"Compass" still golden at foreign box office
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LOS ANGELES  - Fast running out of steam in North America, "The Golden Compass" led the foreign box office for a second weekend, while new domestic champ "I Am Legend," rolled up huge returns in eight Asian markets.
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LOS ANGELES  - Disney's domestic  disappointment, "King Arthur," is regaining stature at the  foreign box office, leading the pack last weekend with a $12.3  million haul from 32 countries, raising its international total  to $91.7 million.
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SYDNEY  - "The Incredibles" maintained  the top spot at the foreign box office over the weekend ahead  of "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" and "The Polar Express."
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Hollywood is counting on the impending arrival of a naughty chipmunk, a treasure hunter and Will Smith to reverse a lingering box office malaise that deepened over the weekend with disappointing sales for âThe Golden Compass.â  The movie business is ...
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Local faves "Seven Dwarves" in German-speaking Europe, "A Very Long Engagement" in France and "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" in Britain took top honors at the international boxoffice alongside "Shark Tale," which continued to scale the heights, gobbling another &#36;11.3 million this weekend for a total of &#36;130 million.
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The film now rests its hopes on an overseas success to make a profit
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The Golden Compass comes to the screen, cleansed of theology, but with a few jaw-dropping moments
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"Sideways," a critically acclaimed tale of two men looking for love in California's wine country, led Golden Globe nominations on Monday with seven, one more than closest rival, "The Aviator," a biography of young Howard Hughes conquering Hollywood.
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BEIJING, Dec. 15 -- Sideways, a low-budget comedy about two men scouring the wine country for true love and the perfect pinot noir, and Martin ScorseseÂ¡Â¯s epic film The Aviator, led the Golden Globe nominations
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LOS ANGELES  - "Asterix at the Olympic Games" took the gold medal at the foreign box office for a second consecutive weekend Sunday with estimated sales of $18 million from six countries.
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Although it opened  overseas six weeks ago, &quot;The Bourne Ultimatum&quot; endured as the  top attraction at the foreign box office box office, selling an  estimated $13 million worth of tickets during the weekend.
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The animated tale about a family of superheroes remains number-one at the North American theaters taking in 51 million dollars US.
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"Pirates of the  Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" led the foreign box office for the  11th time in 12 weekends Sunday with estimated sales of $7.6  million from 36 territories.
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Chinese martial arts thriller &quot;Hero&quot; continued to reign at North American box office during the US Labor Day holiday for the second week, according to studio estimates released Sunday.
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"Pirates of the  Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" logged a fourth week atop the  foreign box office as its total raced to $305.5 million after a  hefty $55 million weekend from 40 countries.
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One evening last  November, a handful of journalists and industry insiders eased  into the plush armchairs of a Hollywood screening room to watch  "The Golden Compass," the Nicole Kidman fantasy based on the  first novel in Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy.
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Fast running out of  steam in North America, "The Golden Compass" led the foreign  box office for a second weekend, while new domestic champ "I Am  Legend," rolled up huge returns in eight Asian markets.