&#39;National Treasure&#39; Drowns &#39;Spongebob&#39;
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Spongebob Squarepants probably wouldn&#39;t have been out of place in Touchstone&#39;s National Treasure, but the equally cartoon-inspired Nicolas Cage actioner narrowly defeated the good-hearted animation at the box office this weekend.
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Nicolas Cage&#39;s treasure hunt soaked up a bit more boxoffice cash than a cartoon sponge. Buena Vista&#39;s &quot;National Treasure&quot; starring Cage debuted as the No.
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&quot;Lemony Snicket&#39;s a Series of Unfortunate Events,&quot; based on Daniel Handler&#39;s offbeat children&#39;s books and starring the suitably bizarre Jim Carrey, raked in $30.2 million to leave both &quot;Ocean&#39;s
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Think fast -- Mario&#39;s plummeting to Earth, and there&#39;s nothing for the poor little guy to hang onto. So you take your stylus and draw him a trampoline.
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It&#39;s been a bad time for movies in general lately, but good for thrillers like &quot;The Forgotten,&quot; which claimed the No.
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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.
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Robert De Niro&#39;s motley crew of gangster fish chewed up the cursing marionettes and spit them out over the weekend - as &quot;Shark Tale&quot; hooked and gutted &quot;Team America: World Police&quot; at the box office.
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Shipwreck being broken up after efforts to refloat it failed.
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National Treasure: Book Of Secrets plays out like a repeat ride on an exciting rollercoaster. It is still fun the second time around but with nowhere near the excitement and mystery that accompany a 'first time'.
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This may not be what fans of &#39;&#39;A Series of Unfortunate Events&quot; want to hear, but it&#39;s true: The inevitable Hollywood version of author Daniel Handler&#39;s poisoned kiddie-book bonbons inevitably lets
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There&#39;s nothing wrong with Wes Anderson&#39;s &quot;The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou&quot; that a digital insertion of Gene Hackman wouldn&#39;t solve.
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You&#39;d be more far likely to get a sunburn during a hurricane than you&#39;d be to die laughing while watching &quot;Without a Paddle,&quot; a feeble lost-in-the-wilderness comedy that mashes together time-worn jokes, syrupy sentimentality and ...
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Nicholas Cage's adventure flick 'National Treasure' kept discovering gold at the North American box office this weekend, beating out a slate of animated and holiday releases for the third week in a  row, early figures showed on Sunday.
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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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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Dozens of 9-foot-tall SpongeBob Squarepants balloons have been stolen from the roofs of Burger Kings from Florida to Utah since the release of the famous cartoon character's hit movie, authorities said.
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Evil Plankton is the obvious suspect, but landlubbers are more likely to blame for a nationwide rash of thefts of 9-foot-tall and 9-foot-wide SpongeBob SquarePants inflatables propped on the roofs of Burger King restaurants.
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&quot;Shark Tale&quot; is a not-quite-fresh fish story. Fairly or not, it&#39;s bound to draw comparisons to last year&#39;s &quot;Finding Nemo,&quot; another computer-animated comedy with quirky hijinks from denizens of the sea.