Summer Box Office Hits a High, Despite Lows
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na summer when many of the studios&#39; biggest bets failed to pay off, it was familiarity in the form of sequels and low-budget comedies that resonated with movie audiences.
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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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Hollywood attempted to  squeeze a few more dollars out of a record summer by launching  a handful of midrange movies that mostly came up short at the  North American box office during the weekend.
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The all-star caper film &quot;Ocean&#39;s  Thirteen&quot; made off with $37.1 million in North American ticket  sales during its opening weekend to steal the No. 1 spot at the  weekend box office, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
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LOS ANGELES  - Hollywood attempted to squeeze a few more dollars out of a record summer by launching a handful of midrange movies that mostly came up short at the North American box office during the weekend.
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LOS ANGELES  - The ancient epic "300" came out fighting at the North American box office during its first day of release, and immediately staked out what's shaping up as a potentially record-breaking weekend.
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(andPOP) - Movie executives are expecting Ocean&#39;s Twelve to be the biggest box office draw of the season, and with more A-list stars than any other movie in theatres, it&#39;s not an unreasonable task.
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With movie makers wrapping up a record &#36;4 billion summer on Friday, Hollywood turned to fall films and the Oscar hopefuls it hopes will push the annual box office beyond last year's &#36;9.5 billion.
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Hollywood lived its own second-chance "Rocky" story this summer as a business that looked to be going down for the count two years ago rebounded with record revenue and an unparalleled string of blockbuster hits.
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There's no denying that the Overseas territory is amongst the most fruitful territory today, provided a film works at the box-office.
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Summertime in Hollywood is not as hot as it looked at the beginning.
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Comedy Meet The Fockers remains top of the North American box office chart after taking another Â£23.7m.
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SYDNEY  - "Ocean's Twelve" sailed to  the top of the international box office this weekend, and "The  Incredibles" flew past $300 million during a busy period that  also saw encouraging debuts for "Ray" and "The Aviator."
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âIn Between Daysâ shows that there is still room, even in the midst of the summer glut, for a small, serious, unpretentious film.
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"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" hit an ebb tide in its second weekend but still had enough buoyancy to hold the No. 1 spot at the box office.
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Ticket sales at the US box office reached a record high in 2004, despite a fall in the number of moviegoers.
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Comedy "Superbad" 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.