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  • February 2008

    • Jumper Soars at Box Office

      Variety  |  Feb 17, 08 4:55 PM CST

      Jumper Soars at Box Office

      (Newser) - Jumper has vaulted to top spot at the box office and may bank the fourth-highest President's Day weekend score ever, Variety reports. Step Up 2 the Streets surprised in second thanks to young females, earning $26.3 million to Jumper 's $33.8 million. The Spiderwick Chronicles took third with $21.4 million. All three were holiday weekend debuts. More »

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      movie  • film  • Hollywood  • box office  • Hannah Montana  • Matthew McConaughey  • Jack Nicholson

    • Fool's Gold Shines at Box Office

      Variety  |  Feb 10, 08 6:50 PM CST

      Fool's Gold Shines at Box Office

      (Newser) - Movie fans valued Fool’s Gold at $22 million this weekend and made the Matthew McConaughey-Kate Hudson pic tops at the box office, Variety reports. The Martin Lawrence vehicle Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins debuted in second with $17.1 million, and last week’s surprise flick, Hannah Montana , dropped from $31.1 million to $10.5 million and third spot. More »

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      movie  • film  • box office  • Miley Cyrus  • Hannah Montana  • entertainment industry  • Juno  • Kate Hudson  • Matthew McConaughey  • Jessica Alba  • Ellen Page

    • Hannah Sings at Box Office

      Variety  |  Feb 3, 08 4:20 PM CST

      Hannah Sings at Box Office

      (Newser) - Disney’s Hannah Montana sang a high note this gridiron weekend and nabbed top spot at the box office with $29 million, Variety reports. It also shattered Titanic ’s $21.6 million Super Bowl weekend record. A pleased Disney extended the pic’s planned one-week run. More »

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      movie  • Hollywood  • box office  • Miley Cyrus  • Hannah Montana  • Jessica Alba  • Eva Longoria

  • January 2008

    • Spartans Conquer Box Office

      Variety  |  Jan 27, 08 6:19 PM CST

      Spartans Conquer Box Office

      (Newser) - Meet the Spartans outfought Rambo to claim top spot this weekend as both flicks knocked down last week's openers, Variety reports. Spartans , a 300 spoof, banked $18.7 million while Sly Stallone's pic scored $18.2 million. 27 Dresses crumpled to third with $13.6 million as horror pic Cloverfield toppled to fourth at $12.7 million, a crushing 68% fall from last week's number one spot. More »

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      film  • box office  • Oscar  • Academy Awards  • Atonement  • Sylvester Stallone  • Rambo  • Cloverfield

    • Cloverfield Crushes Box Office

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jan 20, 08 6:15 PM CST

      Cloverfield Crushes Box Office

      (Newser) - Cloverfield stomped box-office records by banking an anticipated $50 million through the holiday weekend, the Los Angeles Times reports. Shining reviews and an online viral campaign drew more older fans than expected—45% were over age 25—as the low-budget monster pic smashed January and MLK holiday debuts. More »

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      box office  • Cloverfield

    • Bucket Tops Box Office List

      Variety  |  Jan 13, 08 3:33 PM CST

      Bucket Tops Box Office List

      (Newser) - The Bucket List kicked National Treasure: Book of Secrets from top spot this weekend in the best-ever debut for a Rob Reiner flick, Variety reports. First Sunday nabbed a close second and Juno kept crowds giggling in third. Tonight's toned-down Golden Globes will not help Juno as expected, but the quirky laffer has almost passed Sideways as Fox Searchlight's best-grossing film. More »

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      movie  • film  • Hollywood  • box office  • Morgan Freeman  • Jack Nicholson  • Nicolas Cage  • Ice Cube

    • National Treasure Stays in Top Spot

      Variety  |  Jan 6, 08 6:53 PM CST

      National Treasure Stays in Top Spot

      (Newser) - National Treasure: Book of Secrets glowed in top spot for a third straight weekend as quirky Juno scored a startling third, almost neck-and-neck with mega-hit I Am Legend . Juno banked an estimated $16.2M and expanded to 1,952 theaters in its fifth week, a near-record run for a specialty film. More »

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      movie  • Hollywood  • box office  • Ellen Page  • specialty films

    • Depp Is Top Box Office Draw

      Associated Press  |  Jan 4, 08 10:27 AM CST

      Depp Is Top Box Office Draw

      (Newser) - Johnny Depp trounced Will, George and Matt  to bring in more green at movie theaters than any other actor in 2007, reports the AP. The star of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, now proving he can sing, too, in Sweeney Todd , was voted the No. 1 box office draw for the second year in a row by movie exhibitors contacted by Quigley Publishing Co. More »

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      movie  • box office  • actor  • Johnny Depp  • movie theaters  • Denzel Washington  • Pirates of the Caribbean

  • December 2007
  • November 2007

    • Dreams Come True for Enchanted Star

      MTV  |  Nov 27, 07 4:10 PM CST

      Dreams Come True for Enchanted Star

      (Newser) - Movie princess Amy Adams can't wait to see what happens after her fairy tale's "happily ever after" ending, she tells MTV. Her hit musical Enchanted pulled in $50 million over the Thanksgiving weekend and looks like an early awards favorite, meaning the the veteran actress-turned-overnight sensation's years in the background may be over. More »