Holiday Box Office: Less Than Boffo
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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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Hollywood's studios are expected to  rake in a possibly record $9.4 billion at domestic box offices  this year, but the lack of a Christmas season smash like last  year's final "Lord of the Rings" film will crimp overall ticket  sales.
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Movie-goers hold no grudges against Sarah Michelle Gellar, but they apparently have a beef with Ben Affleck. Gellar's fright flick "The Grudge" got a jump on Halloween with a &#36;40 million opening weekend to debut at No. 1, while Affleck delivered a holiday turkey with "Surviving Christmas," his critically drubbed comedy that came in No. 7 with just &#36;4.5 million.
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This season&#39;s dismal holiday-sales numbers may be hiding strong results from online operations, home improvement, consumer electronics and luxury stores that can offset the nation&#39;s mall malaise.
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The Disney/Pixar comedy &quot;The Incredibles&quot; put a freeze on the holiday cinematic animation story &quot;The Polar Express,&quot; bringing in an estimated $51 million this weekend, nationally, compared
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So much for holiday cheer. Hollywood's cynicism is breeding a whole new genre of anti-holiday holiday movies.
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A dancing penguin was king of the Thanksgiving birds among movie-goers. The animated penguin romp "Happy Feet" remained the No. 1 movie with $37.9 million in ticket sales from Friday to Sunday, while the James Bond adventure "Casino Royale" stayed in second place with $31 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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National Treasure beats animated hits at the US box-office.
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Overseas movie houses are gearing up for a lively holiday week at the box office as turnstiles began clicking Sunday and Monday after a dismal Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
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Business is abysmal at local moviehouses. Weekend attendance was off 27 percent from the 2004 low reached the previous weekend. The opening of the SouthSide Works Cinemas 10 on Friday should more than make
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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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People with as many personal issues as Peter Parker tend to avoid   the holidays at all cost.
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LOS ANGELES  - Those darn aliens and predators upset the box office hierarchy established during the weekend before Christmas.
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The penguin cartoon "Happy Feet" and the James Bond movie "Casino Royale" led a lackluster North American box office for a third weekend, while the new Jesus film "The Nativity Story" was stillborn.
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Those darn aliens and  predators upset the box office hierarchy established during the  weekend before Christmas.
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The cost of Christmas rose this year, but some surprising elements got cheaper.
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Don't blame the director, says the producer of Black Friday.