'Hero' Holds Off Rivals at Weak U.S. Box Office
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Chinese martial arts thriller  "Hero" logged a second weekend at the top of the North American  box office during the U.S. Labor Day holiday, while four new  entries failed to make much of an impression.
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Disney's "Invincible"  edged out newcomers "Crank" and "The Wicker Man" at the North  American box office during the Labor Day holiday weekend,  according to final data issued Tuesday.
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Two years after opening in China, the martial arts thriller &quot;Hero&quot; set a record for an Asian film in North America, kicking off at No.
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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  - Since the box office hit  rock bottom last weekend, there's no place to go but up. And  two films targeting very different audiences are looking to  take advantage of the usual seasonal slump this weekend.
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The acclaimed martial-arts epic Hero, starring Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung and Zhang Ziyi, vanquished giant snakes, serial killers and a gang of superbabies to debut as the top weekend film with $17.
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The Chinese martial-arts epic Hero, starring Jet Li, has topped the US box office in its first weekend. The film, which was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Oscar in 2002, grossed $17.
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In the battle of computer-animated  cartoons, "The Incredibles" held onto the top slot at the  weekend box office in North America, while the costly Tom Hanks  holiday movie "The Polar Express" pulled in at a distant No. 2,  according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.
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The debut flight of "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" landed the No. 1 weekend box office spot with an estimated &#36;16.2 million amid an overall lackluster turnout at theaters.
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TORONTO--Despite the buzz surrounding Hollywood-backed   blockbusters like Brad Pitt's Babel and Sean Penn's All the   King's Men, audiences and film jurors gave their top praise to two   indies--one that flew in virtually under the radar, the other which   squawked its way to the headlines.
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LOS ANGELES  - Fast running out of steam in North America, "The Golden Compass" led the foreign box office for a second weekend, while new domestic champ "I Am Legend," rolled up huge returns in eight Asian markets.
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Superman may not be the world&#039;s greatest superhero at the box office, but the Man of Steel still flies high. &quot;Superman Returns&quot; took in &#36;52.15 million over opening weekend, lifting its five-day total since its debut Wednesday to &#36;84.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Jodie Foster blew away the box office competition with her vigilante thriller "The Brave One," but the poorly reviewed film's performance paled against her recent efforts.
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Jet-Li&#39;s action flick &quot;Hero&quot; beat out &quot;Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid&quot; as the weekend&#39;s most-watched movie, according to media reports.
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Young male moviegoers kicked   "Jackass Number Two" to the top of the North American box   office, while the star-studded drama "All the King's Men"   failed to draw an audience, according to studio estimates   released on Sunday.
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"Transformers," the big-budget movie about alien robots battling on Earth, raked in $67.6 million at box offices over the weekend to land at No. 1 and bring its seven-day total to a record $152.6 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
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Two years after opening in China,  the martial arts thriller "Hero" set a record for an Asian film  in North America, kicking off at No. 1 with a  better-than-expected haul of $17.8 million, according to studio  estimates issued on Sunday.