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Brave takes top position at British box office

Brave

Pixar’s “Brave” col­lected an esti­mated $4.3 mil­lion from about 565 screens in the United King­dom, lead­ing that country’s box office in its fourth weekend.

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ParaNorman not Expendable, makes $14 million

ParaNorman

Laika Entertainment’s “Para­Nor­man,” an ani­mated com­edy thriller star­ring a small-town boy who bat­tles zom­bies, opened at third place in the North Amer­i­can box office this week­end with $14 million.

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Nightmare at DreamWorks: quarterly profit down 63%

DreamWorks Animation SKG

Second-quarter net income at Dream­Works Ani­ma­tion SKG Inc. fell by a whop­ping 63 per­cent, the Glen­dale, California-based com­pany announced Tuesday.

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Ice Age 4″ surpasses $500 million

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Ice Age: Con­ti­nen­tal Drift” grossed $50.7 mil­lion at 15,932 screens in 69 for­eign coun­tries over the week­end, rais­ing its over­all gross abroad to $516.3 million.

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Madagascar 3 rules box office with $60.4M opening

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Lead­ing a hugely suc­cess­ful North Amer­i­can box office, Dream­Works Animation’s Mada­gas­car 3: Europe’s Most Wanted opened with $60.4 mil­lion over the weekend.

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Booty call: Aardman’s “The Pirates!” makes $11.4M

The Pirates! Band of Misfits

The Pirates! Band of Mis­fits,” co-produced by Aard­man Ani­ma­tions and Sony Pic­tures Ani­ma­tion, opened in North Amer­ica in a very close sec­ond place, mak­ing $11.4 mil­lion at the box office between Fri­day and Sunday.

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Alain Chabet’s Houba! stays at numero un in France

Sur la Piste du Marsupilami

Com­bin­ing live action with ani­ma­tion, Pathe’s release of the adven­ture story Houba! Sur la Piste du Mar­supil­ami stayed at No. 1 spot in France for the third week­end in a row.

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Universal’s “The Lorax” makes $8.6 million abroad

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax

With open­ing dates in 16 major coun­tries yet to be deter­mined, Uni­ver­sal Stu­dios’ 3D-animated Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax made $8.6 mil­lion at 3,753 venues in 51 over­seas coun­tries this past weekend.

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The Lion King” takes Broadway’s box-office throne

The Lion King

Based on Disney’s 1994 movie of the same name, The Lion King is the new ruler of Broad­way, hav­ing now out­grossed The Phan­tom of the Opera.

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The Lorax” at #5 abroad, “The Pirates!” at #10


Dr. Seuss' The Lorax

Universal’s 3-D ani­mated film “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax” was in fifth place over­seas this past week­end, draw­ing $11.7 mil­lion from 3,925 venues in 49 coun­tries.
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Pirates! Band of Misfits” opens at No. 4 abroad

The Pirates! Band of Misfits

A co-production by Britain’s Aard­man Ani­ma­tions and Sony Pic­tures Ani­ma­tion, The Pirates! Band of Mis­fits opened to col­lect $7.8 mil­lion over the week­end, plac­ing fourth among films overseas.

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In China, “John Carter” isn’t a disaster movie

John Carter

Disney’s expen­sive and crit­i­cally panned 3D epic “John Carter” has found favor in — of all places — China.

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Disney’s “John Carter” ready to take $200M bath


John Carter

Dis­ney expects its partly ani­mated and fre­quently panned Red Planet film John Carter to lose $200 mil­lion, throw­ing the whole movie divi­sion into a sea of red ink.

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21 Jump Street” bumps “The Lorax” to second place

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax

After two weeks lead­ing the box office, Uni­ver­sal Stu­dios’ “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax” was moved to sec­ond place by the live-action remake 21 Jump Street.

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Lorax has it all over John Carter at box office

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax

Uni­ver­sal Pic­tures’ “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax” did much bet­ter at the North Amer­i­can box office in its sec­ond week­end than did Disney’s John Carter in its first.

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