"Saw IV" dices box office rivals
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"Saw IV," the latest installment in the annual horror franchise, sliced and diced its competition at the weekend box office in North America, according to preliminary sales estimates issued on Saturday.
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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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The two wide releases entering the marketplace last weekend barely made a ripple as &quot;Shark Tale&quot; ruled the North American box office for a third round.
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Four films tallied over  $10 million each at the foreign box office last weekend, led by  reigning champ "I Am Legend" with $39.8 million, according to  final data issued Monday.
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LOS ANGELES  - With what will likely be  the last "big" opening of the summer box office season, "Alien  vs. Predator" generated an impressive $38.29 million last  weekend, according to final numbers issued Monday.  The opening was all the more impressive considering that  individually the Fox franchises had pretty much run their  course at the box office.
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Despite halfhearted  reviews, Nicolas Cage's "Ghost Rider" led the foreign box  office for a second weekend, according to final sales data  issued Monday.
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Underwater animated film Shark Tale has scored the highest opening box office takings for an October release in North America, according to estimates.
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Moviegoers were in the mood for romance this weekend, sending Will Smith's "Hitch" to the top of the N. American box office. The film opened with a higher-than-expected $45.3 million in sales and set a record for the biggest opening for a romant...
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Local faves "Seven Dwarves" in German-speaking Europe, "A Very Long Engagement" in France and "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" in Britain took top honors at the international boxoffice alongside "Shark Tale," which continued to scale the heights, gobbling another &#36;11.3 million this weekend for a total of &#36;130 million.
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The latest film in the zombie series Resident Evil goes straight to the top of the North American cinema chart.
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The Will Smith sci-fi  fantasy "I Am Legend" pulled in $33 million at the foreign box  office last weekend, while "The Golden Compass" tallied $23.1  million, two hefty totals reflecting strong post-holiday  business in many parts of the world.
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"Saw IV," the latest installment in the annual horror franchise, sliced and diced its competition at the weekend box office in North America, according to preliminary sales estimates issued on Saturday. The Halloween staple opened to $14.3 milli...
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When the violent video game &quot;Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas&quot; hits stores on Tuesday, its sales could eclipse Hollywood&#39;s most successful films, even as it draws the ire of critics.
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Lions Gate Films and Twisted Pictures -- whose low-budget horror film "Saw" has grossed more than &#36;36 million domestically after two weekends in release -- can't get enough of each other.
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Director Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill-Vol. 2" sliced its way to the top of the home video charts last week.
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LOS ANGELES  - From menacing Spartan warriors to chipper singing chipmunks, 2007's boxoffice attractions spanned the gamut. Following a heated summer, there was a cooling-off spell during the fall, but the year still saw the domestic box office gross climb to a record $9.62 billion.
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For the second weekend in a row, the American public made the subtitled Chinese movie number one. The spectacular martial arts battle saga earned an estimated $11.