Nicholson, Freeman lead box office with comedy
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Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman narrowly took the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office in North America with their comedy "The Bucket List," according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.
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The animated comedy held on to the number spot for a second weekend, taking in 31-point-seven (m) million dollars. Billy Bob Thornton&#39;s high school football drama &quot;Friday Night Lights&quot; opened in second place, earning 20-point-six million dollars.
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PARK CITY, Utah  - The sound of an audience laughing throatily is usually a sign that a movie is working.
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New comedy Epic Movie tops the North American box office chart, according to industry estimates.
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Unlike movies involving razor-toothed monsters in outer space or adorable hobbits searching for magical rings, comedies -- romantic or otherwise -- usually don&#39;t make great sequels.
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Nicholas Cage's action movie "National Treasure" is the #1 movie in America for the third week in a row, bringing in a little over $17 million. Its total gross in just 17 days of release is $110.2 million. Comedy "Christmas With The Kranks" took the #2...
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Comedies mining the unlikely topics of terminal cancer and a church robbery led the North American box office on Sunday, sending ticket sales higher for a fifth consecutive weekend.
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For those tired of bleak and scary  movies this Christmas, veteran actors Jack Nicholson and Morgan  Freedman suggest an alternative.
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Simon Pegg's comedy Hot Fuzz takes more money in its first week than his last film Shaun of the Dead took in total.
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Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman  took an early lead at the weekend box office in North America  with their comedy "The Bucket List," according to preliminary  estimates issued on Saturday.
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Since the box office hit rock bottom last weekend, there's no place to go but up. And two films targeting very different audiences are looking to take advantage of the usual seasonal slump this weekend.
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Bawdy comedy "Superbad" proved to be super good at the North American movie box offices, holding onto the No. 1 slot for the second straight weekend, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
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Adam Sandler and Kevin James' comedy "I Now Pronounce You Chuck &amp; Larry" debuted as the top weekend movie with $34.2 million.
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Moviegoers got their motors running and drove the all-star comedy "Wild Hogs" to the top spot at the weekend box office in North America.
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The biker buddy comedy "Wild Hogs" and its ensemble cast of John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy and Tim Allen was the weekend box office champ with a $38 million take, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Moviegoers got their motors running  and drove the all-star comedy "Wild Hogs" to the top spot at  the weekend box office in North America.
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The wine-happy indie comedy scored a leading five awards Saturday from the Los Angeles Film Association, including the top prize of Best Picture.