'Exorcist' Scares Up No. 1 Slot at Box Office
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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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"Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" caught a wave of moviegoers to the No. 1 spot at the weekend North American box office, according to studio estimates as of Sunday morning.
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&quot;Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver  Surfer&quot; caught the nationwide wave of moviegoers to the No. 1  spot at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates.
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Vampires put the bite on the box office as "30 Days of Night," a fright flick about bloodsuckers on the prowl in Alaska, debuted at the top of the box-office chart with $16 million.
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The horror prequel Exorcist: The Beginning grabbed possession of the top box-office spot with an estimated $18.1 million. The dude comedy Without a Paddle drifted in second with $13.
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The long-awaited prequel to horror film classic The Exorcist has finally been released in the US after being &quot;cursed&quot; by cast and crew changes and accidents.
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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 fright film "The Messengers," about a city family that moves into a creepy haunted house in the country, debuted as the top weekend movie with $14.5 million in ticket sales.
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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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"Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" caught the nationwide wave of moviegoers to the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates.
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US audiences will get their first look at the prequel to hit horror flick Exorcist this weekend, amid reports that Hollywood had a devil of a time bringing the long-awaited prequel to the screen.
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Nicholas Cage received the best opening weekend in his career so far with the number one box office movie in North America, Ghost Rider.  With over $44 million, this number one hit is the biggest blockbuster opening this year.  Coming in at numb...
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LOS ANGELES  - The Nicolas Cage action movie "Ghost Rider" blasted its way to the top of the national DVD sales and rental charts, according to data issued Wednesday.
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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.
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"Cloverfield," a low-budget  Godzilla-style horror movie, scared up a monstrous $41 million  opening at the weekend box office in North America, almost  twice the tally of the new romance "27 Dresses."
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Horror movie "The Messengers" opened at No. 1 in the weekend box office in North America as Sony Pictures scored again in its Super Bowl counterprogramming strategy, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.
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Nicolas Cage raced to the top spot  at the North American box office on Sunday with the cult comic  book adaptation "Ghost Rider," the biggest opening of his  wildly oscillating career.