Sales spike for Heath Ledger films
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Heath Ledger's death has spiked sales and interest in late actor's films.
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Sony Pictures Entertainment's movie  ticket sales reached $1.577 billion at domestic box offices in  2006, beating an industry record of $1.573 billion set by the  studio in 2002, a company spokesman said on Monday.
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Comedy &quot;Superbad&quot; proved to be  super good at North American box offices, holding onto the No.  1 slot for the second straight weekend and pushing summer  ticket sales above $4 billion for the first time ever,  according to studio estimates on Sunday.
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With changing times, movie promotions too are turning at their innovative best.
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With just 75 movies on the iTunes Music Store, Walt Disney disclosed Tuesday it had sold 125,000 videos in just the first week of operation, netting the company $1 million in revenue. Disney expects to make $50 million in the first year of sales.
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DreamWorks Animation, creator of box-office smashes including Shrek and Shark Tale, has raised $812m (Â£444) from its floatation in New York.
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Small-budget movies are making bigger hits than big-budget movies.
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The fourth quarter got  off to a bang in the home video world this week, with both  high-profile DVD releases that hit stores Tuesday -- "X-Men:  The Last Stand" and "The Little Mermaid" -- exceeding sales  expectations.
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The sudden death of film star Heath Ledger stunned fans and family from Hollywood to Australia on Wednesday as New York City's medical examiner conducted an autopsy that proved inconclusive.
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Sales on the High Street grew unexpectedly fast in November, official figures show.
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Overseas boxoffice tends to slacken at this time of the year, but two newcomers -- "Shark Tale" and "Wimbledon" -- showed early promise in kickoff dates over the weekend, while M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village" topped &#36;100 million in international gross and "Garfield" neared membership in the &#36;100 million club.
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First-quarter profit more than doubled on asset sales and income from last yearâs two biggest-selling DVD releases.
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LOS ANGELES  - It was "Surf's Up" at DVD stores last week as the penguin cartoon caught a wave to the top of the national sales and rental charts.
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1. The 76ers and Warner Bros., as part of the NBA&#39;s Read to Achieve program, hosted an advance screening Thursday of the upcoming Tom Hanks film, The Polar Express.
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LOS ANGELES  - Sony Pictures Entertainment said Thursday that it has reached $3 billion in worldwide box office sales this year, a marker hit by only two other studios in movie history.
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DreamWorks Animation, the company behind the blockbuster Shrek movies, has enjoyed a fairytale beginning on Wall Street with its share price leaping nearly 40 per cent.
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Walt Disney President and CEO Robert Iger reported Tuesday that his company has sold 125,000 digital movies since they debuted on the iTunes Store last week, already generating $1 million in revenue. Iger told attendees of an investment conference in New York on Tuesday that Disney anticipates seeing about $50 million in revenue from the venture during its first year.