'Treasure' Retains Box-Office Booty
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The Founding Fathers keep earning interest on their loot. Nicolas Cage's "National Treasure," about a race to find a fortune hidden by the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was the top movie for a third straight weekend with &#36;17.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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The boy wizard still has a magic touch at the box office.
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Nicolas Cage&#39;s treasure hunt soaked up a bit more boxoffice cash than a cartoon sponge. Buena Vista&#39;s &quot;National Treasure&quot; starring Cage debuted as the No.
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Spongebob Squarepants probably wouldn&#39;t have been out of place in Touchstone&#39;s National Treasure, but the equally cartoon-inspired Nicolas Cage actioner narrowly defeated the good-hearted animation at the box office this weekend.
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&quot;Pirates of the  Caribbean: At World&#39;s End&quot; weathered intensified international  competition, but maintained its lead for a third consecutive  weekend with an estimated $51.3 million from 103 territories.
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National Treasure beats animated hits at the US box-office.
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The $150-million epic film "Alexander" lost the box office battle, bringing in a lowly $13.5 million to land in the No. 6 spot. Nicolas Cage's "National Treasure" held on to the No. 1 spot for the second week with $33.1 million, while "The In...
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Hero, Zhang Yimou&#39;s Chinese martial arts epic, kept its hold on the top slot at the US box office after a slow Labor Day weekend.
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While KANK continues to lead at the box office.
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Nicolas Cage logged a third weekend atop the North American box office on Sunday with his action-adventure "National Treasure," but overall ticket sales slid as movies competed for attention with shopping in the post-Thanksgiving holiday period.
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Movie audiences have gone from one robbery flick to another. "Ocean's Twelve," the star-driven sequel to the theft caper "Ocean's Eleven," debuted with &#36;40.9 million, stealing the top box office slot from the heist hit "National Treasure," which slipped to third place with &#36;10 million, studio estimates showed Sunday.
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Nicolas Cage's treasure hunt soaked up more box-office cash than a cartoon sponge. Cage's "National Treasure" debuted as the No. 1 weekend movie with &#36;35.3 million, coming in just ahead of "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie," which opened in second with &#36;33.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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The Nicolas Cage adventure "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" began the new year as the top movie in North America, helping to send off 2007 on a high note.
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Nicolas Cage led the North American box office for a second weekend with his "National Treasure" sequel, while the teen comedy "Juno" raced up the rankings despite playing in limited release.
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National Treasure was the big winner in the Thanksgiving weekend race for the highest grossing movie. The film, which stars Nicolas Cage as a wily treasure hunter in search of a centuries-old bounty of treasure
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"Pirates of the  Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" logged a fourth week atop the  foreign box office as its total raced to $305.5 million after a  hefty $55 million weekend from 40 countries.
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In a town where friendship is fleeting, a star who once feared being labeled wacky and an action movie producer with a Midas touch have become a solid-gold team that this week again tests its box office power with their fourth collaboration, "National Treasure."