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NEWS ABOUT: District 9

District 9 stories: 7 news summaries

(Newser) - Movie companies aren't sure yet how big the Twitter effect is in making or breaking films—a spate of negative tweets are reputed to have killed Bruno after a strong opening over the summer—but they're leaving as little as possible to chance. It's the hot new "campaign-management tool,... More »

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marketing • buzz • movie industry • Twitter • Bruno • movie studio • District 9 • Julie & Julia

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Women Keep 
 Final Destination 
 in First Place 

'All About Steve' comes in close second

Sep 6, 09 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Female moviegoers kept The Final Destination on top and propelled Sandra Bullock’s All About Steve into second this Labor Day weekend, Variety reports. Scoring $12.4 million and $11.2 million respectively, the films beat out Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds ($10.8 million), Gerard Butler shoot-'em-up Gamer ($9 million),... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • movies • Inglourious Basterds • District 9 • The Final Destination • All About Steve • Gamer

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 The Final 
 Destination 
 Makes a 
 Box Office 
 Killing 


Teen slasher knocks off Pitt's Inglourious Basterds

Aug 30, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supernatural slasher flick The Final Destination slaughtered its competition at the box office this weekend, taking in $28.3 million, USA Today reports. The latest installment of the Final Destination franchise—this time in 3D—knocked Inglourious Basterds ($20 million) to second. Halloween II, the 10th Michael Myers movie, debuted... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • movies • Jay-ZTV • Inglourious Basterds • GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra • District 9

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Basterds Hunts 
 Down Box Office Win 


Aug 23, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Inglourious Basterds had a glorious opening weekend, scalping the box office for $37.6 million to give Quentin Tarantino the best opening of his career, USA Today reports. District 9 continued its strong showing in second place with $18.9 million, while GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra ($12.5... More »

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entertainment • Brad Pitt • film • Quentin Tarantino • box office • movies • Inglourious Basterds • GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra • District 9 • Julie & Julia

(Newser) - Harvey Weinstein can breathe a sigh of relief. Inglourious Basterds mowed down the competition at the box office yesterday with an estimated haul of $14.3 million, reports Variety. That makes it Tarantino’s best opening ever, and the second-highest R-rated opener August has ever seen—behind More »

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box office • The Weinstein Company • movie industry • Inglourious Basterds • District 9

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 District 9 Beams Up 
 Box Office Win 


Aug 16, 09 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alien-apartheid flick District 9 abducted $37 million at the box office this weekend for a first-place landing, Bloomberg reports. “This really was an under-the-radar film” before the Comic-Con convention last month, one analyst says. “Sony did a masterful job of marketing.” GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • movies • G-Force • GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra • District 9 • Julie & Julia

 This Summer's Top Trailers 


Jul 8, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Summer may not always yield the best movies, but it never fails to deliver the year’s best trailers. Wired celebrates this sacred art by picking out the trailers that managed to throw the most hype onto the screen in 3 minutes or less. We’ve helpfully compiled them in... More »

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Star Trek • movie trailer • action movie • movies • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince • Bruno • summer movies • The Hangover • District 9 • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen • 2012

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