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After an almost tech-laden day of writing at Social Barrel, Francis spends time to monitor upcoming movies, box office results and related events.

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'Battleship' Tops Foreign Box Office With $58M Weekend. (Image: Universal Pictures)

‘Battleship’ Tops Foreign Box Office With $58M Weekend

Battleship has outperformed other movies in the global box office over the weekend. According to Rentrak estimates, the costly Universal action film now floats to almost $130 million on international shores after raking in $58.4 million more from 50 foreign markets in its second Friday …

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Fandango Finds ‘The Avengers’ Most Anticipated Movie

The Avengers has bested other upcoming films as the most anticipated summer movie this year, according to online ticketing site Fandango in its latest survey of 2,000 moviegoers. The widescreen adventure of the team composed of Earth’s most powerful superheroes will hold its premiere on …

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Box Office Report: ‘The Hunger Games’ Pulls Another $21.5 Million, Passes $500 Million Worldwide

The Hunger Games has managed to fend off new wide releases from outperforming it atop the U.S. box office for the fourth consecutive weekend. The book-turned-blockbuster-movie adaptation from Lionsgate, which took the studio $90 million to create, raked in $21.5 million from Friday to Sunday, …

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DreamWorks Animation Signs Up For Walmart In-Store Disc-to-Digital Service. (Image: Happy Batatinha, via Flickr / CC)

DreamWorks Animation Signs Up For Walmart In-Store Disc-to-Digital Service

DreamWorks Animation has announced that some of its current titles, specifically How to Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar and Shrek, will be on sale via Walmart’s VUDU-powered in-store disc-to-digital service. This service will launch today at over 3,500 Walmart stores to give consumers …

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'60 Minutes' newsman Mike Wallace passes away. (Image: Darin McClure, via Flickr / CC)

’60 Minutes’ Newsman Mike Wallace Passes Away

Highly celebrated inquirer Mike Wallace, 93, who gained immeasurable fame as host of CBS’s 60 Minutes for almost 50 years and conversed with several of the most high profile personalities of his time, has passed away, the network reports. One of the roughest, choppiest/chippiest interviewers …

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‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Gets PG-13 Rating

The Dark Knight Rises has received an official rating from the MPAA, with the finale of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy scheduled to screen as a family-friendly PG-13 movie. The certification means the film and The Dark Knight have similar ratings within the US, so anticipate a 12A certificate …

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Thomas Kinkade Passes Away at 54

Brushwork painter Thomas Kinkade, 54, whose distinctive technique of using the brush to make perfect landscapes, cottages and churches are bestsellers for dealers in the U.S., has passed away Friday, a family representative announced. According to David Satterfield, Kinkade died at his home in Los …

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'The Hunger Games' blocks headway for competition. (Image: Ecstatic Mark, via Flickr / CC)

‘The Hunger Games’ Blocks Headway for Competition

The Hunger Games has begun to boast several of its power to hold over as the sci-fi survival of the fittest, suspenseful adventure story dropped only 31 percent to rake in an estimated $12.9 million on Friday. The gross income for that day gives the book-turned-movie …

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'Titanic 3D' hauls $4.7 Million in Wednesday debut. (Image: Paramount / 20th Century Fox, via YouTube)

‘Titanic 3D’ Hauls $4.7 Million in Wednesday Debut

Titanic 3D has grossed a whopping $4.7 million on its debut at the domestic box office Wednesday, which include over $300,000 hauled in Tuesday night screenings. The 3D makeover to James Cameron’s Titanic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, could have theoretically grabbed the top spot at the Wednesday …

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Controversial documentary 'Bully' drops from R to PG-13 MPAA rating. (Image: The Weinstein Company, via YouTube)

Controversial documentary ‘Bully’ drops from R to PG-13 MPAA rating

The MPAA has finally decided to lower the rating for Lee Hirsch’s documentary film Bully from R to PG-13, independent American film studio The Weinstein Company has announced. The regulatory body’s decision to reduce the rating follows the dropping of three uses of the “f-word” …

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