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Box office: An article about weekend movie ticket sales in Monday’s Business section reported financing of about $75 million for “The Forbidden Kingdom.”
April 23, 2008
Movies
The action film is the No. 1 draw at theaters over the weekend. ‘Sarah Marshall’ opens in the second spot.
April 21, 2008
Entertainment & Arts
The movie and TV producer credits lower marketing costs and strong growth in its home video revenue.
Aug. 9, 2008
Angarano had never practiced martial arts, but a crash course got him ready for ‘The Forbidden Kingdom.’
April 19, 2008
Michael Angarano, 20, goes kick for kick with Jackie Chan and Jet Li in ‘The Forbidden Kingdom.’
Despite the two veterans, ‘Forbidden Kingdom’ goes easy on the action.
April 18, 2008
Despite pairing Jackie Chan and Jet Li, the kung fu film goes easy on the action.
Jackie Chan and Jet Li’s first movie together is about an American teenager’s fantasy journey to ancient China to rescue a mythological monkey king, the film’s U.S. distributor, Lionsgate, said Wednesday.
April 12, 2007
Commentator and character actor Ben Stein, whose film career took flight when he played the boring, strait-laced economics teacher in the 1986 teen comedy “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” has come around to the other side.
Sales in the U.S. and Canada, April 18-20: Industry totals Note: A movie may be shown on more than one screen at each venue. *--* Rank Movie 3-day gross Total Venues Average Weeks -- (studio) (millions) (millions) -- per venue 1 The Forbidden $21.4 $21.4 3,151 $6,792 1 Kingdom -- (Lionsgate/Weinste in) 2 Forgetting Sarah 17.7 17.7 2,798 6,335 1 Marshall -- (Universal) 3 Prom Night 8.7 32.1 2,700 3,211 2 -- (Sony) 4 88 Minutes 7.0 7.0 2,168 3,209 1 -- (Sony) 5 Nim’s Island 5.7 32.9 3,277 1,735 3 -- (20th Century Fox) 6 21 5.5 70.0 2,903 1,902 4 -- (Sony) 7 Street Kings 4.2 20.1 2,469 1,693 2 -- (Fox Searchlight) 8 Horton Hears a Who!
April 22, 2008