North American Moviegoers Dig 'National Treasure'
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Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage, who has  not had a hit film in years, struck gold at the North American  box office on Sunday with his new adventure movie "National  Treasure" as family-oriented pictures led the field.
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The $150-million epic film "Alexander" lost the box office battle, bringing in a lowly $13.5 million to land in the No. 6 spot. Nicolas Cage's "National Treasure" held on to the No. 1 spot for the second week with $33.1 million, while "The In...
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Nicolas Cage's treasure hunt soaked up more box-office cash than a cartoon sponge. Cage's "National Treasure" debuted as the No. 1 weekend movie with &#36;35.3 million, coming in just ahead of "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie," which opened in second with &#36;33.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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An insatiable holiday appetite for family films like &quot;National Treasure,&quot; &quot;The Incredibles&quot; and &quot;Christmas With the Kranks&quot; sent audiences en masse to theaters, where they dished
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Terrorism will triumph  at the North American box office this weekend.
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With only one new release attempting to challenge its reign, &quot;National Treasure&quot; kept a firm hold on the box-office loot for the third week in a row.
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Comedies mining the unlikely topics of terminal cancer and a church robbery led the North American box office on Sunday, sending ticket sales higher for a fifth consecutive weekend.
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&quot;National Treasure&#39;&#39; dug up more box-office loot over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, taking in US$32.2 million to remain the nation&#39;s top movie.
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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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&quot;The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie&quot; soaked up much of the US box office cash over the weekend, but &quot;National Treasure&quot; earned the most gold, according to final studio figures released Monday.
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Buena Vista&#39;s National Treasure grossed $35 million its premier week, topping the US box office, boxofficemojo.com estimated Sunday.
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Nicolas Cage logged a third weekend  atop the North American box office on Sunday with his  action-adventure "National Treasure," but overall ticket sales  slid as movies competed for attention with shopping in the  post-Thanksgiving holiday period.
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Nicolas Cage plays a low-key treasure hunter who thinks there&#39;s a map on the back of the Declaration of Independence and plans to steal it.
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While Hollywood  celebrated the finest achievement in film last weekend,  moviegoers across North America rewarded the critically  maligned mass-market entry "Ghost Rider."
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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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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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Online film fans give the thumbs-up to the trailer for new film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.