&quot;Die Hard&quot; chases down $9.1 mil in opening day
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&quot;Live Free or Die Hard,&quot;  the fourth installment in the &quot;Die Hard&quot; franchise, opened  Wednesday to $9.1 million, but did not set any records,  according to estimates issued by distributor 20th Century Fox.
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DreamWorks&#39; IPO was expected to raise more than US$812 million in the first IPO by a major movie studio in seven years. Earlier this month, the company debuted &quot;Shark Tale,&quot; and it has become a hit generating
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War movie 300 takes $70m in its first weekend in the US, early figures show - a new record for a March release.
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&gt;&quot;National Treasure&quot; continued to strike box-office gold, taking in an estimated $33.1 million from Friday to Sunday to retain the No.
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Ocean&#39;s Twelve scored another major heist this weekend, taking No. 1 at the box office with a strong $40.9 million opening. (Related chart: See the weekend&#39;s top 10 films).
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Overseas boxoffice tends to slacken at this time of the year, but two newcomers -- "Shark Tale" and "Wimbledon" -- showed early promise in kickoff dates over the weekend, while M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village" topped &#36;100 million in international gross and "Garfield" neared membership in the &#36;100 million club.
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The action film holds on to the top box office spot.
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&quot;Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead  Man&#039;s Chest&quot; raked in a lot of doubloons at North American  theaters over the weekend, grossing a record &#36;132 million in  its first three days, according to studio estimates.
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I Am Legend, starring Smith as a plague survivor who may be the last living human, debuted with $76.5 million, the biggest December opening ever and a personal best for one of Hollywood's top box-office champs
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The Will Smith movie "The Pursuit of Happyness," an uplifting story of a homeless man and his young son who defeat the odds, beat all comers its first weekend at the box office, taking in $26.5 million.
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&quot;The Da Vinci Code&quot; banked an estimated &#36;29 million at the box office on its first day in theaters, an industry official said Saturday, positioning the film to turn in the strongest opening weekend for any movie this year.
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Despite mediocre reviews, &#39;National Treasure,&#39; the action adventure film starring Nicolas Cage, took home first place at the box office this weekend with a take of $35.3 million.
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&quot;Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead  Man&#039;s Chest&quot; sailed into more than 4,000 U.S. movie theaters on  Friday seeking a box office treasure that industry watchers  think could beat the &#36;114.8 million record opening of  &quot;Spider-Man.&quot;
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It&#039;s a given that the  Man of Steel will lead this weekend&#039;s box office as &quot;Superman  Returns&quot; moves into 4,065 engagements on Friday.
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The animated comedy took in $31.7 million to hold the No. 1 spot for a second straight weekend. Billy Bob Thornton&#39;s &quot;Friday Night Lights&quot; opened in second place with $20.
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"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" hauled in $142.1 million to commandeer the record for best Memorial Day weekend debut, capping a huge month that puts Hollywood on track for record summer business.
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There should be plenty of money and holiday cheer for everyone in town as Hollywood edged near the $10 billion mark at the domestic box office for the first time.