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BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Top Dog Marley 
 Still Gnawing 
 Competition 

Bedtime Stories, Button close behind

Jan 4, 09 4:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Marley & Me continued its reign atop the box office dog pile this weekend, digging up $24 million, Variety reports. Bedtime Stories took in $20.3 million, while Benjamin Button aged gracefully to third place with $18.4 million. Valkyrie ($14.3 million) and Yes Man ($13.9 million) rounded... More »

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Valkyrie • box office • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Yes Man • Marley & Me

(Newser) - The annual ranking of movie stars based on exhibitors' sentiment is out. Thing is, the Quigley Poll bases its list on what industry insiders think the stars brought in, not on hard numbers. Gina Serpe of E! takes a look at the discrepancies.
  • Will Smith: Theater owners had
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Shia LaBeouf • film • box office • Robert Downey Jr. • The Dark Knight • Christian Bale • Harrison Ford • Will Smith • movies • Iron Man • Hancock • 2008 • Quigley Poll

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Marley Fetches
 Weekend Win 


Dec 28, 08 4:40 PM CST
(Newser) - After breaking the box office record for best Christmas Day opener, Marley & Me stayed top dog with $51.7 million this weekend, Variety reports. Brad Pitt vehicle The Curious Case of Benjamin Button finished behind ex-wife Jennifer Aniston’s puppy flick, but still earned a surprising $39 million. Bedtime ... More »

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Brad Pitt • film • Valkyrie • box office • Jennifer Aniston • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Yes Man • Marley & Me

(Newser) - Jen topped Brad at the box office yesterday but both fared well, breaking Christmas Day records, People reports. Aniston's Marley & Me, co-starring Owen Wilson, beat all Christmas Day debuts by banking $14.8 million. Pitt's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button came in No. 2 all-time with $11.8... More »

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Brad Pitt • box office • Jennifer Aniston

 Carrey Wins Box-Office Yes 

Yes Man comes out on top during a quiet weekend at theaters

Dec 21, 08 4:16 PM CST
(Newser) - The Northeast's weather outside was frightful, but elsewhere, audiences found Jim Carrey's Yes Man delightful, reports Variety. The Carrey comedy topped depressed box office returns with just $18.2 million, while Will Smith's drama Seven Pounds took No. 2 with $16 million—the lowest opening for Smith since 2001. The ... More »

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box office • The Day the Earth Stood Still • Will Smith • Jim Carrey • Seven Pounds • Four Christmases • Yes Man

 Mamma Mia! Drowns 
 Titanic's UK Take 

Money, Money, Money at UK box office

Dec 17, 08 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The movie version of the fluffy romantic musical Mamma Mia! has become Britain's biggest box office hit of all time, E! Online reports. The Meryl Streep flick, based on the tunes of the '70s Swedish pop group ABBA, earned $107.7 million in 22 weeks in theaters, sailing beyond... More »

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United Kingdom • box office • Titanic • Meryl Streep • ABBA • Mamma Mia!

OPINION

Earth Tops Box Office
as Specialty Flicks Shine

Golden Globe nominations give specialty flicks a boost

Dec 14, 08 5:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The Day the Earth Stood Still pulled in $31 million and topped the box office this weekend, but specialty films drew bigger buzz, Variety reports. Benefiting from Golden Globe noms, Milk cracked the top ten with $2.6 million and Slumdog Millionaire banked $2.2 million. Clint Eastwood’s Gran ... More »

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Clint Eastwood • box office • Meryl Streep • Keanu Reeves • The Day the Earth Stood Still • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Slumdog Millionaire • Milk

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Four Christmases 
 Tops for Week No. 2 

Twilight sinks teeth into second place

Dec 7, 08 3:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Four Christmases stayed north of the competition on a typically slow post-Thanksgiving box office weekend with $18.2 million, Entertainment Weekly reports. Twilight ($13.2 million), Bolt ($9.7 million), Australia ($7 million), and Quantum of Solace ($6.6 million) rounded out the top five, but new release Punisher: War ... More »

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film • Australia • box office • Twilight • Four Christmases • Frost/Nixon

Christmases Chokes Australia at Box Office
 

Comedy tops box office, curbing Twilight sensation

Nov 30, 08 5:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Four Christmases iced the competition over the long Thanksgiving weekend and raked in $46.7 million, Variety reports. Box office numbers stayed strong overall—up 2% to 3% over last year's holiday—as Twilight ($39.5 million), Bolt ($36 million), and Quantum of Solace ($28.1 million) filled out the... More »

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box office • holiday • weekend • ticket sales • movie theaters • Four Christmases

 Twilight Draws Box Office Blood 

Film gets year's fourth biggest premier

Nov 23, 08 4:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Twilight sucked the box office dry this weekend by banking nearly $71 million and claiming top spot, Entertainment Weekly reports. That makes it the best-grossing film by a female director and among the top 30 premieres of all time. Filling out the weekend's top five: Quantum of Solace, $27.... More »

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box office • romance • vampire • movies • movie theaters • adaptation • chick flicks • Twilight

 Twilight's Big Bucks 
 Greenlight Sequel 

Teen vampire flick breaks box office records

Nov 23, 08 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Even as the cash registers were still clanging on Twilight's monstrous opening weekend, the teen vampire flick's producers confirmed that a sequel is on, says MTV News. New Moon, the second book in Stephanie Meyer's series, is now officially set to be adapted for the big screen. Twilight is... More »

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box office • vampire • sequel • Twilight • Stephenie Meyer

 Bond Takes 
 Quantum Box 
 Office Leap 

Spy franchise shows no signs of fading

Nov 16, 08 5:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Quantum of Solace continued its Friday momentum and shattered the record for the best Bond weekend opening, Variety reports. Solace banked $70.4 million, topping Die Another Day's $47 million debut. Rounding out the weekend's top five: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa ($36.1 million), Role Models ($11.7 million), High ... More »

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box office • James Bond • Daniel Craig • movies • Quantum of Solace

Mayor of Batman, Turkey, Aims to Sue Warner Bros.

Pol wants share of Dark Knight revenues for citizens of oil town

Nov 12, 08 2:51 PM CST
(Newser) - The mayor of Batman, Turkey, is threatening to sue Warner Brothers for a share of the nearly $1 billion The Dark Knight has generated. The unauthorized name use has wreaked psychological havoc in the Anatolian oil city by driving up unsolved murders and female suicides, Huseyin Kalkan tells Variety—though... More »

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Turkey • royalties • box office • Batman • The Dark Knight • frivolous lawsuits • civil lawsuits

 Audiences Flock to Madagascar 

Animated flick wins weekend box office

Nov 9, 08 4:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa had the year's best opening for an animated family flick, pulling in $63.5 million to win the weekend box office, Variety reports. R-rated gross-out comedy Role Models, meanwhile, surprised by taking second place with $19.3 million. The remaining top five: High School Musical 3:... More »

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animation • DreamWorks • box office • Paramount • movies • animated movie • Zack and Miri Make a Porno • Changeling • High School Musical 3 • Role Models

If Twilight Bites, So Will Holiday Box Office

Season's hopes on vampire's back

Nov 8, 08 3:23 PM CST
(Newser) - The holiday season’s best hope for a blockbuster is a teen vampire romance flick from an obscure studio, MarketWatch reports. With Harry Potter pushed to next summer, this holiday season is pretty much bereft of a proven franchise. But Twilight, based on Stephenie Meyer’s mega-selling books, has... More »

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box office • holiday • movies • Twilight

 HSM3 Stays Tops at Box Office 

Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Saw V round out top 3

Nov 2, 08 5:21 PM CST
(Newser) - High School Musical 3 strutted its way to the top of the box office despite Halloween’s usual decimation of Friday ticket sales, Variety reports. Now in its second week, the teenage singalong bagged $15 million this weekend, with Zack and Miri Make a Porno opening to $10.7 million.... More »

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film • box office • movies • Zack and Miri Make a Porno • High School Musical 3

 Musical Belts Out 
 Record Opening 

Runner-up Saw V far ahead of rest of the field

Oct 26, 08 6:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sweetness and gore dominated the box office this week, reports Variety. High School Musical 3 bopped off with $42 million, having the best opening ever for a musical. Runner-up Saw V, with $30.5 million, still chopped the rest of the field down to size. The box office take was... More »

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box office • High School Musical • Saw IV • Changeling

      Box Office Feels the Payne

Wahlberg shoot-em-up takes top spot with $18 million

Oct 19, 08 4:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Max Payne beat up Bees and a Chihuahua at the box office this weekend and grabbed the top spot, Variety reports. The Mark Wahlberg action flick raked in $18 million to Chihuahua’s $11.2 million and The Secret Life of Bees' $11.1 million. Rounding out the top... More »

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film • box office • Mark Wahlberg

 Chihuahua Marks 
 Box Office Territory 

Religulous has surprisingly successful showing

Oct 5, 08 5:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Beverly Hills Chihuahua hotdogged to the top of the box office heap for a $29 million treat this weekend, Variety reports. Bill Maher's Religulous doc banked a surprising $3.5 million on only 502 screens, while bigger flicks rounded out the top five: Eagle Eye took second with $17.... More »

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film • box office • Bill Maher • Bill Maher Grid

 Eagle Eye Soars At Box Office 

Spike Lee's new war film barely breaks Top 10

Sep 28, 08 8:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eagle Eye flew into first at the weekend box office by grossing $29.2 million, Variety reports. The Diane Lane-Richard Gere romantic drama Nights in Rodanthe swooned into second place with $13.6 million, while Lakeview Terrace ranked a neighborly third by banking $7 million. Spike Lee’s Miracle at ... More »

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box office • sales • weekend • movies • Lakeview Terrace • Eagle Eye • Miracle St. Anna

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