Snicket tops US box office chart
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Lemony Snicket, starring Jim Carrey, tops the North American box office chart, displacing Ocean's 12.
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Within the first hours of taking pre-orders for the new JK Rowling book, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, the title has shot to the top of the bestseller lists on both Amazon.
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Underwater animated film Shark Tale has scored the highest opening box office takings for an October release in North America, according to estimates.
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The Incredibles continues to rule the US box office.
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&quot;Lemony Snicket&#39;s a Series of Unfortunate Events,&quot; based on Daniel Handler&#39;s offbeat children&#39;s books and starring the suitably bizarre Jim Carrey, raked in $30.2 million to leave both &quot;Ocean&#39;s
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New comedy Epic Movie tops the North American box office chart, according to industry estimates.
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The film based on the first three childrenâs books by Lemony Snicket, who is actually author Daniel Handler, knocked the star-driven sequel Oceanâs Twelve to second place, according to studio estimates released Sunday.
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Comedian Jim Carrey returned to the top of the North American box office with the grim children&#39;s movie &quot;Lemony Snicket&#39;s A Series of Unfortunate Events.
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Fantasy epic The Golden Compass remains top of the UK box office chart in its second week on release.
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US animated film Shark Tale breaks the record for opening box office takings in October, say estimates.
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the Incredibles holds the top of the US box office chart, holding off the challenge from The Polar Express.
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The big green ogre keeps getting bigger. Shrek the Third took in $122 million in its first weekend, breaking the franchise's own record for best debut ever for an animated film
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Warner Bros. Pictures&#39;  &quot;Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix&quot; worked its magic at  the box office Wednesday.
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Deathly Hallows becomes world's fastest-selling book, with 2.7m copies in 24 hours sold in UK alone.
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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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The boxoffice power of  Oscar was demonstrated during the weekend as "Sweeney Todd,"  fueled by three Academy Award nominations, seized the No. 1  spot internationally, grossing an estimated $18.7 million from  1,760 screens in 11 markets. Its early overseas total stands at  $30 million.
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Captain Jack Sparrow  took a back seat to that odiferous green ogre internationally  during the weekend as &quot;Shrek the Third&quot; finished No. 1 with an  estimated boxoffice of $46 million from 3,693 screens in 36  markets.