&#39;Exorcist&#39; Scares Up No. 1 Slot at Box Office
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&quot;Exorcist: The Beginning,&quot; a film that had to be re-shot because the first version was not scary enough, led the North American box office over the weekend, as moviegoers
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The devil is back in Exorcist: The Beginning, and he is more disgusting than ever. Not more scary, just really yucky, in a kind of maggots-on-a-pizza-slice way.
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God vs. Satan cast out space creatures at the box office. Demon thriller "Exorcist: The Beginning" debuted as the No. 1 weekend movie with &#36;18.2 million, displacing "Alien vs. Predator," which tumbled to No. 4 with &#36;12.5 million, studio estimates showed Sunday.
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In theaters: THE EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING, directed by Renny Harlin, written by Alexi Hawley, 114 minutes, rated R. So it wasn&#39;t meant to be, but here it is and there you have it.
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The Exorcist film prequel is released in the US after being "cursed" by cast and crew changes and accidents.
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The surprisingly strong  box office hit &quot;Halloween&quot; could score a second weekend as the  top movie in North America, despite an onslaught of violent  pictures that will siphon off male moviegoers.
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This prequel to 1973&#39;s horror classic &quot;The Exorcist&quot; finds a young Father Merrin (Skarsgard, filling the role played by Max Von Sydow in the original) facing off against demonic forces for the first time while performing missionary duties in Africa.
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Despite getting bad reviews from critics, the revamped horror flick, &#39;Exorcist: The Beginning,&#39; was the top movie this week, grossing a total of 18.
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The sci-fi thriller "Jumper" leaped  to the No. 1 spot at the North American box office on Sunday as  moviegoers ignored critics' dire warnings for a second weekend.
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Horror movie The Messengers tops the North American box office chart, according to studio estimates.
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&quot;Exorcist: The Beginning&quot; arrives in theaters today without any advance screenings for critics. That usually means the studio hopes for a big opening weekend before word gets out about how bad the film is.
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It was gore in the video  stores last week. The gruesome prequel &quot;Hannibal Rising&quot; topped  the national DVD sales chart for the week ending June 3, while  equally brutal &quot;Apocalypto&quot; held on to the No. 1 slot on the  rental chart.
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The undead came alive once more over the weekend as "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" debuted at No. 1 at the box office, bringing in &#36;23.7 million.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar scared off the competition as her horror flick &quot;The Grudge&quot; scored a No. 1 debut with $39.1 million.
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The undead came alive once more over the weekend as &quot;Resident Evil: Apocalypse&quot; debuted at No. 1 at the box office, bringing in $23.
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The all-star caper film &quot;Ocean&#39;s  Thirteen&quot; 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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The devil possessed the weekend box office as the prequel &quot;Exorcist: The Beginning&quot; debuted at No. 1 with $18.1 million.