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Entries from November 2008

Weekend Box Office For November 7 – 9

November 10th, 2008 · No Comments

#1 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa from Dreamworks takes the #1 spot this weekend bringing in $63.5 million. Madagascar showed in 4056 theaters. Budget is unknown. #2 Role Models from Universal takes the #2 spot this weekend bringing in $19.2 million. Models showed in 2792 theaters. Budget is unknown. #3 High School Musical 3: Senior Year [...]

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Theatrical Review: Zack and Miri Make a Porno

November 9th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s Pittsburgh and the dead of winter and platonic roommates Zack Brown and Miri Linky are struggling to make ends meet. We find that Zack works in a Starbucks-like coffee house, but strangely, we never quite see what Miri does… but I digress. Times are tough for the two and then they have their 10th [...]

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News Briefs

November 5th, 2008 · No Comments

According to Totalfilm Charlize Theron has signed to co-star with Tom Cruise in The Tourist, a remake of a recent French thriller. Theron will play a female Interpol agent who uses an American tourist in an attempt to catch an elusive criminal – who’s also her former lover. Brit writer Julian Fellowes’ script is currently [...]

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Weekend Box Office For October 31 – November 2

November 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

#1 High School Musical 3: Senior Year from Buena Vista takes the #1 spot for a second weekend bringing in $15 million, thats down 64%, for a total of $61.7 million. Musical showed in 3626, thats up 3 over last theaters and cost $11 million. #2 Zack and Miri Make a Porno from Weinstein debuts at #2 this [...]

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Theatrical Review: Rock N Rolla

November 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Once upon a time there was a promising young movie director by the name of Guy Ritchie. This talented fellow made a name for himself primarily from two movies, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, both in the crime fiction genre. It seemed that the sky was the limit for this fellow, and [...]

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