'Shark Tale' Hooks Movie-Goers With &#36;49.1M
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The animated fish story "Shark Tale" swamped the competition, opening as the top weekend movie with &#36;49.1 million and potentially breaking the record for best October debut. John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix's firefighting adventure "Ladder 49" premiered in second place with &#36;22.8 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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The hip-hop underwater animated flick &quot;Shark Tales&quot; opened this weekend as the highest October box office draw in history, studio executives said Sunday.
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Buoyed by the smash box office successes of Shrek 2 and Shark Tale, DreamWorks Animation is planning to go public with a share sale which is expected to raise as much as $650m (Â£364m).
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The gangster cartoon "Shark Tale" roughed up its rivals at the North American box office for a second weekend, while Billy Bob Thornton scored a touchdown at No. 2 with his new school football drama "Friday Night Lights," according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.
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DreamWorks&#39; &quot;Shark Tale&quot; truly suffers in comparison with Hollywood&#39;s previous computer-animated, undersea fantasy-adventure, &quot;Finding Nemo&quot;: It has little of that film&#39;s simplicity, charm, exhilarating action or staggering aquatic beauty.
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DreamWorks&#39; animated &quot;Shark Tale&quot; took another big bite at the boxoffice this weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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&quot;Shark Tale&quot; remains the frontrunner for the third time at the box office by raking in an additional $22.1 million. This gives the DreamWorksâ¢ animated sea adventure a total of $118.
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&quot;Shark Tale&quot; is providing a boost to Dreamworks, which plans a $650 million initial share offering for its animation unit, Dreamworks Animation Inc.
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Movie-goers stuck with fish and football over puppets and prancers as "Shark Tale" and "Friday Night Lights" retained the top two box-office spots for another weekend.
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LOS ANGELES, Oct 17  - The submarine gangsters of the animated film &quot;Shark Tale&quot; were the biggest fish in the pond last weekend, beating out a clique of puppet terrorists for top place at the North American box office.
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DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., whose &quot;Shark Tale&quot; film snagged the No. 1 US box office spot for the second straight weekend, on Tuesday
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Shark Tale is continuing to fight off all competition at the US box office. The animated aquatic tale is the most successful film for a second week, taking a strong $31.
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LOS ANGELES - Movie-goers stuck with fish and football over puppets and prancers as "Shark Tale" and "Friday Night Lights" retained the top two box-office spots for another weekend.    The animated "Shark Tale" was No...
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DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. on Tuesday set its planned initial public offering at 29 million shares that could raise up to &#36;725 million, announcing the terms after its new film "Shark Tale" snagged the No. 1 U.S. box office spot for the second straight weekend.
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Low-budget horror film The Grudge has entered the North American box office chart at number one. It pushed animated film Shark Tale off the top spot after selling $40m (Â£21.
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The hip-hop underwater animated  flick "Shark Tale" opened this weekend as the highest October  box office draw in history, studio executives said on Sunday.
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&quot;Shark Tale&quot; is a not-quite-fresh fish story. Fairly or not, it&#39;s bound to draw comparisons to last year&#39;s &quot;Finding Nemo,&quot; another computer-animated comedy with quirky hijinks from denizens of the sea.