'Ghost Rider' scares up &#36;19.7M weekend
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The comic-book adaptation "Ghost Rider" burned the competition at the weekend box office, fending off a rush of new movies to rake in $19.7 million in its second week, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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LOS ANGELES: Supernatural thriller The Forgotten soared to the top of the US box office over the weekend with better-than-expected ticket sales during a worse-than-expected seasonal slump.
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(Corrects âGhost Riderâ opening in 9th paragraph to three weekends ago from two and box-office total to $45.4 million in first three days from $38 million.)
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While Hollywood  celebrated the finest achievement in film last weekend,  moviegoers across North America rewarded the critically  maligned mass-market entry "Ghost Rider."
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Moviegoers feasted on zombies as the horror sequel "Resident Evil: Extinction" led the weekend box office with a $23.7 million debut.
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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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The fright film "The Messengers," about a city family that moves into a creepy haunted house in the country, debuted as the top weekend movie with $14.5 million in ticket sales.
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"Cloverfield," a low-budget  Godzilla-style horror movie, scared up a monstrous $41 million  opening at the weekend box office in North America, almost  twice the tally of the new romance "27 Dresses."
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M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village" took top honors at the foreign box office over the weekend, scaring up an estimated &#36;9.5 million from 23 countries, raising its international haul to &#36;45 million.
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LOS ANGELES - It's been a bad time for movies in general lately, but good for thrillers like "The Forgotten," which claimed the No. 1 box office spot over the weekend, scaring up $22 million...
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"Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" caught the nationwide wave of moviegoers to the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates.
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Rock star Rob Zombie's reworking of the classic slasher movie "Halloween" scared up record business at the North American box office during the U.S. Labor Day holiday weekend, while overall ticket sales for the lucrative summer movie going period reached a new high.
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Hollywood's superhero foursome is still fantastic at the box office. The 20th Century Fox sequel "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" debuted as the No. 1 weekend flick with $57.4 million in sales, slightly surpassing the $56.1 million opening of "Fantastic Four" two years ago, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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The supernatural thriller &quot;The Forgotten&quot; scared up the biggest bucks at North America box office over the weekend, according to preliminary studio estimatesreleased Sunday.
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The horror prequel Exorcist: The   Beginning grabbed possession of the top box-office spot with an   estimated &#36;18.1 million.
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Halloween audiences were in the mood to be spooked this weekend. &#39;The Grudge,&#39; starring Sarah Michelle Gellar continued as the top grossing movie of the weekend for the second week in a row.
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Supernatural thriller &quot;The Forgotten&quot; soared to the top of the US box office over the weekend with better-than-expected ticket sales during a worse-than-usual seasonal slump.