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HANCOCK HAS SUPER OPENING IN U.K., GERMANY
Wednesday, July 9 2008
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Will Smith has demonstrated that his superpowers to vanquish carping critics extends to the U.K. and Germany, where his Hancock opened in first place in both countries over the weekend. Although, as in America, the movie was met with largely negative reviews in the British press, it nevertheless took in $18.9 million in the U.K. on 450 screens, beating out the opening of Kung Fu Panda, which opened in second place with $12 million. In Germany,the film raked in $12.8 million on 723 screens, making it the biggest opening for any film in that country so far this year. Kung Fu Panda opened in second place with $4.5 million.
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WILL SMITH IS GOLD AT BOX OFFICE
Tuesday, July 8 2008
Will
Smith
displayed
his
superpowers
at
the
box
office
over
the
weekend
as
his
poorly
reviewed
Hancock
opened
in
first
place
with
$62.6
million,
making
it
Smith's
12th
No.
1
opener.
Still,
Hancock
was
no
Transformers,
last
year's
Fourth-of-July
blockbuster,
and
the
overall
box
office
for
the
year
retreated
behind
2007's
by
0.65
percent
to
$4.81
billion
(versus
$4.84
billion),
according
to
Media
by
Numbers.
More
significantly,
the
attendance
gap
between
last
year
and
this
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WILL SMITH OVERPOWERS CRITICS
Monday, July 7 2008
In
the
latest
demonstration
of
how
little
influence
film
critics
are
able
to
exert
on
the
box
office
these
days,
the
Will
Smith
starrer
Hancock
collected
an
estimated
$66
million
over
the
three-day
weekend
despite
an
avalanche
of
negative
reviews.
In
an
interview
with
Bloomberg
News,
Paul
Dergarabedian,
president
of
Media
by
Numbers,
said,
"The
Sony
marketing
machine
and
Will
Smith's
recognition
transcend
any
[critical]
barbs
the
movie
might
sustain."
In
a
separate
interview
with
(more)
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