Burns' `War' premieres to 18.7 million
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PBS estimates 18.7 million viewers saw Sunday's airings of "The War," the first chapter of Ken Burns' seven-part documentary about World War II.
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Twenty-four years after its initial release, Samuel Fuller's World War II film has hit the screen in a messy, muscular form close to what he intended.
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BEVERLY HILLS, California  - Two movies set against different wars, "Atonement" and "Charlie Wilson's War," dominated Golden Globe nominations on Thursday with "Atonement" earning seven nods, including one for best drama, to lead all film contenders.
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The animated comedy held on to the number spot for a second weekend, taking in 31-point-seven (m) million dollars. Billy Bob Thornton&#39;s high school football drama &quot;Friday Night Lights&quot; opened in second place, earning 20-point-six million dollars.
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Arts & entertainment: I Am Legend, starring Will Smith, breaks US December record with spectacular $76.5m opening haul
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The ultra-bloody warrior film "300," about a legendary battle between the Spartans and Persians, seemed headed for U.S. box-office glory on Friday with sell-out crowds flocking to early showings.
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The actress has a great role in Charlie Wilson's War.
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The sword-and-sandal spoof "Meet the Spartans" was the weekend's top movie with an $18.5 million debut, narrowly finishing ahead of Sylvester Stallone's "Rambo," which opened with $18.2 million.
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An hour before he takes the stage, Ken Burns gathers himself behind the stage at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The filmmaker is arguably the best-known documentarian of his time, having scored two Emmys for The Civil War and one for Baseball . But he's not here to raise money for public television's annual fund drive. Burns ...
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The comic-book adaptation "Ghost Rider" burned the competition at the weekend box office, fending off a rush of new movies to rake in $19.7 million in its second week, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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âMeet the Spartans,â a parody starring Sean Maguire and Carmen Electra in yet another retelling of the historic battle against the Persians, barely outslugged Sylvester Stallone in âRamboâ to seize control of the No. 1 ranking at the weekend box office. In their debuts âMeet the Spartans,â distributed by Fox, pulled in an estimated $18.7 million, while âRamboâ (Lionsgate) came away with $18.1 million, the tracking company Media by Numbers reported. The romantic comedy â27 Dressesâ (Fox), with $13.6 million, fell to third place from second last week. The monster movie âCloverfieldâ (Paramount), on a gross of $12.7 million, plunged to fourth place from No. 1 a week ago. Fifth place went to the newcomer âUntraceableâ (Sony), the horror thriller starring Diane Lane as an F.B.I. cyberwizard. It grossed $11.2 million.
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The war in Iraq is a strong theme at the Sundance Film Festival for the second year running.
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The boxoffice power of  Oscar was demonstrated during the weekend as "Sweeney Todd,"  fueled by three Academy Award nominations, seized the No. 1  spot internationally, grossing an estimated $18.7 million from  1,760 screens in 11 markets. Its early overseas total stands at  $30 million.
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Directing his first feature in seven years, Robert Redford tackles politics and prepares for a fight.
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For the second weekend in a row, the American public made the subtitled Chinese movie number one. The spectacular martial arts battle saga earned an estimated $11.
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After directing 1995's "The Brothers McMullen," Ed Burns was seen as a rising star. People pegged the young actor and independent filmmaker as the next Woody Allen.
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Ken Burns&#39; documentary  about World War II will come in two flavors, one with curse  words and one without in the hopes that the PBS stations can  avoid government fines for indecency.