'Exorcist' Begins Big With &#36;18.2 Million
60517
God vs. Satan cast out space creatures at the box office. Demon thriller "Exorcist: The Beginning" debuted as the No. 1 weekend movie with &#36;18.2 million, displacing "Alien vs. Predator," which tumbled to No. 4 with &#36;12.5 million, studio estimates showed Sunday.
173472
"Resident Evil: Apocalypse" climbed over a pile of zombie bodies and came out on top of the box office with &#36;23 million.
755520
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," a film based on the hit series of novels dreamed up by billionaire author J.K. Rowling, brought in $44.8 million on its first day in theaters.
271510
Adam Sandler's new film debuts on top of North America's box office chart, pushing Harry Potter to number two.
544114
The Colin Farell film opens with a measly $21.6 million at sixth spot.
678353
LOS ANGELES - The backstory of Exorcist: The Beginning is enough to make your head spin. Hollywood is fond of remakes, but this prequel  the fourth in the series of Exorcist films  was discarded and remade before it was even released.
329894
The new vampire thriller "30 Days of Night" sucked the life out of its box office rivals, opening at No. 1 with estimated weekend sales of $16 million, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.
419039
The long-awaited prequel to horror film classic The Exorcist has finally been released in the US after being &quot;cursed&quot; by cast and crew changes and accidents.
44929
God vs. Satan cast out space creatures at the box office.
443059
The superhero epic &quot;X-Men: The Last Stand&quot; proved magnetic over the Memorial Day weekend, taking in &#36;120.1 million, the biggest opening ever for the holiday weekend.
366124
&quot;X-Men: The Last Stand&quot; stormed to an estimated &#36;107 million three-day opening, the largest ever for Memorial Day weekend and the fourth-biggest in box office history.
238272
Nicholas Cage received the best opening weekend in his career so far with the number one box office movie in North America, Ghost Rider.  With over $44 million, this number one hit is the biggest blockbuster opening this year.  Coming in at numb...
593250
US audiences will get their first look at the prequel to hit horror flick Exorcist this weekend, amid reports that Hollywood had a devil of a time bringing the long-awaited prequel to the screen.
32615
Hollywood studios are expected to take record box office figures this year, beating 2002's $9.3 billion.
710200
Vampires put the bite on the box office as "30 Days of Night," a fright flick about bloodsuckers on the prowl in Alaska, debuted at the top of the box-office chart with $16 million.
532683
A prequel to the original classic, it made $18 million.
453149
Exorcist: The Beginning debuted at the top of the box office with an estimated US$18.2mil. The Warner Bros. production, which was almost entirely reshot by director Renny Harlin costs about US$20mil to make, Coming Soon!