The Devil Appears in a Prequel, and Exorcism Hits No. 1 Again
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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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I forget where I heard this, but there&#39;s an old parable about an angel and a demon (or, maybe it&#39;s God and the Devil) walking down a street, not far from each other.
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LOS ANGELES - The backstory of Exorcist: The Beginning is enough to make your head spin. Hollywood is fond of remakes, but this prequel  the fourth in the series of Exorcist films  was discarded and remade before it was even released.
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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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The haunted-house thriller &quot;The Grudge,&quot; starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, held on to the No. 1 slot at the North American box office, scaring up $22.
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âBefore the Devil Knows Youâre Deadâ is a chronicle of destruction â physical, spiritual and moral.
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Pritam is definitely on a high at the moment. With the music of Dhoom 2 already hitting the gold spot, Bhagam Bhag too seems to be rocking the charts.
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Despite getting bad reviews from critics, the revamped horror flick, &#39;Exorcist: The Beginning,&#39; was the top movie this week, grossing a total of 18.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - One thing is certain when an  artist releases two albums in the same week: They both can't be  No. 1.
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"Exorcist: The Beginning," 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 weekend, as moviegoers once again flocked to the resurrection of an aging franchise.
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It took a little magic and a lot of  money, but "The Illusionist" has steadily moved up box office  charts in recent weeks with the backing of an upstart  distributor for a movie that Hollywood had refused to touch.
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-- A new &quot;Exorcist&quot; flick must have seemed like a good idea three years ago, with a director&#39;s cut of the original having just pulled in almost $40 million, a huge payday for a re-release.
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You know, the one about the tormented FBI agent on the trail of a sicko serial killer who loves to taunt a law enforcement nemesis who&#39;s always one step behind and one minute too late to prevent another gruesome slaying.
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The Grudge, a supernatural thriller about a curse that spreads like a plague, created an epidemic at the box office by scaring up $40 million in ticket sales.
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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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When the first Exorcist was released on Boxing Day 1973, it was roasted as the new nadir in shallow, expoitive Hollywood vulgarity.
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Like the film&#39;s supernatural force that grips onto its victims and refuses to relent, &quot;The Grudge&quot; has attached itself to the #1 spot in the box-office top 10 for another week.