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Top 10 Genre Movies: Death Race finishes first

Posted on August 25, 2008 | No Comments
ShareFans of action, dark science fiction and racing lined up this past weekend to ensure Death Race crosses the finish line in first place for genre movies. With a total take of just over $12.6 million in 2,532 theatres, the film was No. 3 overall, bested [...]
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Top 10 Genre Movies: Dark Knight dethroned by Ben Stiller

Posted on August 17, 2008 | No Comments
ShareAfter more than a month as the top-grossing film in theatres, The Dark Knight was knocked aside as box office king this past weekend by Ben Stiller’s Tropic Thunder, a non-genre comedy. Still, out of Genre films, the latest Batman installment reigned supreme, finishing second overall [...]
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Top 10 Genre Movies: 30 days of Dark Knight – a month at No. 1

Posted on August 11, 2008 | No Comments
ShareThe Dark Knight extended its reign to a month atop the weekend box office this past week. It brought in more than $26 million in ticket sales in its fourth weekend. Its grand total domestic take of $441.5 million has the film as the No. 3 all-time money [...]
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Top 10 Genre Movies: Dark Knight 3-peats atop box office

Posted on August 3, 2008 | No Comments
ShareThe modern – and moody – spy fi re-telling comic book adaptation of Batman, The Dark Knight fought off hordes of mummies to continued its reign as the box office weekend royalty this past weekend. Dark Knight brought in just under $44 million in ticket sales in its third [...]
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Top 10 Genre Movies: Dark Knight dominates box office – again

Posted on July 27, 2008 | No Comments
ShareThe latest Batman flick. The Dark Knight continued its reign at the box office this past weekend. It brought in more than $75.6 million in ticket sales in its second weekend – more than the next five top-grossing films combined. The only sci fi flick to debut [...]
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Top 10 Genre Movies: Dark Knight lights up the box office

Posted on July 21, 2008 | No Comments
ShareMost people thought the opening of the new Batman movie would be big – but few thought it would be this big. The Dark Knight brought in more than $155 million in ticket sales in its first weekend – the biggest opening of any movie in [...]
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Top 10 Genre Movies: Weekend crowds say 'hell, yeah' to Hellboy

Posted on July 13, 2008 | No Comments
ShareAudiences spent just shy of $36 million to give Hellboy II: The Golden Army the lead of the pack over the July 11-13 weekend, knocking Will Smith’s Hancock to the No. 2 spot in its second week. In the battle of the new sci-fi kiddie flicks, [...]
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Top 10 Genre Movies: Weekend of July 4, 2008

Posted on July 6, 2008 | No Comments
ShareFollowing are the Top 10 speculative fiction movies in release in North America for the weekend of July 4 -6, 2008. RANK #. (Overall Rank) Title – Weekend Gross | Total Gross [Budget] (1) Hancock – $66.0 million | $107.3 million [$150 million] (2) Wall-E – $33 million [...]
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