Monster thriller "Cloverfield" crushes box office
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The low-budget monster movie "Cloverfield" destroyed the competition, including fellow rookie "27 Dresses," during its first day of release in North American theaters, according to preliminary sales estimates issued on Saturday.
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Supernatural thriller "The Forgotten" soared to the top of the U.S. box office over the weekend with better-than-expected ticket sales during a worse-than-expected seasonal slump.
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Rock star Rob Zombie's reworking of the classic slasher movie "Halloween" scared up record business at the North American box office during the Labor Day holiday weekend, while overall ticket sales for the lucrative summer movie going period reached a new high.
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LOS ANGELES - 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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"Transformers," a special-effects movie extravaganza based on popular toys, earned $27.5 million during its first full day of release and appears on track to dominate the weekend box office, according to estimates on Wednesday by distributor Paramount Pictures.
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The monster thrill ride "Van Helsing," the first big movie of the summer, sold more than 2.5 million combined DVD and VHS units during its first day on store shelves Tuesday, generating an estimated &#36;50 million in gross consumer spending, according to sources.
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LOS ANGELES - God vs. Satan cast out space creatures at the box office...
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The demon thriller &quot;Exorcist: The Beginning&quot; debuted at No. 1 with $18.1 million, displacing &quot;Alien vs. Predator,&quot; which tumbled from the top spot to No.
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The Grudge, a supernatural thriller about a curse that spreads like a plague, created an epidemic at the box office by scaring up $40 million in ticket sales.
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The sci-fi monster film  "Cloverfield" and the romantic comedy "27 Dresses" are locked  in a tight race for honors at the holiday weekend box office,  with the result likely to hinge on one small factor: sex.
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"Snakes on a Plane" was the weekend's top-grossing film, but its $15.2 million box-office bite was a disappointment for a film that has been buzzed about on the Internet for months.
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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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LOS ANGELES: Supernatural thriller The Forgotten soared to the top of the US box office over the weekend with better-than-expected ticket sales during a worse-than-expected seasonal slump.
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Neo-retro sci-fi thriller "Sky  Captain and the World of Tomorrow" flew to the top of the North  American box office over the weekend, pushing sci-fi sequel  "Resident Evil: Apocalypse," which opened last week at No. 1,  to third place.
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&quot;Resident Evil: Apocalypse&quot; climbed over a pile of zombie bodies and came out on top of the box office with $23 million.
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The low-budget monster movie  "Cloverfield" destroyed the competition, including fellow  rookie "27 Dresses," during its first day of release in North  American theaters, according to preliminary sales estimates  issued on Saturday.
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Demon thriller &quot;Exorcist: The Beginning&quot; debuted as the No. 1 weekend movie, displacing &quot;Alien vs. Predator,&quot; which tumbled to No.