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A global cataclysm brings about the end of the world in 2012.       User Review:- I ... Full story

'Paranormal' Now the Most Profitable Film Ever Even if its spectacular run ebbs this weekend, Paramount's spooky hit has proven to be a game-change “This will definitely echo around the halls of Viacom in New York,” said Don Harris, executive VP of distribution for Paramount on Sunday, shortly after it was announced that “Paranormal Activity” would lead the weekend box office with $22 million. ... Full story

Review in a Hurry: Ominous things are afoot as Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But it's all the snogging—along with a thickening plot, great performances and killer effects—that makes this sixth installment one of the best. The Bigger Picture: An early scene with Harry ... Full story

Harry Potter ruled. Bruno decided damnation. The weekend box office was the domain of Prince Harry Potter and the Half-Blood, which followed the large opening Wednesday with $ 79.5 million big Friday-Sunday, by the estimates, pushing its total take $ 159.7 million.  Baron Cohen 's Bruno Sacha, meanwhile, sales of ... Full story

Now, that's how you live long and prosper.  A bigger-than-expected Sunday box office delivered Star Trek a $75.2 million opening weekend, per final numbers today from Exhibitor Relations. That gross is nearly $3 million greater than the weekend estimate of $72.5 million. The retooled Trek's four-day, Thursday-Sunday haul now stands at ... Full story

Action movie Max Payne, starring Mark Wahlberg, topped the US box office with takings of $18m (£10.2m), beating Oliver Stone's political movie W. W, which is based on President George W Bush and stars Josh Brolin, opened in fourth place after taking $10.6m (£6m) in its first weekend. Family comedy Beverly ... Full story

Rider redo got off to a slow start last night, scoring only 7.3 million viewers, Nielsen Media Research estimates said. On a Wednesday night last September, the same network's Bionic Woman redo started off with 13.9 million viewers—and Nielsen watchers should remember how that story ended. (Recap: Badly, ... Full story

The fall box office sure fell all right. After a $4 billion-grossing summer, Hollywood slogged through its worst weekend of the year, per studio estimates compiled today by Exhibitor Relations. The weekend was distinguished, if not defined, by Bangkok Dangerous, the new Nicolas Cage action movie, which ... Full story