Spartans spoof tops US box office
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Spoof film Meet the Spartans narrowly beats the new Rambo film to top the North American box office.
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The ultra-bloody warrior film  "300," about a legendary battle between the Spartans and  Persians, seemed headed for U.S. box-office glory on Friday  with sell-out crowds flocking to early showings.
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US summer box office takings surpass $4bn for the first time as comedy Superbad tops the chart.
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Mayan language adventure Apocalypto goes to the top of US box office chart.
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LOS ANGELES  - Captain Jack Sparrow took a back seat to that odiferous green ogre internationally during the weekend as "Shrek the Third" finished No. 1 with an estimated boxoffice of $46 million from 3,693 screens in 36 markets.
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Animated movie Shark Tale has remained top of the US box office for a second week, amassing Â£31.7m ($17.6m)over the weekend, according to studio estimates.
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Disney/Pixar&#39;s The Incredibles has taken $70.7 million (Â£38.1m) in its opening weekend in the US, making it the best ever three-day weekend total for film released by Disney.
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&quot;Transformers,&quot; the big-budget  movie about alien robots battling on Earth, crushed the  competition in theaters over the weekend, racking up $67.6  million in three days to land at No. 1 on box office charts,  according to studio estimates on Sunday.
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War movie 300 takes $70m in its first weekend in the US, early figures show - a new record for a March release.
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Hollywood's box office record books have been transformed. The sci-fi adventure "Transformers" had an unprecedented Tuesday haul of $27.4 million in its official debut, beating a record of $15.7 million set last year by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."
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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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With three characters played by one funny comedian, it is no surprise that Eddie Murphyâs âNorbitâ took number 1 in the box office this weekend bringing in almost $35 million.  Coming in second is the other movie debuting in the U.S. and Canada,...
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A new version of cult horror film Halloween tops the US box office, with ticket sales set to reach $30m (Â£15m).
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TORONTO (CP) - North American sales of Halo 2 reached $125 million US in the first 24 hours of the video game&#39;s release, according to Xbox parent company Microsoft.
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The big green ogre keeps getting bigger. Shrek the Third took in $122 million in its first weekend, breaking the franchise's own record for best debut ever for an animated film
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The all-star caper film "Ocean's Thirteen" made off with $37.1 million in ticket sales during its opening weekend to steal the No. 1 spot at the North American box office, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
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DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., whose &quot;Shark Tale&quot; film snagged the No. 1 US box office spot for the second straight weekend, on Tuesday