`Halloween' scares up &#36;31 million debut
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"Halloween" came early and closed Hollywood's strong summer season with a record-breaking Labor Day weekend debut.
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&quot;Exorcist: The Beginning,&quot; a film that had to be re-shot with a new director because the first version was not scary enough, led the North American box office over the
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I love horror movies. I've seen most of the classics, and I always perk up around Halloween because that's when they release my kind of film.
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Halloween is bigger than you think. Who'll be eating the sweetest profits?
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The horror prequel Exorcist: The Beginning grabbed possession of the top box-office spot with an estimated $18.1 million. The dude comedy Without a Paddle drifted in second with $13.
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The animated comedy held on to the number spot for a second weekend, taking in 31-point-seven (m) million dollars. Billy Bob Thornton&#39;s high school football drama &quot;Friday Night Lights&quot; opened in second place, earning 20-point-six million dollars.
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Fashion Wire Daily - It&#39;s back, and it isn&#39;t even October yet! The latest reincarnation of the oft-told tale of &quot;Halloween&quot; - this time it is Rob Zombie&#39;s vision of the sick story of Michael Myers - scared its way into Hollywood on Thursday night, with a premiere at the venerable Mann&#39;s Chinese Theater.
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The scares come more from human predicaments than from special effects and blaring music.
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The new zombie thriller "30 Days of Night" took a commanding early lead at the North American box office on Saturday, while the serious dramas "Gone Baby Gone," "Rendition" and "Things We Lost in the Fire" were on track for disastrous debuts.
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It's been a bad time for movies in general lately, but good for thrillers like "The Forgotten," which claimed the No. 1 box office spot over the weekend, scaring up &#36;22 million.
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Michael Myers sliced and  diced his way to the top of the heap at the Labor Day Holiday  weekend box office in North America, as director Rob Zombie&#39;s  &quot;Halloween&quot; update earned $30.59 million during its first four  days, according to final data issued Tuesday.
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Moviegoers put a nail in the coffin of a dying horror boom this weekend, as âHostel: Part IIâ opened far behind the crime caper âOceanâs Thirteen.â
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The first fall weekend  is sometimes a surprise at the North American box office.
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LOS ANGELES  - Halloween is Sunday, and  Hollywood is ready for another weekend of fright.
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Exorcist: The Beginning, a film that had to be reshot because the first version was not scary enough, led the box office over the weekend, as moviegoers flocked to the resurrection of an aging franchise.
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The surprisingly strong  box office hit &quot;Halloween&quot; could score a second weekend as the  top movie in North America, despite an onslaught of violent  pictures that will siphon off male moviegoers.
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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.