Movie studios bask in blockbuster summer
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Hollywood lived its own second-chance "Rocky" story this summer as a business that looked to be going down for the count two years ago rebounded with record revenue and an unparalleled string of blockbuster hits.
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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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Blockbuster Inc. , the largest U.S. video rental chain, on Thursday said it has contacted Hollywood Entertainment Corp.  about acquiring its top rival for &#36;700 million.
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NEW YORK : Blockbuster, the leading US video rental chain, made a bid to swallow rival Hollywood Entertainment spotlighting the sector facing tough times due to emerging technology.
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Hollywood movie studios are eyeing a  bigger presence in India, going beyond just distributing and  dubbing English films in the world's most prolific film  industry.
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"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" hauled in $142.1 million to commandeer the record for best Memorial Day weekend debut, capping a huge month that puts Hollywood on track for record summer business.
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Hollywood notched its first $4 billion summer as teen geeks helped Hollywood end the season in record fashion.
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Blockbuster syas Blu-ray has proven to be more popular with its customers than HD DVD.
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How the movie studio climbed back on top after a series of costly flops
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Blockbuster Inc.  on Monday put  its weight behind Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray DVD format, as the No. 1  video rental chain said it would boost its inventory of the  high-definition discs to 1,700 stores by mid-July.
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Shares of Blockbuster Inc.  were sharply higher on Thursday after Hollywood Entertainment's chief executive said he did not think an attempt to take his company private would succeed, which was taken as a sign Blockbuster could prevail in its bid to buy the U.S.' second-largest video rental chain.
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LOS ANGELES  - As far as the box office  is concerned, summer's over.
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DALLAS -- Blockbuster Inc. , facing new attacks from big retailers and online operators, has offered $700 million for rival Hollywood Entertainment Corp. in a bid to combine the two biggest players in the movie-rental industry.
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Hollywood is only marginally ahead of its lackluster 2005 in terms of dollars and cents. Studios are miles ahead in terms of summer hits and misses, though.
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DETROIT -- Posters outside theaters across the country list Jon Voight, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, and Megan Fox as the stars of the summer action flick "Transformers."
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Why didn&#39;t shares of video rental chain Hollywood Entertainment (Nasdaq: HLYW) move much yesterday on news that Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) plans to make a tender offer for its shares next
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Hollywood delivered an unprecedented number of sequels this summer. But only three films combined critical approval with box office success.