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Front Page: Events, speeches nixed due to Gustav -- An expensive convention season just got more expensive. Monday's start of the Republican National Convention here has largely been put on hold as most activities have been cancelled with Hurricane Gustav expected to hit landfall in the morning.
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Tropic Thunder tops the box office with $16.3 million
Tropic Thunder tops Saturday's box office with an estimated $4.2 million
Front Page: 'Babylon A.D.' opens in second place -- DreamWorks and Paramount's holdover comedy "Tropic Thunder" continued to dominate at the Labor Day box office with three-day take of $11.5 million from 3,473 theaters, while 20th Century Fox's Van Diesel sci-fi actioner grabbed the No. 2 spot with $9.7 million from 3,390.
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Babylon A.D. tops Friday's box office with an estimated $3.1 million
The summer season concluded on the international circuit with more whimper than bang as Warner’s latest Batman adventure, "The Dark Knight," finished No. 1 with an estimated $19 million – a 45% drop from the prior stanza – from 6,580 screens in 62 markets.
Film buyers will be able to access hundreds of new films at the touch of a button, an initiative of the fifth Dubai International Film Festival.
Tropic Thunder tops Thursday's box office with $1.4 million
Front Page: Lionsgate's 'Disaster' opens in sixth place -- Twentieth Century Fox's Vin Diesel sci-fi actioner "Babylon A.D." and holdover comedy "Tropic Thunder" were in a dead heat as the Labor Day weekend got underway at the domestic box office.
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Front Page: Broadcast pinches 'blue collar' concept -- Testosterone's making a TV comeback.
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