Smith beats spiders at US cinemas
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Will Smith's The Pursuit of Happyness tops the US box office, beating a live action remake of Charlotte's Web.
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For the last man on Earth, Will Smith sure has a lot of friends. The Warner Bros. tale "I Am Legend," starring Smith as a plague survivor who may be the last living human, debuted with $76.5 million, the biggest December opening ever and a personal best for one of Hollywood's top box-office champs, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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LOS ANGELES  - Two high-profile family films and an adult drama starring Will Smith will duke it out for the top spot at the weekend box office.
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Local faves "Seven Dwarves" in German-speaking Europe, "A Very Long Engagement" in France and "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" in Britain took top honors at the international boxoffice alongside "Shark Tale," which continued to scale the heights, gobbling another &#36;11.3 million this weekend for a total of &#36;130 million.
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Low-budget horror film Boogeyman tops the North American box office chart over Super Bowl weekend.
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Steve Smith scored 20 points and hit two clutch shots in the final three minutes as the Charlotte Bobcats overcame a 41-point performance from Jamal Crawford and defeated the New York Knicks 107-101 Saturday night.
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Movie-goers showed that they weren't afraid of the "Boogeyman," pushing the horror flick to the top of the weekend box office with a &#36;19.5 million debut.
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Will Smith, Renee Zellweger, and Robert DeNiiro lent their voices and their clout to help set a box office record. The animated movie &quot;Shark Tale&quot; had the biggest October opening ever, earning $49 million, reports
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LOS ANGELES  - Fans of menacing movie   varmints bow down before visual effects wizard Phil Tippett.   When the Oscar-winning mind behind "The Empire Strikes Back's"   sinister Imperial Walkers, "Jurassic Park's" blood-thirsty   dinosaurs and "Starship Troopers"' arachnids was hired this   summer by producer Kathleen Kennedy to supervise creatures on   Paramount Pictures' upcoming "The Spiderwick Chronicles," a   collective 'Hail Mary' could be heard among critter   aficionados.
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Animated superheroes crushed the competition at the box office as &quot;The Incredibles&quot; debuted with a $70.5 million opening weekend.
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Spiders, cockroaches and other creepy crawlies scare the British more than the threat of a terrorist attack, according to an opinion poll released by a leading Hollywood studio.
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Already having ensnared more than &#36;370 million at the U.S. box office, "Spider-Man 2" is spinning a whole new &#36;100 million marketing and promotional web to back the release of the film on DVD and VHS on Nov. 30.
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Sony cuts full-year forecast by 3%, Matsushita warns on effects of high oil prices and competition. TOKYO  - Sony Corp. Thursday reported a quarterly profit gain thanks to the &quot;Spider-Man 2&quot; hit movie
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The robot aliens of âTransformersâ have sold $152.5 million in tickets at American theaters since that filmâs debut last Monday.
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Will Smith's new film is No. 1 with weekend moviegoers, if not with English teachers.
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By Paul Cole, Jack Daniels; David Brookes  WIN the official Spider-Man movie soundtrack album! That's the prize offer from the Preview team today.   We've teamed up with your friendly neighbourhood super-hero for a great giveaway.
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I Am Legend, starring Smith as a plague survivor who may be the last living human, debuted with $76.5 million, the biggest December opening ever and a personal best for one of Hollywood's top box-office champs