Better Late Than Never, &quot;Hero&quot; a Hit In US Release
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Zhang Yimou&#39;s &quot;Hero,&quot; a two-year-old foreign language, martial arts film from China topped the national domestic box office this weekend earning nearly $18 million, according to estimates from distributor Miramax Films.
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Despite sitting on a shelf for nearly two years, Hero topped all films at the box office over the weekend. (Related story: Check out the weekend&#39;s top 10 films).
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Having a No. 1 album just isnât what it used to be. This week Alicia Keys is back atop the Billboard chart with âAs I Amâ (J), but the 61,000 copies it has sold is barely above the historic low for a No. 1 album, Nielsen SoundScan reported. The âJunoâ soundtrack, on Rhino, fell to No. 2, with 55,000 sold. New releases dot the chart this week. The Mars Volta, which revels in head-spinningly complex progressive rock, opened in the third spot with 54,000 sales of âFrances the Muteâ (Universal); the Welsh heavy metal band Bullet for My Valentine reached fourth place with âScream Aim Fireâ (Jive), selling 53,000; and the â2008 Grammy Nomineesâ compilation (Hip-O/Universal) moved 50,000, opening at No. 5. The remix album âHannah Montana 2: Non-Stop Dance Partyâ (Disney) bowed at No. 7, and Vampire Weekend, the acclaimed New York indie band, reached No. 17 with its self-titled debut on the XL label.
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After painfully slow sales last month, the music industry finally has a hit: âSleep Through the Staticâ (Brushfire), by Jack Johnson, above, sold 375,000 copies last week â more than six times the sales of the top album the week before â to reach No. 1 on the Billboard chart. It set a record for the most digital sales in a single week, with 139,000 copies, or 37 percent of its total, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In a week busy with high-profile releases, Sheryl Crowâs âDetoursâ (A&M) opened at No. 2 with 92,000 sales; Lenny Kravitz moved 73,000 copies of âIt Is Time for a Love Revolutionâ (Virgin) to bow at No. 4; and K. D. Lang is No. 8 with her new âWatershedâ (Nonesuch), selling 41,000. Last weekâs No. 1, Alicia Keysâs âAs I Amâ (J), dropped two spots with 80,000. Any sales bumps after last Sundayâs Grammy Awards would be reflected in next weekâs chart.
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CLASSIC songs that should have been No1 but didn't quite make it are being given a second chance by an internet campaign.   As downloads now count to the Official Singles Chart, a surge in internet sales of an old hit could catapult it to the top spot.
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He returns to the US Open as its defending champion and is ranked No. 2 in the world. He&#39;ll turn 22 on Monday and already he has achieved pop culture status -- which means Web sites and magazines
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Retro sci-fi thriller Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow soars to the top of the US box office.
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&quot;Pirates of the Caribbean: At  World&#39;s End&quot; led the North American box office for a second  weekend, while the pregnancy comedy &quot;Knocked Up&quot; opened at a  distant No. 2 with better-than-expected sales.
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Mayan language adventure Apocalypto goes to the top of US box office chart.
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Get lost, Nemo -- Pixar Animation&#39;s new film &quot;The Incredibles&quot; has topped weekend box office charts with $70.7 million (38 million pounds) in north American ticket
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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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Veteran rockers The Eagles have topped the US chart after a last-minute rule change by its compilers.
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Last week was another miserable one for music sales, but with one modest highlight: The indie-heavy âJunoâ movie soundtrack rose one spot to the top of the Billboard chart, becoming the first album in Rhino Recordsâ three-decade history to reach No. 1. After the announcement of four Oscar nominations for âJuno,â including best picture, the soundtrack sold 65,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, bumping Alicia Keysâs âAs I Amâ (J), which moved 60,000, to No. 2. In the fourth straight week of very low sales, Natasha Bedingfield opened at No. 3 with 50,000 copies of âPocketful of Sunshineâ (Epic), Mary J. Bligeâs âGrowing Painsâ (Geffen) sold 45,000 to reach No. 4, and Radiohead dropped one spot to No. 5 with âIn Rainbowsâ (ATO), moving 35,000. Cat Powerâs new âJukeboxâ (Matador) reached No. 12 with 29,000 copies sold.
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COM Zhang Yimou channels Akira Kurosawa in Hero, which is even more visually stunning than Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Like Kurosawa&#39;s Ran, it features huge armies with
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Action thrillers seem to be ruling the roost in Hollywood these days with &#39;Hero&#39;, a Chinese film that raked in 17.8 million dollars to top the charts last week.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - The soundtrack to "Juno" moves up from No. 2 to No. 1, becoming the Rhino label's first chart-topper on the Billboard 200.
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More than 72,000 copies of the new Band Aid single were sold on its first day of release, according to sales figures. A Band Aid spokesman said they were &quot;very, very happy&quot; with Monday&#39;s demand, which saw shops open early.