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Dear John Knocks Avatar Down From Box-Office No.1

Gina DiNunno — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:27:00 -0500

Dear John has dethroned seven-week box-office champ Avatar.

The James Cameron sci-fi story fell to No. 2 with the debut of Dear John, which raked in $32.4 million over the weekend, according to The Associated Press.

Avatar, Hurt Locker top Oscar nominations

Avatar managed to hold strong with ...

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Stretch Armstrong Casts Taylor Lautner in Title Role

Kate Stanhope — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:47:00 -0500

Taylor Lautner is about to stretch his acting muscles. The Twilight star has been cast in the title role of the upcoming action film Stretch Armstrong, Variety reports.

The film will be shot in...

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Surf's Up for Carrie Underwood in New Movie

Joyce Eng — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:32:00 -0500

Carrie Underwood is riding the acting wave to the big screen: The country singer will make her film debut in the indie drama Soul Surfer, Variety reports.

Carrie Underwood to guest-star on How I Met Your Mother

Underwood joins Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt and AnnaSophia Robb in the film, which is based on ...

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Avatar Tops Mel Gibson at the Box Office

Gina DiNunno — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:22:00 -0500

After earning another $30 million domestically over the weekend, Avatar is still atop the box office chart, bringing its total to $594.5 million in 45 days.

The unstoppable film broke the record for the highest-grossing seventh weekend in release and is expected to surpass Titanic, James Cameron's other box-office behemoth, as the film with highest domestic gross later this week.

Avatar breaks Titanic's all-time record

Meanwhile, Mel Gibson's thriller, Edge of Darkness, was no match for the 3-D epic adventure, taking in only ...

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Winter's Bone Tops 2010 Sundance Film Festival Winners

Kate Stanhope — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:25:00 -0500

Winter's Bone, a film about a teenage girl who must venture deep into the wilderness to find her meth-making father, took home the grand jury prize for U.S. dramatic film at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

The U.S. documentary prize went to Restrepo, about an Army platoon in Afghanistan. The award for world cinema went to...

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Avatar Breaks Titanic's All-Time Record

Joyce Eng — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:22:00 -0500

Avatar is the biggest movie ever.

James Cameron's unstoppable sci-fi epic has surpassed Titanic to become the highest-grossing film of all time. Avatar entered Monday $2 million shy of Titanic's global benchmark of $1.843 billion and passed the tally by mid-day, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Final numbers are expected later Tuesday.

Avatar on track to top Titanic as all-time grosser

Avatar's milestone was helped by ...

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Avatar on Track to Top Titanic as All-Time Grosser

Joyce Eng — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:30:00 -0500

Avatar has sunk Titanic — internationally at least.

James Cameron's sci-fi saga has grossed $1.288 billion in international release, passing the ...

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Avatar Five-Peats at Weekend Box Office, Passes $500 Million Domestically

Joyce Eng — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:32:00 -0500

James Cameron may supplant himself as the box-office champ after all.

Avatar continued its assault on the record books, remaining No. 1 for the fifth straight weekend with $54.6 million over the four-day Martin Luther King holiday weekend. That brings its total to ...

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Spider-Man Reboot Leaves Raimi, Maguire and Dunst Behind

Kate Stanhope — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:00:00 -0500

Spider-Man is about to face his biggest obstacle yet: high school.

The film franchise is getting a reboot to focus on Peter Parker's teenage years, Columbia Pictures and Marvel Pictures announced Monday.

The as-yet-untitled film — written by James Vanderbilt, who wrote the screenplay to 2007's serial-killer drama Zodiac — is tentatively set for a summer 201...

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