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Dumbledore’s Corpse Eaten By Guinea Pigs, Potter Enslaved
12:15AM Richard Lawson | Monday morning means box office. And a hot stateside Monday morning means US summer box office. Which means big, depressing numbers for big, depressing movies. Like G-Force, a Jerry Bruckheimer-produced sorta-animated movie about guinea pigs. Yes, guinea pigs. More »
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Which Mean Parents Made Their Kids Go See Ice Age This Weekend?
4:43AM Natasha VC | Sure, sure, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince raked in a gazillion dollars this weekend. But who are these people who went to Ice Age? Our guess: creationist parents who wanted their kids to watch a nature documentary. More »
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Brüno’s Package Disappointingly Small
1:51AM Richard Lawson | If a gay Austrian falls in the middle of his opening weekend, and lots of people are around to see it, does it mean America hates gay people? Probably yes. Presenting the US box office report. More »
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Unfrozen Dinosaurs, Raging Robots Broker Tentative Peace Accord
12:47AM Richard Lawson | We have a tie! For now. The actuals will come out soon and one film will beat the other. But now! Ambivalence or equality or peace or something. How perfect, as we stand in the smoky ashes of Freedom’s birthday. Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the US box office report. More »
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Angry Robots Push A Weeping Cameron Diaz Way Out Of The Way
12:10AM Richard Lawson | Pretty much everything was robots this weekend. Lots and lots of people wanted to see the robots. But other people wanted to see snarky people fall in love in Alaska. Others still wanted drunks in Las Vegas. But mostly, robots. More »
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Nobody Puts Sandra Bullock In A Corner
2:31AM Richard Lawson | Sandy Bullock is back in the game, folks! At a lean, mean 45 the actress has pulled off a huge US opening. Some credit should go, we suppose, to costars Ryan Reynolds and Betty White. But mostly, yeah, this is Sandy’s. More »
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All Pixar Has Left To Do Is Become Self-Aware And Bomb Us All
12:46AM Richard Lawson | Pixar continues its eerily strong success streak with its latest picture, about a floating house. Terminator is in trouble, while the Ben Stiller bubble has yet to pop. It probably never will. Click through for the latest US box office stats. More »
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Roman Catholicism Beats Space Deism Every Time
1:17AM Richard Lawson | Religion on Earth just slightly trumped religion in space this weekend, though that should not, we repeat not, encourage any Scientologists that they’re gaining traction. For more on the stateside box office figures, click through. More »
America Picks ‘Blart’
3:07AM Seth | What colour is your Tuesday morning misery? Pink slip? Blue pregnancy-test result? Black asymmetrical mole? Desaturate the pain with some US box office numbers:
