Burn After Reading Takes Top Spot in Strong Weekend Box Office

This weekend, for the first time ever, four new films opened to double digit grosses in the same weekend in September.  The four new films accounted for 77% of the top ten films, but no one is complaining as the four films seemed to offer something to almost everyone.

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Nic Cage Has Embarrassing #1 Opening With Bangkok Dangerous

This weekend moviegoers decided there were better things to do than actually go to the movies.  The top ten movies slumped to the lowest gross in five years and got the fall movie season off to a horrible start.  Nicolas Cage will get to claim another number one opening, but this one is nothing to brag about.

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Tropic Thunder Stays On Top Of Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend is the traditional close of the summer movie season and this Labor Day saw no shortage of new films being dumped into the marketplace for a last ditch effort at making a few summer dollars.  Most of the new films met with failure, however, enabling Robert Downey, Jr., who opened the summer at number one with Iron Man, close out the summer at number one with Tropic Thunder.

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Tropic Thunder Retains The Top Spot At The Weekend Box Office

Tropic Thunder took advantage of strong word of mouth, a softening box office, and a host of weak contenders to stay at the top of the weekend box office charts for a second week in a row.  The four films opening against it were all hit-and-miss.

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Movie Poster for “Traitor” starring Don Cheadle, Guy Pierce, and Jeff Daniels

A poster has finally been released for Traitor starring Don Cheadle, Guy Pierce, and Jeff Daniels.  The movie is based on an idea by Steve Martin and was written and directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff.

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Steve Martin’s “Traitor” trailer and images

Now this is what I’m talking about. A great movie to look forward to seeing.
I hadn’t heard about Traitor before Wednesday, but now that I have, I’m really interested in the film. First off, Don Cheadle is the lead in it, and plays an ex-Special Ops soldier who goes rogue and starts working for the [...]

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