Studios Dump Weaklings in Slow Time at Box Office
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Hollywood's having a fire sale at the box office this weekend.
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Sales of new homes, plunging to their lowest level in more than 12 years, were weaker than forecast last month - leaving the market glutted with unsold homes and pointing to more trouble ahead for the battered housing market.
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Some fear a less lucrative future for writers as studios turn to alternatives.
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Dreamworks Studios said on Thursday it had delayed the release of its highly anticipated animated movie &#39;Shrek 3&#39; by six months as Hollywood frantically reshuffles its cartoon debuts.
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Low-budget movies that were once readily sold to foreign film distributors have fallen victim to a push for more star-studded offerings.
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In Hollywood, box-office  records exist to be broken. Last month saw several records fall  as Sony Pictures&#39; &quot;Spider-Man 3,&quot; and then the Walt Disney  Studios&#39; &quot;Pirates of the Caribbean: At World&#39;s End&quot; stormed the  multiplex.
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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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The penguin cartoon "Happy Feet" and the James Bond movie "Casino Royale" led a lackluster North American box office for a third weekend, while the new Jesus film "The Nativity Story" was stillborn.
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Lack of enthusiasm just can't hold these underappreciated stocks down.
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Industry talk over the potential sale of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer might have subsided in recent weeks.
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Brokerage announces weaker-than-expected results dragged lower by a writedown in the value of some of its assets.
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Dhoom and Phir Milenge disappoint at the US box office.
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The year has so far been abysmally short of talented directors. But all that is about to change.
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Computer animation pioneers Pixar and Dreamworks have set the stage for a potentially bruising box office battle after both studios changed their schedules this week
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The new film by the Teja-Nitin duo lacks punch.
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Hollywood's major studios are  parading their big Oscar contenders, but low-budget art films  and even animated movies are stealing their thunder as the  contest warms up for the U.S. film industry's top honors.
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There have been times this season when Southern California has been labeled sluggish and unimpressive.