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  Box Office Report: 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Dethrones 'Iron Man 3' | ARTICLE

  WINNER OF THE WEEK: Star Trek Into Darkness. J.J. Abrams and his cast of Star Trek Muppet Babies pretty...

  May 19, 2013 3:20 PM ET
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  The Best Sitcom Finales of All-Time | ARTICLE

  When NBC's The Office goes off the air on May 16 after nine seasons, it does so with a big blockbuster episode, one that promises to be full of memories, in-jokes, awkward silences, and maybe even...

  May 14, 2013 5:25 PM ET
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  Box Office Report: 'Iron Man 3' Is Still Golden, But 'Gatsby' Is Great | ARTICLE

  WINNER OF THE WEEK: The Great Gatsby. Nothing succeeds like excess. That's the lesson behind the estimated $51.1 million debut of Baz Luhrmann's lavish, garish...

  May 12, 2013 2:05 PM ET
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  How Hollywood Responded to the Sandy Hook School Shooting | ARTICLE

  Back in January, a few weeks after the Sandy Hook massacre, Vice President Joe Biden met with top executives from the film industry and urged them to make violent entertainment less readily available to children. Those present...

  May 7, 2013 4:40 PM ET
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  Box Office Report: 'Iron Man 3' Scores Second Biggest Opening Weekend Ever | ARTICLE

  WINNER OF THE WEEK: Mud. Oh, I know, I'm supposed to say Disney. After all, Iron Man 3 just pulled off the second-biggest domestic opening weekend ever, an estimated $175.3 million, second only to the...

  May 5, 2013 2:05 PM ET
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  Box Office Report: 'Pain' Gains Box Office Crown, 'Big Wedding' Not So Big | ARTICLE

  WINNER OF THE WEEK: Dwayne Johnson. It's hard not to smell what the Rock is cooking; the wrestler/actor has three movies on the chart this weekend, two of them in the top 10....

  April 28, 2013 1:50 PM ET
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  Box Office Report: 'Oblivion' Obliterates Competition | ARTICLE

  WINNER OF THE WEEK: Tom Cruise. The grinning action hero was bound to win this week's chart race anyway, since his Oblivion debuted without any new...

  April 21, 2013 1:52 PM ET
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  Box Office Report: '42' Sets a Baseball Movie Record | ARTICLE

  WINNER OF THE WEEK: Chadwick Boseman. Last weekend, you'd never heard of him. This weekend, he's the star of the top movie on the box office chart, playing Jackie Robinson in 

  April 14, 2013 2:16 PM ET
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  Box Office Report: 'Evil Dead' Scares 'G.I. Joe' Out of Top Spot | ARTICLE

  WINNERS OF THE WEEK: Nostalgic monster-movie fans. The reboot of the Evil Dead franchise scared up an estimated $26.0 million to debut on top...

  April 7, 2013 2:33 PM ET
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  Box Office Report: 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' Scores Second-Largest Easter Opening Ever | ARTICLE

  WINNER OF THE WEEK: Tyler Perry. Sure, the multi-hyphenate didn't score Easter weekend's top debut; that prize went, as expected, to G.I. Joe: Retaliation, which opened with an estimated $41.2 million. It didn't even finish second; that honor...

  March 31, 2013 1:48 PM ET
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  Box Office Report: 'Croods' and 'Olympus' Dethrone 'Oz' | ARTICLE

  WINNERS OF THE WEEK: Almost everyone. In what was expected to be a slow box office weekend, several movies outperformed expectations, starting with The Croods. The...

  March 24, 2013 2:26 PM ET
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  Box Office Report: 'Oz' Remains Powerful; 'The Call' Beats 'Burt Wonderstone' | ARTICLE

  WINNERS OF THE WEEK: James Franco and Halle Berry. Franco's Oz the Great and Powerful remained the top movie for the second straight week. Even though it lost 47 percent of last week's business, it still earned an...

  March 17, 2013 3:44 PM ET
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  Box Office Report: 'Oz' Enjoys Powerful Debut, 'Dead Man' Is Down | ARTICLE

  WINNER OF THE WEEK: Oz the Great and Powerful. Gee, you'd think a movie with Oz's liabilities – it...

  March 10, 2013 3:07 PM ET
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  Box Office Report: 'Jack' Earns Less-Than-'Giant' Victory | ARTICLE

  WINNER OF THE WEEK: Oscar. It's pretty rare to see movies that have been in theaters for four or five months suddenly spike in sales, but that's the magic of Hollywood's most prestigious 

  March 3, 2013 2:54 PM ET
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  Box Office Report: 'Identity Thief' Steals Spotlight from 'Snitch' and 'Dark Skies' | ARTICLE

  WINNER OF THE WEEK: Nobody. After all, it's hard to declare a winner on a weekend when no film grosses more than $14.1 million. That's the estimate for 

  February 24, 2013 1:57 PM ET
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  Box Office Report: 'Die Hard' Wins Presidential Victory | ARTICLE

  WINNERS OF THE WEEK: Critic-Proof Movies. A Good Day to Die Hard earned some of the worst reviews in the Bruce Willis franchise's 25-year history, but...

  February 17, 2013 3:02 PM ET
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  Box Office Report: 'Identity Thief' Swipes Number One Spot | ARTICLE

  WINNER OF THE WEEK: Melissa McCarthy. New York Observer critic Rex Reed may have inadvertently sparked a minor media firestorm this week with his review of Identity Thief, in which he went beyond his dislike of the movie and...

  February 10, 2013 2:31 PM ET
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  Box Office Report: 'Warm Bodies' Heats Up Football Championship Weekend | ARTICLE

  WINNER OF THE WEEK: Horror hybrids. Turns out this time of year, usually a dead zone for movies, is a good time for the undead. Warm Bodies

  February 3, 2013 2:51 PM ET
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  Box Office Report: 'Hansel & Gretel' Ekes Out a Win; 'Parker' and 'Movie 43' Stumble | ARTICLE

  WINNERS OF THE WEEK: Good titles. Whatever you may think of the film itself, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters is a terrific title. It tells you everything you need to know about the movie, including whether or not it's...

  January 27, 2013 2:07 PM ET
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  Box Office Report: 'Mama' Scares Up Monster Victory | ARTICLE

  WINNER OF THE WEEK: Jessica Chastain. The flame-haired actress owned the top two spots on the box office chart this weekend and helped drive an estimated $45.7 million in ticket sales from Friday to Sunday. (For the full...

  January 20, 2013 2:15 PM ET