&#39;Exorcist: The Beginning&#39; levitates to No. 1
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Maybe script rewrites aren&#39;t such a bad omen after all. Despite a story overhaul and having been almost entirely reshot, Exorcist: The Beginning surprised analysts by taking the top spot at theaters over the weekend.
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Despite getting bad reviews from critics, the revamped horror flick, &#39;Exorcist: The Beginning,&#39; was the top movie this week, grossing a total of 18.
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The superhero epic &quot;X-Men: The Last Stand&quot; proved magnetic over the Memorial Day weekend, taking in &#36;120.1 million, the biggest opening ever for the holiday weekend.
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&quot;Exorcist: The Beginning,&quot; 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
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Director Renny Harlin's The Exorcist: The Beginning opened   Friday to hellish buzz and several hellish reviews.
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Exorcist: The Beginning, a film that had to be reshot because the first version was not scary enough, led the box office over the weekend, as moviegoers flocked to the resurrection of an aging franchise.
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&quot;Harry Potter and the  Order of the Phoenix&quot; opened a powerful No. 1 on the  international circuit during the weekend, setting a record for  the franchise by grossing an estimated $190.3 million from more  than 12,000 screens in 44 territories.
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When the first Exorcist was released on Boxing Day 1973, it was roasted as the new nadir in shallow, expoitive Hollywood vulgarity.
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God help them. Warner Bros. and Morgan Creek, that is. They&#39;re the studio and the producers releasing Exorcist: The Beginning today.
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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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A new prequel to The Exorcist was the most popular film at North American cinemas at the weekend, taking $18.2m.
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``The Grudge&#39;&#39; has a great opening scene, I&#39;ll grant you that. Bill Pullman wakes up next to his wife, greets the day from the balcony of their bedroom, and then - well, I, for one, was gob-smacked.
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Exorcist: The Beginning debuted at the top of the box office with an estimated US$18.2mil. The Warner Bros. production, which was almost entirely reshot by director Renny Harlin costs about US$20mil to make, Coming Soon!
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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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The action film holds on to the top box office spot.
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I don&#39;t suppose I was expecting much from this movie &#39;Exorcist: The Beginning&#39;, considering how unexceptional the other two &#39;Exorcist&#39; sequels were, but I didn&#39;t expect that it would make them suddenly seem like classics by comparison.
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Vampire thriller 30 Days of Night enters the US box office at number one, with takings of $16m (Â£7.8m).