal's romantic comedy "Couples Retreat" grossed a studio-estimated $35.3 million in the U.S. and Canada, surpassing expectations and becoming the studio's first domestic hit since...
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After a brutal summer at the box office that contributed to the ouster Monday of co-chairmen David Linde and Marc Shmuger, Universal has a clear run at the box office and a potential hit on its hands. The romantic comedy...
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Drew Barrymore and Ricky Gervais were eaten alive at the box office this weekend. The two well-known stars aggressively pushed their feature directorial debuts, in which both acted as well, to little avail. Gervais' "The Invention of Lying" opened to...
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"Paranormal Activity" is turning into a scary box office phenomenon for Paramount, putting up the second-highest per-theater average of any movie this weekend despite only playing midnight shows. The ultra-low-budget horror film sold $535,000 worth of tickets at 33 theaters,...
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On a weekend with two new movies that looked like the walking dead, it was a film about zombie killers that dominated the box office. Sony Pictures' "Zombieland" opened to a healthy $25 million in the U.S. and Canada, according...
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Maybe some Zombies can pump some life into the horror genre. After a string of horror movies that have posted weak openings, Sony's "Zombieland" is poised to scare up big business on a weekend during which five films are opening...
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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 have registered interest in...
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Audiences took a look at the new movie offerings this weekend and decided to stick with what they knew. Two major new wide releases, "Surrogates" and "Fame," both posted weak openings and received poor reactions from those who did attend....
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It was a bad weekend for new movies at the box office. Walt Disney Studios' science-fiction thriller "Surrogates" was a major flop, selling a studio-estimated $15 million worth of tickets in the U.S. and Canada. That's substantially below already soft...
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It's starting to look like a cloudy weekend for everything but "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs." "Surrogates" and "Fame" both had soft opening days, while Sony's animated film dropped only 31% from its debut Friday last week to $5.6...
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Looks like a lot of folks have decided this will be a good weekend to skip the movies and clean out the garage instead. Overall audience intentions to go to the movies are very low, according to one person who...
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Wednesdays in September are usually slow at the box office, but nothing could keep away Michael Moore's fan base in Los Angeles and New York City. "Capitalism: A Love Story" sold about $36,000 worth of tickets at two theaters each...
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Sony is hoping "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" will have a future more like "Bolt" and less like its first animated outing, "Open Season." After a decent but not spectacular $30.1-million opening for its adaptation of the popular children's...
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"Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" is heading toward a decent $30-million opening. Sony Pictures Animation's third major release sold $8.1 million worth of tickets on its opening Friday. If it follows the pattern of other SPA pictures, it should...
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Sony Pictures' third effort at a hit computer-animated movie isn't going to vault the studio into Pixar or DreamWorks territory. "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," which opens tomorrow, is likely to sell close to $30 million worth of tickets...