&#39;Hero&#39; conquers weekend box office
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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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Buena Vista&#39;s National Treasure topped the box office, adding $46 million to its total of $88 million, estimated boxofficemojo.
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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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Lately, I have been asked if there is anything really good playing at the movies. Now I have something to rave about -- a film called &quot;Hero.
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The Adam Sandler comedy &quot;Click&quot;  took first place at the North American box office with weekend  ticket sales of &#36;40 million, according to studio estimates on  Sunday.
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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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"Transformers," the big-budget movie about alien robots battling on Earth, raked in $67.6 million at box offices over the weekend to land at No. 1 and bring its seven-day total to a record $152.6 million, according to studio estimates 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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&quot;Harry Potter and the Order of the  Phoenix&quot; whisked its way to No. 1 at movie box offices with  weekend ticket sales of $77.4 million and a five-day total of  just over $140 million, according to studio estimates on  Sunday.
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&quot;Pirates of the Caribbean: At  World&#39;s End&quot; led the North American box office for a second  weekend, while the pregnancy comedy &quot;Knocked Up&quot; opened at a  distant No. 2 with better-than-expected sales.
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Two years after opening in China,  the martial arts thriller "Hero" set a record for an Asian film  in North America, kicking off at No. 1 with a  better-than-expected haul of $17.8 million, according to studio  estimates issued on Sunday.
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There just might be  blood. The domestic boxoffice will feature a kind of midwinter  mayhem this weekend, as strong holdover films are joined in a  competitive fray by four wide-release debutants and  Oscar-rejuvenated titles.
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DreamWorks&#39; animated &quot;Shark Tale&quot; took another big bite at the boxoffice this weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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The action film holds on to the top box office spot.
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Overall, this past weekend&#39;s movie box office total wasn&#39;t as fortunate an event as some. &quot;Lemony Snicket&#39;s A Series of Unfortunate Events&quot; was top of the tree, opening with an estimated $30.2 million.
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In a relatively soft movie-going weekend, Paramount&#39;s Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow rockets its way to the top of the box office chart.
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Superman may not be the world&#039;s greatest superhero at the box office, but the Man of Steel still flies high. &quot;Superman Returns&quot; took in &#36;52.15 million over opening weekend, lifting its five-day total since its debut Wednesday to &#36;84.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.