Foreign Box Office Crippled by Christmas
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Overseas movie houses are gearing up for a lively holiday week at the box office as turnstiles began clicking Sunday and Monday after a dismal Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
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By Bec Smith SYDNEY  - "The Incredibles" maintainedthe top spot at the foreign box office over the weekend aheadof "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" and "The Polar Express."
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Santa Claus could not conquer "The Incredibles." The cartoon hit retained the top slot at the box office for a second weekend, taking in &#36;51 million to fend off animated newcomer "The Polar Express," a Christmas tale that debuted at No. 2 with &#36;23.5 million.
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Moviegoers seeking a bit of seasonal entertainment are being offered blood and terror alongside Santa and his reindeer -- much to the horror of U.S. religious groups.
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Christmas comes but once a year, and always on December 25th. Therefore, itâs difficult to fathom the unpreparedness of the nationâs airlines during one of the biggest travel weekends of the year.
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&quot;Pirates of the  Caribbean: At World&#39;s End&quot; overwhelmed the international box  office for the second consecutive weekend, making off with an  estimated $105.4 million from 103 markets.
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Crucial US holiday sales launched with a flop, retailers reported.
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The film now rests its hopes on an overseas success to make a profit
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Business & money: December sales fall 0.4% despite discounting, as housing demand also points to deepening slump
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In the battle of computer-animated cartoons, "The Incredibles" held onto the top slot at the weekend box office in North America, while the costly Tom Hanks holiday movie "The Polar Express" pulled in at a distant No. 2, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.
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Star appeal, big budgets and swanky foreign locations have all failed to bring cheer to Bollywood as the world's biggest film industry struggled to make a profit in the first half of 2007.
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Overseas is the most lucrative territory today. But not many are aware of the business potential of their films in one of the largest markets -- U.K.
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Star appeal, big budgets and swanky  foreign locations have all failed to bring cheer to Bollywood  as the world&#39;s biggest film industry struggled to make a profit  in the first half of 2007.
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Holiday counter-programming is very much in evidence with the release of Blade: Trinity. It&#39;s unlikely that the film will become a Christmas tradition, which is precisely the point.
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The weekend after the  extended Thanksgiving holiday is typically dismal at the box  office because holiday shopping is usually on the minds of most  would-be moviegoers.
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The Walt Disney Co.'s first non-Hollywood movie made more than US$1 million (euro740,000) at Chinese box offices in its first week, but "The Secret of the Magic Gourd," lagged far behind two of this year's biggest American releases, the company said Monday.
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Distributor Miramax isn't ready to roll out the musical on Christmas Day.