"Wild Hogs" takes easy ride to box office summit
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Moviegoers got their motors running and drove the all-star comedy "Wild Hogs" to the top spot at the weekend box office in North America.
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Following are the top 10 movies at  the North American box office for the four-day U.S. Presidents  Day holiday weekend beginning February 16, led by the new  Nicolas Cage movie "Ghost Rider," according to studio estimates  released on Monday.
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The rodents of âRatatouilleâ and the fireworks of âLive Free or Die Hardâ joined at the box office this weekend to narrowly reverse Hollywoodâs recent slump.
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LOS ANGELES  - 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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It was another incredible weekend for âThe Incredibles.â The Disney/Pixar animated feature about a family of superheroes took in an estimated $51 million over the weekend placing it well ahead of the just released Tom Hanks animated feature âThe
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Sony Pictures, riding  high at the box office with the comedy "Talladega Nights: The  Ballad of Ricky Bobby," has narrowly edged out Walt Disney Co.  to become the first studio to sell more than $1 billion worth  of tickets at the domestic box office this year.
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"Apocalypto," Mel Gibson's first  film since his anti-Semitic tirade last summer, led the North  American box office with three-day ticket sales of $14.2  million in its first weekend, distributor Walt Disney Co. said  on Sunday.
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The animal cartoon "Open  Season" easily took the top spot on the latest national DVD  sales chart, according to data issued Wednesday.
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The action film holds on to the top box office spot.
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Ticket sales at the US box office reached a record high in 2004, despite a fall in the number of moviegoers.
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National Treasure beats animated hits at the US box-office.
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LOS ANGELES  - While Buena Vista's pirates predictably rode atop the boxoffice's high seas during the second weekend of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," there was also room for Universal Pictures' R-rated comedy "Knocked Up" to establish itself as an upstart hit.
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Crime caper 'Ocean's 12' took the top ticket haul at the North American box office, grossing $40.8 million to claim the weekend's top movie title, according to prelimary figures on Sunday.
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NEW YORK - With its clever premise and  quartet of appealing comedic star turns, "Wild Hogs" is a step  above the typical comedies rolling off the assembly lines of  the major studios. Unfortunately, though it gets off to a very  promising beginning, the film soon degenerates into typical  slapstick silliness that, while it should undeniably prove  crowd-pleasing, squanders its considerable comedic potential.
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(InfoWorld) - In only one week, Apple Computer's iTunes Store generated $1 million in movie sales for Walt Disney, and that's "just the beginning," the head of Disney said Tuesday. By the end of this year, Disney expects to reap $50 million in movie sales through the iTunes Store "at no marketing expense to us at all," said Robert Iger, chief executive officer of Disney, at a conference put on by The Goldman Sacks Group and webcast over the Internet. Disney became the first company to offer movies through the iTunes Store last week, a total of 75 films including new titles such as "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," and older classics such as "The Incredibles" and "Cinderella." The initial success of the venture, with over 125,000 Disney titles sold in a week, should help boost confidence in the Internet as a lucrative place for entertainment companies to deliver content to users. It should also help allay fears over movie piracy, an issue the movie and recording industry has fought a tough battle against. "We are very, very bullish on consumption over electronically delivered media and we're taking a very optimistic view of technology as a friend, or a great enabler, and not a great predator," Iger said. Disney plans to expand the number of movies it offers through iTunes and the number of Web-based stores where users can buy its movies. "This is not exclusive to Apple," he said. During the Goldman conference, Iger also praised Apple CEO Steve Jobs and his performance asÂ a Disney board memberÂ for bringing in his ideas on new opportunities for media in the Internet age. "He has become, very quickly, not only a great sounding board but a great advisor, someone I can turn to readily for advice in a lot of these areas," said Iger. Jobs became a major shareholder and board member of Disney after the media and entertainment giant bought computer animation studio Pixar earlier this year. Jobs had been head of Pixar and a major shareholder in the company. An audio webcast of comments by Iger can beÂ accessed here.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.
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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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Wild Hogs, an all-star road-movie featuring John Travolta, enters the North American film chart at number one.