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Weekend Estimates July 4 to July 6, 2008

1	Hancock	$66,000,000
2	WALL-E	$33,417,000
3	Wanted	$20,606,950
4	Get Smart	$11,125,000
5	Kung Fu Panda	$7,500,000
6	The Incredible Hulk	$4,975,305
7	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	$3,940,000
8	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl	$3,600,790
9	Sex and the City	$2,345,000
10	You Don't Mess With the Zohan	$2,000,000

'Hancock' Boasts Super Opening Weekend

During the July 4th weekend, Sony's Hancock was able to bring in an estimated take of $66 million and its total haul is around $107.3 million. WALL-E finished in second.

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	Title	Weekend		Location Avg.	Distributor	Total Gross	Locations		Weeks
Wide
1	Hancock	$66,000,000	--	$16,646	Sony	$107,321,000	3,965	--	1
2	WALL-E	$33,417,000	-47%	$8,371	Disney	$128,132,000	3,992	--	2
3	Wanted	$20,606,950	-60%	$6,470	Universal	$90,775,190	3,185	+10	2
	Title	Weekend		Location Avg.	Distributor	Total Gross	Locations		Weeks
Limited
1	Mongol	$883,098	+9%	$3,491	Picturehouse	$3,585,679	253	+44	5
2	The Chronicles of Narnia	$573,000	-45%	$1,422	Disney	$138,780,000	403	-287	8
3	The Visitor	$355,000	+20%	$2,017	Overture	$8,149,774	176	-15	13
	Title	Weekend		Location Avg.	Distributor	Total Gross	Locations		Weeks
Platform (Updated Mondays)

1	Crusing Bar 2	$981,847	--	$10,445	Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm	$981,847	94	--	1
2	Thoda Pyaar, Thoda Magic	$181,610	--	$2,188	Yash Raj Films	$181,610	83	--	1
3	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl	$107,019	-51%	$21,404	Picturehouse	$450,140	5	0	2

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Exclusive Pics From Latest 'Harry Potter' Online 3 Jul 2008 07:10 AM

On November 21st, the sixth installment of the Harry Potter saga, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, will make its way to the big screen and USA Today has a bunch of exclusive pics from the film. Danielle Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint are joined once again by a supporting cast of veteran thesps that includes Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters and Alan Rickman. The seventh book marked the final part of the story and it will be adapted into two films which will be released in November 2010 and May 2011.

Fincher To Produce Animated 'Goon' 3 Jul 2008 06:52 AM

David Fincher, along with Dark Horse Entertainment and Blur Studios, is set to produce an CG-animated adaptation of a comicbook titled The Goon, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The creator of the comic, Eric Powell, is going to be able to adapt his own work into screenplay form. Fincher is currently doing post-production work on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which stars Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton and is due in theatres on December 19th.

Kilmer, Xzibit Sign On For 'Bad Lieutenant' Remake 3 Jul 2008 06:37 AM

Val Kilmer and the rapper Xzibit have signed on star in Werner Herzog's remake of 1992's Bad Lieutenant, according to Variety. Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes have already been cast in the film, which is scripted by William Finkelstein. Kilmer can next be seen in Felon, which is due in theatres July 18th and Xzibit is featured in The X-Files: I Want To Believe.

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Rodriguez & McGowan Still Together... 3 Jul 2008 07:47 AM

After Page Six wrote that Robert Rodriguez and Rose McGowan had broken up, a representative for McGowan told People that the couple is still pushing forward with their planned projects and that their relationship is fine. The duo has been trying to get three flicks, Barbarella, Red Sonja and Woman in Chains!, off the ground with varied levels of success.

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It’s really a no-brainer. The movie version of the mega-hit stage show is bound to follow its predecessor around the globe and impel audiences to dance in the aisles to the ABBA beat. The members of the top-notch cast have...

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by Chad Greene

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An unfortunate throwback to an earlier era, Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D demonstrates little more than the fact that filmmakers’ use of the 3D technology that exhibitors are extremely excited about is still at an immature stage....

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Brash, excessive and supremely inelegant, Hancock can be fun … if you like that sort of thing. The over-the-top action sequences easily rival the film’s most immediate competition (Wanted), but add a surprising edge—finally we have a black, cinematic superhero and he’s operating in a universe that’s very modern.

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by John P. McCarthy

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The men and machines at Pixar have outdone themselves with WALL-E, the best comedy, the best romance and the best space adventure to come along in eons. A tale of two robots in love who save the planet Earth and...

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