Summer Box Office Hits Record &#36;3.96 Bln
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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.
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Led by "Pirates of the  Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest's" fabulous $60.2 million haul, the  weekend box office was especially lively internationally as the  studios unleashed a batch of offerings during a summer  compressed by World Cup activity in June and early this month.
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Action flick "National Treasure" remained a box-office gem, taking in &#36;17 million to stay on top of the box-office chart for the third weekend in a row.
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LOS ANGELES  - With what will likely be the last &quot;big&quot; opening of the summer box office season, &quot;Alien vs. Predator&quot; generated an impressive $38.29 million last weekend, according to final numbers issued Monday. The ...
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"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" ruled the seven seas with a record $139.8 million domestically over the long Memorial Day weekend, lifting its worldwide total to $404 million.
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Although it opened  overseas six weeks ago, &quot;The Bourne Ultimatum&quot; endured as the  top attraction at the foreign box office box office, selling an  estimated $13 million worth of tickets during the weekend.
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Moviegoers, flocking to sequels, break the summertime box-office record - and buoy a sagging industry.
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Summer wound down with a yawn this weekend at the movie box office, where the Jet Li warrior epic &quot;Hero&quot; took the top spot over the scary-snake drama &quot;Anacondas: Hunt for the Blood Orchid.
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George Clooney's and his abettors heisted a whopping &#36;39.2 million over   the weekend, according to final studio estimates Monday.
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The blood-soaked ancient epic "300" slaughtered its foes at the weekend box office in North America, setting a new record for a March release by selling about $70 million worth of tickets, distributor Warner Bros. Pictures said on Sunday.
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The summer box office  season officially wraps this Labor Day holiday weekend, during  which three wide releases will open in theaters. None is likely  to cross the $20 million mark for the four-day period.
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Comedy "Superbad" proved to be super good at North American box offices, holding onto the No. 1 slot for the second straight weekend and pushing summer ticket sales above $4 billion for the first time ever, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
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Superman may not be the world&#039;s greatest superhero at the box office, but the Man of Steel still flies high. &quot;Superman Returns&quot; took in &#36;52.15 million over opening weekend, lifting its five-day total since its debut Wednesday to &#36;84.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Comedy &quot;Superbad&quot; proved to be  super good at North American box offices, holding onto the No.  1 slot for the second straight weekend and pushing summer  ticket sales above $4 billion for the first time ever,  according to studio estimates on Sunday.
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Hollywood attempted to  squeeze a few more dollars out of a record summer by launching  a handful of midrange movies that mostly came up short at the  North American box office during the weekend.
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North American box-office performance as of Sunday for Oscar best-picture nominees:
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" ruled the seven seas with a record $139.8 million domestically over the long Memorial Day weekend, lifting its worldwide total to $404 million