Sequels fuel record summer at box office
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Summer may have ended with a whimper instead of a bang, but Hollywood still managed to squeak out a record season at the box office.
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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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The drawing power of &quot;Meet the Fockers&quot; was no joke at theaters this weekend, where the comedic sequel was tops in box office receipts.
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"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" whisked its way to No. 1 at movie box offices with weekend ticket sales of $77.4 million and a five-day total of just over $140 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
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&quot;Harry Potter and the  Order of the Phoenix&quot; opened a powerful No. 1 on the  international circuit during the weekend, setting a record for  the franchise by grossing an estimated $190.3 million from more  than 12,000 screens in 44 territories.
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Sci-fi action film &quot;Transformers&quot;  smashed another box-office record by grossing $29.1 million on  its second full day of release -- the most ever for a July 4  holiday, according to figures released on Thursday.
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Arts & entertainment: This is the summer of remakes and sequels - 46 of them at last count. Why don't the studios think up some new ideas? Ryan Gilbey reports.
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Three new movies make U.S. debuts  and one independent film, shark tale "Open Water," expands  nationwide on Friday as the summer winds down to what should be  a record box office haul fueled by hit sequels.
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This summerâs box office has found its gravy in action sequels. Following on the heels of the âAlien Versus Predatorâ success story, the sci-fi sequel âResident Evil: Apocalypseâ opened at number
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In another triumph for direct-to-video sequels to its animated theatrical features, Disney has topped the
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Movie pundits are predicting that &quot;Ocean&#39;s Twelve&quot; will be the top box office hit this season. The tracking service Exhibitor Relations says the sequel to the hit film &quot;Ocean&#39;s Eleven&quot; is likely to be just as popular with movie goers.
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Given the intensity with  which the media scrutinize movie ticket sales, last weekend&#039;s  record &#36;136 million opening of Walt Disney Pictures&#039; &quot;Pirates  of the Caribbean: Dead Man&#039;s Chest&quot; was reported as if it were  manna in a box office desert.
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LOS ANGELES  - As far as the box office  is concerned, summer's over.
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The summer box office season officially wraps this Labor Day holiday weekend,
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Following are the top 10 movies at  the North American box office for the three-day weekend  beginning March 9, led by the new release "300," according to  studio estimates released on Sunday.
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Following are the top 10 movies at  the North American box office for the three-day weekend  beginning May 25, led by new release &quot;Pirates of the Caribbean:  At World&#39;s End,&quot; according to studio estimates released on  Sunday.
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Ticket sales at North American cinemas rose this summer, reversing last year's decline.