Pegg beats own box office record
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Simon Pegg's comedy Hot Fuzz takes more money in its first week than his last film Shaun of the Dead took in total.
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War movie 300 takes $70m in its first weekend in the US, early figures show - a new record for a March release.
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Harry Potter worked his magic last year when âHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,â the fifth in the adventures of the boy wizard, took in $97.95 million to become the top-grossing film at box offices in Britain and Ireland.
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NEW YORK, June 1  /PRNewswire/ -- USA Network has acquired the cable television rights from Disney*ABC Domestic Television to the record-breaking #1 movie at the global box office, Walt Disney Pictures' PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END.
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Even before it opened, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" already had one box-office record in hand.
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Epic war movie 300 lays claim to a US box office record with an opening weekend take of $70m (Â£36m).
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Sony Pictures Entertainment's movie ticket sales reached $1.577 billion at domestic box offices in 2006, beating an industry record of $1.573 billion set by the studio in 2002, a company spokesman said on Monday.
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LOS ANGELES  - "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" weathered intensified international competition, but maintained its lead for a third consecutive weekend with an estimated $51.3 million from 103 territories.
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"Pirates of the  Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" ruled the foreign box office for  an eighth weekend, grossing an estimated $17.8 million from 48  territories.
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LOS ANGELES  - Scoring a ninth   consecutive weekend as the most popular movie at the foreign   box office, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" is   poised to become only the third movie to gross more than $1   billion in global ticket sales.
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The blood-soaked ancient epic "300" slaughtered its foes at the weekend box office in North America, setting a new record for a March release by selling about $70 million worth of tickets, distributor Warner Bros. Pictures said on Sunday.
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It may have been panned by the critics  but "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" has drawn enough people  into cinemas to secure top spot on the UK film charts for a  second week.
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Proving that bad reviews don't necessarily bury you National   Treasure dug up an estimated &#36;35.2 million to top the nation's   weekend box-office.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" ruled the seven seas with a record $139.8 million domestically over the long Memorial Day weekend, lifting its worldwide total to $404 million
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"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" enchanted moviegoers with a $77.1 million opening weekend, raising its total since debuting last Wednesday to $139.7 million.
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"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" ruled the seven seas with a record $139.8 million domestically over the long Memorial Day weekend, lifting its worldwide total to $404 million.
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US summer box office takings surpass $4bn for the first time as comedy Superbad tops the chart.