"Ocean's Thirteen" steals No. 1 spot at box office
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The all-star caper film "Ocean's Thirteen" made off with $37.1 million in North American ticket sales during its opening weekend to steal the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
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LOS ANGELES  - Captain Jack Sparrow took a back seat to that odiferous green ogre internationally during the weekend as "Shrek the Third" finished No. 1 with an estimated boxoffice of $46 million from 3,693 screens in 36 markets.
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Although it opened  overseas six weeks ago, &quot;The Bourne Ultimatum&quot; endured as the  top attraction at the foreign box office box office, selling an  estimated $13 million worth of tickets during the weekend.
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The animated &quot;Shark Tale&quot; was No. 1 for the third-straight weekend, pulling in $22.1 million, studio estimates showed Sunday.
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Movie audiences have gone from one robbery flick to another. "Ocean's Twelve," the star-driven sequel to the theft caper "Ocean's Eleven," debuted with &#36;40.9 million, stealing the top box office slot from the heist hit "National Treasure," which slipped to third place with &#36;10 million, studio estimates showed Sunday.
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Crime caper Ocean's Twelve, starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts, is top of the US box office.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest sells five million copies during its first day of release.
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LOS ANGELES  - Although it opened overseas six weeks ago, "The Bourne Ultimatum" endured as the top attraction at the foreign box office box office, selling an estimated $13 million worth of tickets during the weekend.
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After a month of  high-octane, A-list tent poles, the North American box office  gets a breather of sorts this weekend as not one sequel enters  the marketplace. It will be a brief respite, however, as  &quot;Ocean&#39;s Thirteen&quot; hits theaters June 8.
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'Ocean's Twelve' is the rare sequel that improves upon its predecessor.
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Nicolas Cage's treasure hunt soaked up more box-office cash than a cartoon sponge. Cage's "National Treasure" debuted as the No. 1 weekend movie with &#36;35.3 million, coming in just ahead of "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie," which opened in second with &#36;33.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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The new Pirates of the Caribbean movie goes straight to the top of the UK box office.
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"Ocean's Twelve" sailed to the top of the international box office this weekend, and "The Incredibles" flew past &#36;300 million during a busy period that also saw encouraging debuts for "Ray" and "The Aviator."
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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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Moviegoers are not following the script written for them by the Hollywood studios. In a sign that big-budget sequels may be losing their allure, North American ticket sales for the first three big films of the lucrative summer season have not kept pace with their respective predecessors.
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The globe-trotting thriller "Jumper" leaped to a box office win with $27.2 million on a weekend when Hollywood offered something for everyone, with new films for action fans, teens, family audiences and the date-movie crowd.
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Reigning champ "Casino  Royale" easily dominated the overseas box office last weekend,  taking in a robust $67 million to power it to $129.2 million  after two rounds.