'Alexander' Fails to Conquer U.S. Box Office
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Conquering much of the world was a piece of cake for Alexander the Great. Conquering the North American box office is another thing.
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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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Alexander the Great may have conquered millions in his march across the Persian Empire 2,400 years ago but moviegoers in North America easily repelled his advances over the weekend.
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Filmmaker Oliver Stone, whose "Alexander" got a lukewarm reception from critics in America, said Thursday he thought the three-hour epic would get a better welcome in Europe.
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ALEXANDER THE GREAT CONQUERED the known world - from Greece to India in the fourth century BC Now, heâs getting a $155 million film version of his life by Oliver Stone and starring Colin Farrell.
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"Meet the Fockers" dominated the box office last weekend, but the end-of-year period was a disappointing one in general for Hollywood.
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ALEXANDER the Greatâs Macedonian army conquered an area stretching from Greece to India in the 4th century BC, but he is poised to conquer the world a second time thanks to a $155 million film version of his life by Oliver Stone.
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As an ancient warrior, Alexander the Great conquered most of the known world. As a Hollywood icon, he had trouble winning over a few hundred Athenians.
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To film &quot;Alexander,&quot; which opens nationwide Wednesday, director Oliver Stone took his cue from the biopic&#39;s subject, Alexander the Great, and set out to conquer several locations around the world.
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The Covenant tops North America's film chart in a slow week at the box office, estimates show.
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Alexander the Great journeyed to Babylon. In Alexander, Oliver Stone made it only to babble-on. My favorite part of this bloated, colossal stink bomb is when a character literally expires during one of Alexander&#39;s
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Although he lived 2,300 years ago, Alexander the Great may have something to say about current American politics. Oliver Stone's "Alexander" has rekindled interest and prompted a wave of books, TV documentaries and magazine articles about the young warrior-king, who conquered most of the known world by leading his armies from Greece to the Middle East and across to Asia and India.
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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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This week's Hollywood releases don't look promising at the box office.
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"The Covenant," a tale of super-powered teen warlocks brawling with each other, drew $8.9 million in ticket sales this weekend &#151; enough to grab the top box-office spot but with one of the lowest opening tallies posted by a No. 1 film in years.
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Oliver Stone&#39;s three-hour epic, Alexander, has had US critics tripping over themselves to heap derision on what most agree is a costly camp disaster from the director of JFK and Platoon.
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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.