Summer box office expectations calming Hollywood
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When Hollywood's summer ends in two  weeks, domestic box-office receipts are expected to be up 7  percent over 2005, calming the nerves of studio bosses who last  year worried moviegoers may be disappearing.
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Moviegoers are not following the script written for them by the Hollywood studios. In a sign that big-budget sequels may be losing their allure, North American ticket sales for the first three big films of the lucrative summer season have not kept pace with their respective predecessors.
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Three new movies make U.S. debuts and one independent film, shark tale "Open Water," expands nationwide on Friday as the summer winds down to what should be a record box office haul fueled by hit sequels.
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The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with the studio estimates for the weekend. Be sure to stay tuned there for the final figures on Monday.
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LOS ANGELES  - 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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Summer wound down with a yawn this weekend at the movie box office, where the Jet Li warrior epic &quot;Hero&quot; took the top spot over the scary-snake drama &quot;Anacondas: Hunt for the Blood Orchid.
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Hollywood had one of its best summers in recent history, but the studios are not quite popping the Champagne.
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The Coming Soon! Box Office Report has been updated with the studio estimates for the weekend. Be sure to stay tuned there for the final figures on Monday afternoon.
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Comedy "Superbad" proved to be super good at North American box offices, holding onto the No. 1 slot for the second straight weekend and pushing summer ticket sales above $4 billion for the first time ever, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
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LOS ANGELES  - Wall Street analysts have been digging into this year's expected film releases to gauge box office trends, and some don't like what they see.
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LOS ANGELES  - With Thanksgiving over  and Christmas still three weeks away, the box office will try  to catch its breath this weekend as moviegoers turn their  attention to other seasonal pursuits like shopping.
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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.
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Moviegoers are not following the  script written for them by the Hollywood studios. In a sign  that big-budget sequels may be losing their allure, North  American ticket sales for the first three big films of the  lucrative summer season have not kept pace with their  respective predecessors.
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LOS ANGELES  - After a month of high-octane, A-list tent poles, the North American box office gets a breather of sorts this weekend as not one sequel enters the marketplace. It will be a brief respite, however, as "Ocean's Thirteen" hits theaters June 8.
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The weather might say differently, but according to the box office, fall has arrived.
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LOS ANGELES  - The summer box office   season officially wraps this Labor Day holiday weekend, during   which three wide releases will open in theaters. None is likely   to cross the $20 million mark for the four-day period.
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The summer box office season in North America ended on an "Invincible" note during the U.S. Labor Day holiday weekend as the Mark Wahlberg football movie scored a