"Transformers" take over U.S. box offices
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"Transformers," a special-effects movie extravaganza based on popular toys, earned $27.5 million during its first full day of release and appears on track to dominate the weekend box office, according to estimates on Wednesday by distributor Paramount Pictures.
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The fourth quarter got  off to a bang in the home video world this week, with both  high-profile DVD releases that hit stores Tuesday -- "X-Men:  The Last Stand" and "The Little Mermaid" -- exceeding sales  expectations.
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&quot;Transformers&quot; is a  dream for fanboys, with vehicles that whiz and whir into alien  robots, spectacular sci-fi stunt chases, glistening military  hardware, overheated computer software and brainy, hot girls  who love Popular Mechanics.
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For much of its core 20- and 30-something male audience, Michael Bay's "Transformers" film is more than just a reason to go to the movies on a hot, summer night. It's also an excuse for a grown man to head to the toy store.
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Retro sci-fi thriller Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow soars to the top of the US box office.
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By the standard box office reckoning, DreamWorks' "Shrek 2" won the summer box office derby with domestic ticket sales of &#36;440 million. And Lions Gate's "Fahrenheit 9/11," though a resounding success, was the summer's ninth most successful movie with a domestic gross to date of &#36;119 million.
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Los Angeles: Super-hero spoof &#39;The Incredibles&#39; overpowered the competition at North American box offices, taking $70.4 mn in its opening weekend, final figures showed on Monday.
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Fashion Wire Daily - There was only one place to be on Wednesday night in Los Angeles, and it wasn&#39;t Hollywood. Instead, the hot ticket in town was in Westwood, where Michael Bay introduced the world to his latest insane cinematic vision known simply as &quot;Transformers.&quot;
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'Transformers', rises to the number 1 spot across the world with gross sales of $43.6M. Directed by Michael Bay, the movie is on 3,503 screens in 29 territories. Internationally, 'Transformers' is ranked #1 in Spain, Sweden, Turkey,  the ...
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The film has made record-breaking box office collections.
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More than four million DVDs of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ are sold on the first day of release in the US.
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Transformers donât care about people, period. That's what I learned growing up in the 1980s, religiously watching a race of robot Titans from outer space wage a secret war on Earth.
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The Incredibles lived up to their name, taking the top slot at the weekend box office with a massive estimated $70.7 million in ticket sales, the Associated Press reported.
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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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"Transformers" set a new box-office record after netting $27.4 million from its debut. The previous record was held by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest", which earned $15.7 million. The movie opened on Tuesday at 4,011 theatres...
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The new animal cartoon "Open Season" tracked down the No. 1 spot at the North American box office, distributor Sony Pictures said on Sunday.
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Sure, it's a PR stunt for the new Transformers DVD release. But who can resist taking a peek at an 18-foot-tall movie prop towering in front of a California shopping mall?