Puppets Try to Jump the 'Shark' at Box Office
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LOS ANGELES  - The puppets are on  parade, and if their gun-toting, ass-kicking demeanor is any  indication of success, then they should have the power to knock  the mob boss shark off its well-worn perch at the box office  this weekend.
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The Associated Press reports that the first October weekend of box office swept away the September doldrums. The animated fish story &#39;Shark Tale&#39; starring Will Smith and Jack Black swam to the top of the heap with a healthy showing of $49.
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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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highest October box-office pull in history. The DreamWorks flick bowed at #1 with $49.1 million, according to early estimates. A mob flick for the cartoon set, &quot;Shark Tale&quot; centers on a young fish named Oscar
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Slaying dragons and sharks has been kid&#39;s play for the company behind the popular Shrek and Shark Tale movies. Now DreamWorks Animation (NYSE: DWA) is slaying the market as well.
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The cartoon favorite makes a killing at the box office.
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Audiences across North America took the bait this weekend in a big way, giving DreamWorks&#39; CG-animated &quot;Shark Tale&quot; the all-time largest October opening with an estimated $49.
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Although it&#39;s not been an oceanic wave at the box office, &quot;Shark Tale&quot; will probably continue to dominate the box office during this relatively slow time for major exciting new releases.
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Variety - The wannabe shark slayer caused a feeding frenzy at U.K. cinemas and propelled takings by more modest levels in France and Germany last week. Hitman Tom Cruise in "Collateral" scored solidly in Italy and Spain but not enough to arrest a B.O. slide in both territories.
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Moviegoers are not following the script written for them by the Hollywood studios.
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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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Hollywood has a fascination with sharks as seen most recently in Lions Gate's "Open Water," which expands nationwide Friday, and the upcoming DreamWorks cartoon "A Shark's Tale."
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In a surprise at the North American weekend box office, the fishy gangsters of reigning champion &quot;Shark Tale&quot; easily dispatched the frisky marionettes of the much-hyped satire &quot;Team America: World Police.
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LOS ANGELES  - A lot of pressure is  riding on the fins of "Shark Tale."
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I wonder if companies get a discount for product placement when they&#39;re being parodied by underwater creatures. That would explain why &quot;Shark Tale&quot; is packed to the gills with so many of these ads.
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Small-budget movies are making bigger hits than big-budget movies.
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Dubbing Hollywood films like Spider-Man has led to box-office success.