&#39;Exorcist&#39; Scares Up No. 1 Slot at Box Office
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&quot;Exorcist: The Beginning,&quot; a film that had to be re-shot with a new director because the first version was not scary enough, led the North American box office over the
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Rock star Rob Zombie&#39;s reworking of  the classic slasher movie &quot;Halloween&quot; 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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Maybe script rewrites aren&#39;t such a bad omen after all. Despite a story overhaul and having been almost entirely reshot, Exorcist: The Beginning surprised analysts by taking the top spot at theaters over the weekend.
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"Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" caught a wave of moviegoers to the No. 1 spot at the weekend North American box office, according to studio estimates as of Sunday morning.
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Exorcist: The Beginning, a film that had to be reshot because the first version was not scary enough, led the box office over the weekend, as moviegoers flocked to the resurrection of an aging franchise.
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God vs. Satan cast out space creatures at the box office. Demon thriller "Exorcist: The Beginning" debuted as the No. 1 weekend movie with &#36;18.2 million, displacing "Alien vs. Predator," which tumbled to No. 4 with &#36;12.5 million, studio estimates showed Sunday.
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Vampire thriller 30 Days of Night enters the US box office at number one, with takings of $16m (Â£7.8m).
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In theaters: THE EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING, directed by Renny Harlin, written by Alexi Hawley, 114 minutes, rated R. So it wasn&#39;t meant to be, but here it is and there you have it.
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Poor Renny Harlin. When the director&#39;s name appeared on the screen at the end of Exorcist: The Beginning, the friend we dragged along to see this dog&#39;s breakfast exclaimed, &quot;That explains everything.
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&quot;Harry Potter and the Order of the  Phoenix&quot; whisked its way to No. 1 at movie box offices with  weekend ticket sales of $77.4 million and a five-day total of  just over $140 million, according to studio estimates on  Sunday.
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The supernatural thriller &quot;The Forgotten&quot; scares up the biggest bucks at North America box office over the weekend. According to box officer tracker Exhibitor Relations, the
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August 23, 2004 -- LOS ANGELES - &quot;Exorcist: The Beginning,&quot; a film that had to be reshot with a new director because the first version was not scary enough, led the box office over the weekend, as moviegoers once again flocked to the resurrection of an
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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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Exorcist: The Beginning debuted at the top of the box office with an estimated US$18.2mil. The Warner Bros. production, which was almost entirely reshot by director Renny Harlin costs about US$20mil to make, Coming Soon!
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The animated comedy took in $31.7 million to hold the No. 1 spot for a second straight weekend. Billy Bob Thornton&#39;s &quot;Friday Night Lights&quot; opened in second place with $20.
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"Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" caught the nationwide wave of moviegoers to the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates.
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Supernatural thriller &quot;The Forgotten&quot; 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.