'Feet,' 'Royale' still rule box office
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A dancing penguin and the world's deadliest spy have settled in for a long stay at the top of the box office. The animated penguin tale "Happy Feet" was the No. 1 movie for the third straight weekend, posting ticket sales of $17 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Also for the third straight weekend, the James Bond adventure "Casino Royale" ran a close second, taking in $15.1 million.
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North American box-office performance as of Sunday for Oscar best-picture nominees:
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Paramount Pictures is remaking the musical movie Footloose, which first came to the big screen in 1984. Talk of a new movie started in 2003 but was put on hold for a while and is finally being brought back to light. The movie, which starred Kevi...
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The penguin cartoon "Happy Feet" and the James Bond movie "Casino Royale" led a lackluster North American box office for a third weekend, while the new Jesus film "The Nativity Story" was stillborn.
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The sci-fi thriller "Jumper" leaped to the No. 1 spot at the North American box office on Sunday as moviegoers ignored critics' dire warnings for a second weekend.
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Small-budget movies are making bigger hits than big-budget movies.
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Nicolas Cage&#39;s new adventure flick claimed the box-office crown once again by burying the competition. Thanksgiving weekend moviegoers made &quot;National Treasure&quot; the #1 film at the box office for the second week in a row.
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LOS ANGELES  - By the standard box  office reckoning, DreamWorks' "Shrek 2" won the summer box  office derby with domestic ticket sales of $440 million. And  Lions Gate's "Fahrenheit 9/11," though a resounding success,  was the summer's ninth most successful movie with a domestic  gross to date of $119 million.
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By the standard box office reckoning, DreamWorks' "Shrek 2" won the summer box office derby with domestic ticket sales of &#36;440 million. And Lions Gate's "Fahrenheit 9/11," though a resounding success, was the summer's ninth most successful movie with a domestic gross to date of &#36;119 million.
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Summer may have ended with a whimper instead of a bang, but Hollywood still managed to squeak out a record season at the box office.
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Casino Royale is narrowly beaten at the US box office by an animated comedy about a tap-dancing penguin.
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The Disney film âNational Treasure: Book of Secretsâ maintained its grip on the No. 1 spot at North American box offices for a third consecutive weekend.
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Sequels to Shrek, Spider-Man and Harry Potter help propel US box office takings to a new summer record.
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SYDNEY  - Domestic dud "King Arthur"  remained the No. 1 movie at the foreign box office last  weekend, adding $12.5 million to its international haul of $92  million.
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LOS ANGELES  - The effects-laden dragon tale "Eragon" flew high on the back of openings in 76 territories over the weekend, taking in $30.1 million and ending the four-week reign of "Casino Royale" as the No. 1 choice of the overseas audience.
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Domestic dud "King Arthur" remained the No. 1 movie at the foreign box office last weekend, adding &#36;12.5 million to its international haul of &#36;92 million.
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The final curtain came down on the summer movie season with box office watchers on Tuesday reporting a near &#36;4 billion record haul led by sequels "Shrek 2" and "Spider-Man 2," even as admissions slipped 1.5 percent.