Hero overpowers Zero at the box office
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Los Angeles -- Hero, director Zhang Yimou&#39;s acclaimed martial-arts epic starring Jet Li, vanquished giant snakes, serial killers and superbabies to debut as the top weekend film, earning $17.
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LOS ANGELES The acclaimed Jet Li martial-arts epic &quot;Hero&quot; took in an estimated 17-point-eight (m) million dollars to rank Number One in the weekend box office.
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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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Action thrillers seem to be ruling the roost in Hollywood these days with &#39;Hero&#39;, a Chinese film that raked in 17.8 million dollars to top the charts last week.
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Jet-Li&#39;s action flick &quot;Hero&quot; beat out &quot;Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid&quot; as the weekend&#39;s most-watched movie, according to media reports.
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The proliferation of action-adventure movies can be explained by our collective craving for heroes. They need not come from other planets or have super powers, for we have all-too-mortal creatures worthy of hero worship in our firefighters.
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Actress Milla Jovovich&#39;s sci-fi sequel Resident Evil: Apocalypse has ended JET LI film Hero&#39;s two-week reign at the top of the American box office, earning $23.
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The hit superhero cartoon "The Incredibles" retained its lead at the weekend box office in North America, while the costly Tom Hanks holiday movie "The Polar Express" opened at a distant No. 2, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.
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"The Incredibles" lived up to their name at the box office as the animated superhero adventure debuted with &#36;70.7 million in its opening weekend, continuing an unbroken string of hits for Pixar Animation.
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North American box-office performance as of Sunday for Oscar best-picture nominees:
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Chinese martial arts thriller  "Hero" logged a second weekend at the top of the North American  box office during the U.S. Labor Day holiday, while four new  entries failed to make much of an impression.
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Chinese martial arts film "Hero," starring Jet Li and Zhang Ziyi, opened at No. 1 at the North American box office this weekend. The flick, which was nominated for a foreign-language Oscar in 2003, grossed $17.8 million. Another new movie...
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Hollywood's superhero foursome is still fantastic at the box office.
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The Incredibles continues to rule the US box office.
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The hit superhero cartoon "The  Incredibles" retained its lead at the weekend box office in  North America, while the costly Tom Hanks holiday movie "The  Polar Express" opened at a distant No. 2, according to studio  estimates issued on Sunday.
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The Chinese martial arts thriller  "Hero" held onto the No. 1 slot at the North American box  office during the U.S. Labor Day holiday, helping to consign  four newcomers to a quick oblivion.
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LOS ANGELES  - Warner Bros. Pictures'  costly new entrant "The Polar Express" goes up against reigning  champ "The Incredibles" at the weekend box office, but is  unlikely to dislodge the hit superhero cartoon.