&#39;Hero&#39; rises to challenge in weekend box office
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LOS ANGELES The acclaimed Jet Li martial-arts epic &quot;Hero&quot; took in an estimated 17-point-eight (m) million dollars to rank Number One in the weekend box office.
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The action film holds on to the top box office spot.
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LOS ANGELES  - The first fall weekend   is sometimes a surprise at the North American box office.
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Studio estimates show Cage&#39;s &quot;National Treasure&quot; debuted as the top weekend movie with 35-point-three (m) million dollars.
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Chinese martial arts thriller &quot;Hero&quot; logged a second weekend at the top of the North American box office during the US Labor Day holiday, while four new entries failed to make much of an impression.
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&quot;Transformers,&quot; the big-budget  movie about alien robots battling on Earth, raked in $67.6  million at box offices over the weekend to land at No. 1 and  bring its seven-day total to a record $152.6 million, according  to studio estimates on Sunday.
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Chinese martial arts movie Hero leads the US box office, over the quiet Labor Day weekend.
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&quot;Transformers,&quot; the big-budget  movie about alien robots battling on Earth, crushed the  competition in theaters over the weekend, racking up $67.6  million in three days to land at No. 1 on box office charts,  according to studio estimates on Sunday.
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Ocean&#39;s Twelve scored another major heist this weekend, taking No. 1 at the box office with a strong $40.9 million opening. (Related chart: See the weekend&#39;s top 10 films).
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The Chinese martial arts thriller "Hero" held onto the No. 1 slot at the North American box office during the U.S. Labor Day holiday, helping to consign four newcomers to a quick oblivion.
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Two years after opening in China,  the martial arts thriller "Hero" set a record for an Asian film  in North America, kicking off at No. 1 with a  better-than-expected haul of $17.8 million, according to studio  estimates issued on Sunday.
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&gt;&quot;National Treasure&quot; continued to strike box-office gold, taking in an estimated $33.1 million from Friday to Sunday to retain the No.
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Several high-profile films opened this weekend but could not knock 'The Incredibles' from the top spot at the North American box office, according to preliminary figures released on Sunday.
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Given the intensity with  which the media scrutinize movie ticket sales, last weekend&#039;s  record &#36;136 million opening of Walt Disney Pictures&#039; &quot;Pirates  of the Caribbean: Dead Man&#039;s Chest&quot; was reported as if it were  manna in a box office desert.
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By staff report. Miramax Film&#39;s epic Chinese martial arts period piece &quot;Hero&quot; retained its crown as North America&#39;s top-grossing motion picture over a slow four-day holiday weekend with domestic boxoffice receipts of about $8.
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The animated comedy held on to the number spot for a second weekend, taking in 31-point-seven (m) million dollars. Billy Bob Thornton&#39;s high school football drama &quot;Friday Night Lights&quot; opened in second place, earning 20-point-six million dollars.
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Jet-Li&#39;s action flick &quot;Hero&quot; beat out &quot;Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid&quot; as the weekend&#39;s most-watched movie, according to media reports.