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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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'Yuma' Rustles Up Movie Fans

Western lassos top spot and $14.1M in
opening weekend

Sep 10, 07 4:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The '"3:10 to Yuma" pulled into the station $14.1 richer at the end of  its opening weekend, a typically soft post-Labor Day figure. The Western beat out Rob Zombie’s swiftly declining "Halloween" remake for the top spot. Slower on the draw was "Shoot 'Em... More »

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Brad Pitt • film • box office • Rob Zombie • 3:10 to Yuma • movies • movie theaters

'High School Musical 2' Sets TV Record

17M fans make Disney original most-watched basic cable show ever

Aug 20, 07 3:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - An estimated 17.2 million viewers tuned into "High School Musical 2" Friday night, making the Disney Channel original the most watched basic cable program in history. Backed by an 18-month promotional blitz, the sequel nearly doubled the debut audience of last year's "High School Musical" and is... More »

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television • Disney Channel • cable TV • Disney • High School Musical • movies • movie theaters

French Foodies Eating Up 'Ratatouille'

Soi-disant epicures love the intricately realistic animated chef flick

Aug 14, 07 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Legions of French citizens are crowding theaters for a first taste of Pixar's latest 3-D animated feature Ratatouille, the story of a rodent chef in Paris and now the 4th highest-grossing movie premiere in France's history. The French, known for their devotion to everything food-related, are raving about "Ratatouille"... More »

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food • film • France • cooking • 3D • Ratatouille • Pixar • chef • cartoon • Le Monde • movies • movie theaters

Harry Potter Charms Box Office

Order of the Phoenix rakes in $330m worldwide

Jul 16, 07 5:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix wrought some serious magic at movie theaters to collect $77.4 million for its U.S. weekend debut and zoom past Transformers, Ratatouille and Bruce Willis's Live Free or Die Hard.  That brings Potter's five-day domestic take to $140 million—... More »

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Harry Potter • Transformers • movies • movie theaters

Mesmerizing Harry Potter Sweeps into Movie Theaters

Order of the Phoenix casts a spell on critics—well, most of them, anyway

Jul 10, 07 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Holy Quidditch! Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix flies onto the silver screen tomorrow just two weeks before the ballyhooed release of the final book of the wizard saga. It seems to have cast a spell on critics, like Rolling Stone's Peter Travers, who says it will "... More »

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Harry Potter • theater • New York Times • film • Newsweek • Rolling Stone • A.O. Wilson • David Ansen • Peter Travers • movie review • movies • movie theaters

3-D Format
Will Foil
Film Pirates

Camcorder killer coming to a
theater near you

Jun 28, 07 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Movie makers are preparing to launch a major assault on video piracy—in 3-D.  In two years, more than 4,000 theaters will be 3-D-ready, and top studios are gearing up to create films in the new format, which can't be recorded off the screen. Steven Spielberg and Peter... More »

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technology • Hollywood • theater • film • Dreamworks • piracy • DVD piracy • George Lucas • 3D • camcorder • Jeffrey Katzenberg • movies • movie theaters

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