Alien smackdown brings Christmas joy to box office
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Those darn aliens and  predators upset the box office hierarchy established during the  weekend before Christmas.
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With what will likely be the last "big" opening of the summer box office season, "Alien vs. Predator" generated an impressive &#36;38.29 million last weekend, according to final numbers issued Monday. The opening was all the more impressive considering that individually the Fox franchises had pretty much run their course at the box office.
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Overseas movie houses are gearing up for a lively holiday week at the box office as turnstiles began clicking Sunday and Monday after a dismal Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
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Exclusive 'Twas the night before Christmas...
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The comedy &quot;Meet the Fockers&quot; introduced itself to the record books as the best Christmas day money earner in box office history, grossing an estimated $19.1 million Saturday.
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Bad news for the NASA Administrator - the Space Shuttle has blown up again. But this time the cause is not foam-fretted tiles, it&#39;s alien hitch-hikers. That&#39;s right: aggressive extraterrestrials have bummed a rocket ride to Earth to take over our planet. It&#39;s a familiar theme, indeed, but there&#39;s a silver lining to this interstellar cloud: the invaders are doing it for your own good.
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Nearly every year about  this time we get a holiday comedy in which characters celebrate  the season as poorly as possible for 95% of the movie. Then an  epiphany arrives in a nick of time to remind everyone how to  correctly celebrate the spirit of Christmas. Let's call this  the Dysfunctional Christmas Comedy.
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Hit movies starring Nicolas Cage and the Chipmunks led a strong slate of diverse crowd pleasers at the North American box office on Sunday.
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Hollywood's studios are expected to  rake in a possibly record $9.4 billion at domestic box offices  this year, but the lack of a Christmas season smash like last  year's final "Lord of the Rings" film will crimp overall ticket  sales.
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Arts & entertainment: Stuart Jeffries investigates the phenomenon of the Christmas bestseller and wonders what this year's big successes will be
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An insatiable holiday appetite for family films like &quot;National Treasure,&quot; &quot;The Incredibles&quot; and &quot;Christmas With the Kranks&quot; sent audiences en masse to theaters, where they dished
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The demon thriller &quot;Exorcist: The Beginning&quot; opened as the No. 1 weekend movie with $18.2 million, displacing &quot;Alien vs.
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LOS ANGELES  - There just might be blood. The domestic boxoffice will feature a kind of midwinter mayhem this weekend, as strong holdover films are joined in a competitive fray by four wide-release debutants and Oscar-rejuvenated titles.
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The toy company's stock was up 82% today after a great Christmas.
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Just in time for the annual rite of  difficult family moments, the comedy sequel "Meet the Fockers"  topped the Christmas weekend box office in North America with a  record-breaking debut, according to studio estimates issued on  Sunday.
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For the first time in history, one studio takes the top two box office spots during the Thanksgiving holiday. After negative buzz and lackluster reviews, Warner Bros.
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Animated films enjoy an all-time box office high thanks to hits such as The Incredibles and Shrek 2.