"Saw IV" butchers competition at box office
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If it's Halloween, it must be time for the "Saw" horror franchise to scare up the top spot at the North American box office.
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Small-budget movies are making bigger hits than big-budget movies.
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Lions Gate Films and Twisted Pictures -- whose low-budget horror film "Saw" has grossed more than &#36;36 million domestically after two weekends in release -- can't get enough of each other.
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The killer of the "Saw" franchise may be dead, but his sadistic spirit lives on. Lionsgate's "Saw IV" led the weekend box office with $32.1 million, maintaining the horror franchise's position as a Halloween perennial, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Michael Myers sliced and  diced his way to the top of the heap at the Labor Day Holiday  weekend box office in North America, as director Rob Zombie&#39;s  &quot;Halloween&quot; update earned $30.59 million during its first four  days, according to final data issued Tuesday.
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Just in time for Halloween, moviegoers flocked in to see Sarah Michelle Gellar's spooky Japanese remake thriller "The Grudge," making it the number one movie over the weekend. It raked in $40 million, knocking "Shark Take" out of the top spot. B...
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Milla Jovovich blasted more zombies  to oblivion in the new box office champ &quot;Resident Evil:  Extinction,&quot; while several Oscar hopefuls made a big splash --  a mere four months before nominations are announced.
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The new supernatural thriller "The  Covenant" conjured up the lead at a sluggish weekend box office  in North America with the lowest sales for a No. 1 movie in  three years.
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The battle for Hollywood Entertainment is being fought with plastic swords.
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Audiences sought out a fresh dose of torture as "Saw IV," the horror sequel about sadistic traps laid by a serial killer, led Hollywood's weekend with a $31.8 million debut.
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This week's Hollywood releases don't look promising at the box office.
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The success of Martin Scorsese's  "The Departed" at the Oscars caused some Hollywood  hand-wringing on Monday over whether months of costly Oscar  campaigning truly pays off.
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The latest film in the zombie series Resident Evil goes straight to the top of the North American cinema chart.
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Rock star Rob Zombie's reworking of the classic slasher movie "Halloween" scared up record business at the North American box office during the Labor Day holiday weekend, while overall ticket sales for the lucrative summer movie going period reached a new high.
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The haunted-house thriller &quot;The Grudge,&quot; starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, held on to the No. 1 slot at the North American box office, scaring up $22.
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The violent video game &quot;Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas&quot; could eclipse Hollywood&#39;s most successful films, even as it draws the ire of critics.
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âThe Eyeâ is the latest Western deconstruction of a successful Asian horror movie and it is louder and more literal than its inspiration.