Daniel Frankel
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Singer Amy Winehouse Found Dead at Her London Flat
Ambulance service is unable to revive the troubled 27-year-old singer
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Box Office: Strong $26.6M 1st Day for ‘Captain America’
The Marvel film is on pace to meet $60M+ projections; Justin Timberlake/Mila Kunis rom-com “Friends With Benefits” starts softly with $6.8M
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Harry Potter Franchise Crosses the $7B Mark at Global Box Office
Performance of eighth and final movie pushes franchise past new worldwide benchmark
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The Point Is Moot? TNT Sets 2011-12 NBA Schedule … With Shaq in the Booth!
Network plans to kick off the season Nov. 1 with Shaquille O’Neal joining Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson in the analysts booth, but labor unrest will probably scuttle that plan
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‘Harry Potter’ by the Numbers: Audience Grew Older, Series Got Richer
Final box office numbers show “Deathly Hallows: Part 2” ended up with a record $481.5M over the weekend
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Sarah Palin Doc ‘Undefeated’ No Winner at Weekend Box Office
Despite a per-screen average of well under $10,000 at 10 locations, distributor ARC Entertainment is declaring the film’s opening “strong”
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$476M! ‘Harry Potter’ Shatters Global Box Office Record
The eighth and final “Potter” movie breaks pretty much every mark imaginable, grossing $168.6M domestically and $307M internationally
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Box Office: ‘Horrible Bosses’ Off to Solid $9.9M Start
R-rated comedy set to meet projections of just over $25 million; Sony’s Kevin James family comedy “Zookeeper” ($7.4 million) also hits its soft forecasts
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Relativity Acquires Marc Forster’s ‘Machine Gun Preacher’
Gerard Butler film will be released Sept. 23; Lionsgate will keep international distribution rights
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Box Office: 3D is Hot Overseas, Especially in Europe
While they didn’t do big 3D business in the States, films including “Thor,”Pirates 4,” “Cars 2” and “Kung Fu Panda 2” received well over half their box office revenue in Europe from the format
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‘Transformers 3’ Scores $400M+ Opening at Global Box Office
Michael Bay film enjoys the third biggest foreign opening of all time; Tom Hanks/Julia Roberts film “Larry Crowne” fizzles to $15.7M
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‘Transformers 3’ Grosses $34.6M at Saturday Box Office; on Pace to Hit $180M Projection
Michael Bay’s third “Transformers” covers its cost in one week with an international gross of $210M; Tom Hanks/Julia Roberts low-budget scooter movie will gross around $15M
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Beyond ‘Transformers 3’: ‘Larry Crowne’ Scoots Toward $20M Opening
Fox is also opening a Selena Gomez romantic comedy, as studios look to counter-program their way around “Transformers 3” this weekend
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Universal to Distribute Gold Circle Musical ‘Pitch Perfect’
Jason Moore will direct from a screenplay by Kay Cannon, which she based on the nonfiction book by Mickey Rapkin
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‘Transformers 3’ Scores $13.5M 1st Night at the Box Office
Solid opening, which included sneaks and midnight shows, beat “Transformers 1” ($8.8M) but fell below the second installment ($16.6M)