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‘Four Christmases’ Celebrates With $31.7M Box Office

‘Four Christmases’ poster

November 30, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Thanksgiving weekend movie crowds gobbled up the Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn holiday comedy “Four Christmases,” which debuted at No. 1 with $31.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The Warner Bros. release, featuring Witherspoon and Vaughn as a couple suffering through four separate family holiday gatherings, raised its total to $46.7 million since opening Wednesday to get a head start on the long weekend.

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`Twilight’ Is The New Breed Of Chick Flick

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart arrive at the film premiere of Summit Entertainment’s ‘Twilight’

November 25, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

With its muscular $70 million opening weekend despite scant appeal for guys, “Twilight” has redefined expectations for the chick flick.

While offering some high-flying vampire battles, its main action centers on the developing romance between two teens played by relative unknowns Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. Women and girls made up more than 75 percent of the film’s opening-weekend audience, according to Fandango.com, which sells tickets and conducts surveys about recent releases.

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‘Twilight’ Bites Into $70.5M Box Office

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart arrive at the film premiere of Summit Entertainment’s ‘Twilight’

November 23, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

The vampire romance “Twilight” has drained the box office in its opening weekend with ticket sales totaling $70.5 million.

Catherine Hardwicke’s film also enjoyed the biggest opening ever for a female director, blowing away the previous standard of $41.1 million set by Mimi Leder’s “Deep Impact” in 1998.

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‘Quantum Of Solace’ Bond’s Best Box Office With $70M

Daniel Craig and actress Olga Korylenko in Moscow for the new James Bond film ‘Quanturm Of Solace’

November 16, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

James Bond’s quantum of the weekend box office: $70.4 million.

“Quantum of Solace,” with Daniel Craig returning as Bond for the first direct sequel in the spy franchise, pulled in nearly $30 million more over opening weekend than its predecessor, 2006’s “Casino Royale,” according to studio estimates Sunday.

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‘Madagascar’ Roars With $63.5M Weekend Box Office

‘Madagascar Escape 2 Africa’

November 09, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Families herded into movie theaters for another trek with stranded zoo animals as the animated sequel “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” led the weekend with a $63.5 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The haul for the DreamWorks Animation comedy far surpassed the $47.2 million debut for “Madagascar” over Memorial Day weekend in 2005. Its three-day total also beat the $61 million gross the first movie took in over that full four-day holiday weekend.

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‘High School Musical 3’ Dances Away With Box Office Again With $15M

Jemma McKenzie-Brown, Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and Corbin Bleu pose at the photo call for High School Musical 3: Senior Year at The Dorchester in London, England

November 02, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Hollywood made audiences repeat senior year.

Disney’s “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” hauled in $15 million to remain the top movie for the second straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Starring Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens in a big-screen sequel to the Disney Channel TV movies, “High School Musical 3” raised its 10-day total to $61.8 million.

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David Beckham On Breaking Into Films: ‘Never Say Never, Except About That!’

David Beckham watches the men’s gold medal basketball game between the USA and Spain

October 27, 2008

LONDON, United Kingdom

He may be pals with Hollywood’s elite, but David Beckham has no plans to head off the soccer field and follow his friends on to the big screen.

“What film career? I haven’t got one,” the soccer star told British GQ’s December issue.

Beckham, who is celebrating two decades as a soccer star, appears on the cover of British GQ, which is also celebrating it’s own 20-year anniversary (as a magazine). In the mag, Becks explained he had no plans to expand his resume to include movie work.

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‘High School Musical 3’ Graduates At Top Of Box Office Class With $42M

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

October 26, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

The crazed killer Jigsaw has been done in by a bunch of singing and dancing teens. 

Disney’s “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” hoofed its way to the top of the weekend box office class with $42 million, while Lionsgate’s horror sequel “Saw V” had to settle for second place with $30.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. 

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