"Saw IV" dices box office rivals
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"Saw IV," the latest installment in  the annual horror franchise, sliced and diced its competition  at the weekend box office in North America, according to  preliminary sales estimates issued on Saturday.
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Horror movie The Messengers tops the North American box office chart, according to studio estimates.
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Following are the top 10  films at the North American box office for the weekend  beginning September 7, led by the new release "3:10 to Yuma,"  according to estimates compiled on Sunday by Reuters.
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Local faves "Seven Dwarves" in German-speaking Europe, "A Very Long Engagement" in France and "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" in Britain took top honors at the international boxoffice alongside "Shark Tale," which continued to scale the heights, gobbling another &#36;11.3 million this weekend for a total of &#36;130 million.
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For the second week in a row, a posse of animated sharks has kept its competitors at bay. &quot;Shark Tale&quot; maintained the #1 spot in the box-office top 10, bringing in $31.
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Nicolas Cage's family-friendly adventure sequel remained in the top spot by grossing $35.6 mil during the Friday-to-Sunday period. That brought its 10-day sum to an impressive $124 mil, making it the 27th release of 2007 to cross the century mark. For ...
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When the violent video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" hits stores on Tuesday, its sales could eclipse Hollywood's most successful films, even as it draws the ire of critics.
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Shark Tale is continuing to fight off all competition at the US box office. The animated aquatic tale is the most successful film for a second week, taking a strong $31.
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"Saw IV" was a Halloween hit -- but has the series lost its edge?
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Audiences sought out a fresh dose of torture as "Saw IV," the horror sequel about sadistic traps laid by a serial killer, led Hollywood's weekend with a $31.8 million debut.
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"Spider-Man 2" spun the final touches on his international web in spectacular style during the weekend. Local favorites continued to perform well, while "The Village" made it four straight weeks at No. 1, narrowly beating "The Terminal," according to weekend estimates.
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The final curtain came down on the summer movie season with box office watchers on Tuesday reporting a near &#36;4 billion record haul led by sequels "Shrek 2" and "Spider-Man 2," even as admissions slipped 1.5 percent.
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Reigning champ "Casino  Royale" easily dominated the overseas box office last weekend,  taking in a robust $67 million to power it to $129.2 million  after two rounds.
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Director Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill-Vol. 2" sliced its way to the top of the home video charts last week.
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Despite halfhearted  reviews, Nicolas Cage's "Ghost Rider" led the foreign box  office for a second weekend, according to final sales data  issued Monday.
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Grizzly slasher film Saw IV tops the US box office with $32.1m (Â£7.8m), beating comedy Dan in Real Life.
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Just in time for Halloween, moviegoers flocked in to see Sarah Michelle Gellar's spooky Japanese remake thriller "The Grudge," making it the number one movie over the weekend. It raked in $40 million, knocking "Shark Take" out of the top spot. B...