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The Dark Knight has now crossed the $400 million mark at the US box office in just 18 days.

Variety report:
In only its 18th day in release, Warner Bros.’ “The Dark Knight” reached the $400 million mark in domestic sales on Monday, grossing $6.3 million for a cume of $400.1 million.
That easily beats the 43 days [...]

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Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, the sequel to the 2004 movie adapted from the Dark Horse Comics character, topped the US box office this weekend with an estimated gross of $35.9M.

Directed by Guillermo de Toro (fresh from the success of Pan’s Labyrinth), it sees Ron Perlman reprise his role as the demon who fights for [...]

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Despite mixed reviews (some of them predicting a Last Action Hero style flop) Hancock ruled the box office this weekend.
It looks almost certain to pass the $100 million mark before the weekend is out.
Reuters report:

> Check out our review
> Hancock at the IMDb
> Latest figures from Box Office Mojo
> Listen to Jason Bateman and Charlize [...]

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The New York Times have created an interesting visual graph of US Box Office receipts from 1986 to 2007.
Click on the image below to check it out:

The visual aspect gives an insight into how films open, as well as their longevity at the box office.
Plus, it also looks like a doodling from Jackson Pollock [...]

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Although it wasn’t press screened for UK or US critics Saw IV took a huge slice of the box office over the weekend.
After the relatively disappointing performance of Hostel 2 in the summer, some were predicting that the recent cycle of horror films featuring torture had run its course.
With a highly impressive weekend total of [...]

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