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Box Office Report: ‘Battleship,’ ‘Dictator’ Sluggish; ‘Avengers’ Still Soars - Hollywood Reporter

PHOTOS: 28 of Summer's Most Anticipated Movies: 'Avengers,' 'Dark Knight,' 'Prometheus ... grossing $1.07 billion through Thursday to become the sixth-biggest movie of all time at the worldwide box office. Also on Thursday, the superhero tentpole smashed ... Full Story

Things Hollywood Won't Tell You - Yahoo Finance

The change has as many implications for the movie business ... to sell more tickets to movies that might otherwise be commercial disappointments, explains Paul Dergarabedian, president of Hollywood.com's box office division. Full Story

Summer box office could top $4.4 billion - San Francisco Gate

In one of Hollywood's more spectacular ... on the comic-book movie "Marvel's The Avengers," which opened with $206 million to surpass "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" as the biggest box office weekend in history. Full Story

Avengers’ Becomes Disney’s Highest-Grossing Film - Businessweek

“The Avengers” is benefiting from positive word-of-mouth among moviegoers after Disney’s major marketing push ended, Paul Dergarabedian, president of Hollywood.com’s box-office unit, said in an interview. Since its first weekend the ... Full Story

Brazilian pics vie with Hollywood for box office share - Variety

Toon 'Brazil Animated' is a rare example of a domestic 3D movie. Hollywood pics are performing increasingly well in Brazil, compensating for the decline of local movies. In the first quarter of this year, the country's total box office rose 8.7% to 359.2 ... Full Story

'The Avengers' rules the box office in US - in.com

The domestic debut for the big-budget, effects-filled movie from ... that Hollywood loves to put on screen. In March, Disney released the expensive sci-fi adventure film 'John Carter,' one of the biggest flops in box office history. Full Story

Hollywood Moves on China No Matter What SEC Probe Finds - Bloomberg

Hollywood studios are moving ... and studios will get 25 percent of the box-office receipts, up from 13 percent previously. James Cameron’s 2009 “Avatar,” the top-grossing movie in history with $2.78 billion in global sales, took in ... Full Story

Avengers Assemble Box-Office Success… How Will Hollywood React? - The Hollywood News

Hollywood feeds off of trends, and for every successful movie that beats the shit out of the box-office, there’s a below par carbon copy that follows. With this massive haul for the OCEAN’S ELEVEN of superhero movies, and said superhero ... Full Story

Scarlett Johansson receives star on Hollywood walk of fame - AZCentral.com

Scarlett Johansson feels she has ''made it'' after receiving a star on the Hollywood walk of fame ... with a permanent tribute to her 20-year movie career and despite having a string of box office successes behind her, she admits it is only ... Full Story

The Avengers sink Battleship in the U.S. - Hollywood.com

The all-star action movie, which is on course to become one of the top five highest-grossing films in history, has landed a third week atop the U.S. box office, with $55.1 million (£34 million) in ticket sales from Friday (18May12) to Sunday (20May12). Full Story

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