Nicolas Cage will rule box office for 3rd weekend
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LOS ANGELES  - Despite regular calls from theater owners for a "12-month releasing year," the studios avoid opening movies at certain periods -- and early January is certainly one of them.
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Nicolas Cage topped the North American box office for the second time this year on Sunday with "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," a sequel to the biggest movie of his career.
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Nicolas Cage&#39;s new adventure flick claimed the box-office crown once again by burying the competition. Thanksgiving weekend moviegoers made &quot;National Treasure&quot; the #1 film at the box office for the second week in a row.
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Oscar award winner Nicolas Cage,  who has not had a hit movie in years, ended the two-week reign  of "The Incredibles" at the North American box office on Sunday  with his new family adventure "National Treasure."
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Nicolas Cage's "National Treasure"  sequel was the top draw at North American movie theaters for a  third consecutive weekend, while a pregnant schoolgirl  delivered another healthy box-office bundle.
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LOS ANGELES  - Scoring a ninth   consecutive weekend as the most popular movie at the foreign   box office, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" is   poised to become only the third movie to gross more than $1   billion in global ticket sales.
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Hollywood studios are expected to take record box office figures this year, beating 2002's $9.3 billion.
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The Nicolas Cage starrer does not have many hair-raising sequences.
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(CBS/AP) Nicolas Cageâs fourth collaboration with mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer opened much stronger than expected this weekend.
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LOS ANGELES  - With rumors flying of an imminent deal, it's safe to say that Day 3 of the Directors Guild of America's contract talks with the studios went well enough for another session to be scheduled for Tuesday.
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Nicolas Cage logged a third weekend atop the North American box office on Sunday with his action-adventure "National Treasure," but overall ticket sales slid as movies competed for attention with shopping in the post-Thanksgiving holiday period.
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Nicolas Cage's treasure hunt soaked up more box-office cash than a cartoon sponge. Cage's "National Treasure" debuted as the No. 1 weekend movie with &#36;35.3 million, coming in just ahead of "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie," which opened in second with &#36;33.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Oliver Stone's September  11 drama "World Trade Center" led the international box office  by a healthy margin for the weekend, selling an estimated $12.3  million worth of tickets in 20 markets.
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Nicolas Cage movie National Treasure tops the US and Canada box office for the third week in a row.
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LOS ANGELES  - Oliver Stone's September 11 drama "World Trade Center" led the international box office by a healthy margin for the weekend, selling an estimated $12.3 million worth of tickets in 20 markets.
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets, starring Nicolas Cage, strikes gold at the US and Canada box office.
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Nicolas Cage's 'National Treasure' dug up more riches than its Hollywood competition at the North American box office, beating out three animated flicks to take over first place , according to preliminary figures released on Sunday.