Zombie sequel tops US box office
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Zombie sequel Resident Evil: Apocalypse goes straight to the top of the north American box office chart.
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Moviegoers are not following the  script written for them by the Hollywood studios. In a sign  that big-budget sequels may be losing their allure, North  American ticket sales for the first three big films of the  lucrative summer season have not kept pace with their  respective predecessors.
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LOS ANGELES  - Already having ensnared  more than $370 million at the U.S. box office, "Spider-Man 2"  is spinning a whole new $100 million marketing and promotional  web to back the release of the film on DVD and VHS on Nov. 30.
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Nicolas Cage led the North American box office for a second weekend with his "National Treasure" sequel, while the teen comedy "Juno" raced up the rankings despite playing in limited release.
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Neo-retro sci-fi thriller "Sky  Captain and the World of Tomorrow" flew to the top of the North  American box office over the weekend, pushing sci-fi sequel  "Resident Evil: Apocalypse," which opened last week at No. 1,  to third place.
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Microsoft Corp. said sales of its Halo 2 video game, the sequel to the best-selling title for its Xbox video-game machine, topped 2.4 million in North America, generating $125 million on its first day.
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Supernatural thriller "The  Forgotten" soared to the top of the U.S. box office over the  weekend with better-than-expected ticket sales during a  worse-than-usual seasonal slump.
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Shark Tale, distributed by DreamWorks, topped the US box office and added $31.7 million to its receipts of $88 million, estimated boxofficemojo.
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Rock star Rob Zombie&#39;s reworking of  the classic slasher movie &quot;Halloween&quot; scared up record business  at the North American box office during the Labor Day holiday  weekend, while overall ticket sales for the lucrative summer  movie going period reached a new high.
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Supernatural thriller "The  Forgotten" soared to the top of the U.S. box office over the  weekend with better-than-expected ticket sales during a  worse-than-expected seasonal slump.
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"Resident Evil: Extinction," with Milla Jovovich again fighting flesh-hungry zombies in the third installment based on the video game, opened as the No. 1 weekend flick with $24 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunda...
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Nicolas Cage's comic book movie Ghost Rider holds top spot at the North American box office for a second week.
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Nicolas Cage led the North American  box office for a second weekend with his "National Treasure"  sequel, while the teen comedy "Juno" raced up the rankings  despite playing in limited release.
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Bawdy comedy &quot;Superbad&quot; proved to  be super good at the North American movie box offices, holding  onto the No. 1 slot for the second straight weekend, according  to studio estimates on Sunday.
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LOS ANGELES - The undead came alive once more as &quot;Resident Evil: Apocalypse&quot; debuted at No. 1 at the box office, bringing in $23 million.
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For the second weekend in a row, the American public made the subtitled Chinese movie number one. The spectacular martial arts battle saga earned an estimated $11.
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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.