'Shark Tale' Hooks Movie-Goers With $49.1M
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LOS ANGELES - The animated fish story "Shark Tale" swamped the competition, opening as the top weekend movie with $49.1 million and potentially breaking the record for best October debut. John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix's firefighting adventure "Ladder 49" premiered in second place with $22.8 million, according to studio estimates Sunday...
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A 31 percent attendance drop here (33 percent nationally) in its second week is modest enough to allow the animated &quot;Shark Tale&quot; to rule the box-office charts again.
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Description: The Dreamworks studio has had recent success with films like Shark Tale, which took in almost $50 million this weekend.
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The two wide releases entering the marketplace last weekend barely made a ripple as &quot;Shark Tale&quot; ruled the North American box office for a third round.
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A rare weekend of studio gambles paid off this weekend as Shark Tale cleaned up in theaters but left plenty of room for other movies in its wake.
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US animated film Shark Tale breaks the record for opening box office takings in October, say estimates.
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The hip-hop underwater animated flick &quot;Shark Tales&quot; has opened as the highest October box office draw in history, studio executives say.
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LOS ANGELES - The undersea cartoon &quot;Shark Tale&quot; retained its box-office bite with a $31.3 million haul in its second weekend, remaining the No.
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By John Gaudiosi  LOS ANGELES  - Hollywood has a fascination  with sharks as seen most recently in Lions Gate's "Open Water,"  which expands nationwide Friday, and the upcoming DreamWorks  cartoon "A Shark's Tale."
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THE company behind animated hits such as Shark Tale and Shrek has made initial moves towards a public offering which could be worth up to $US700m ($960m).
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Washington (dpa) - DreamWorks&#39; animated fun film, &#39;&#39;Shark Tale&#39;&#39;, continued to rule the cinema seas for a second weekend with 31.
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DreamWorks&#39; IPO was expected to raise more than US$812 million in the first IPO by a major movie studio in seven years. Earlier this month, the company debuted &quot;Shark Tale,&quot; and it has become a hit generating
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Dreamworks SKG&#39;s animated comedy ``Shark Tale,&#39;&#39; starring Will Smith as an ambitious young fish, debuted as the No. 1 movie at US and Canadian theaters, with $49.
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DreamWorks' underwater animated adventure "Shark Tale" was still the big fish of the weekend box office when final receipts were tallied on Monday but it fell short of setting the October record opening that had been predicted for it.
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The gangster cartoon "Shark Tale" roughed up its rivals at the North American box office for a second weekend, while Billy Bob Thornton scored a touchdown at No. 2 with his new school football drama "Friday Night Lights," according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.
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Audiences across North America took the bait this weekend in a big way, giving DreamWorks&#39; CG-animated &quot;Shark Tale&quot; the all-time largest October opening with an estimated $49.
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Dreamworks new cartoon movie &quot;Shark Tale&quot; debuted atop North America box office over the weekendwith a take estimated at 49.