Daniel Craig and actress Olga Korylenko in Moscow for the new James Bond film ‘Quanturm Of Solace’
James Bond returns in ‘Quantum Of Solace’
‘Madagascar Escape 2 Africa’
Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd pose at the afterparty for the premiere of Universal’s ‘Role Models’ at the Napa Valley Grille in Los Angeles
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Daniel Craig and actress Olga Korylenko in Moscow for the new James Bond film ‘Quanturm Of Solace’
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James Bond returns in ‘Quantum Of Solace’
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‘Madagascar Escape 2 Africa’
Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd pose at the afterparty for the premiere of Universal’s ‘Role Models’ at the Napa Valley Grille in Los Angeles
November 16, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
James Bond’s quantum of the weekend box office: $70.4 million.
“Quantum of Solace,” with Daniel Craig returning as Bond for the first direct sequel in the spy franchise, pulled in nearly $30 million more over opening weekend than its predecessor, 2006’s “Casino Royale,” according to studio estimates Sunday.
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November 9, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Families herded into movie theaters for another trek with stranded zoo animals as the animated sequel “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” led the weekend with a $63.5 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The haul for the DreamWorks Animation comedy far surpassed the $47.2 million debut for “Madagascar” over Memorial Day weekend in 2005. Its three-day total also beat the $61 million gross the first movie took in over that full four-day holiday weekend.
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November 2, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Hollywood made audiences repeat senior year.
Disney’s “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” hauled in $15 million to remain the top movie for the second straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Starring Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens in a big-screen sequel to the Disney Channel TV movies, “High School Musical 3” raised its 10-day total to $61.8 million.
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October 27, 2008
LONDON, United Kingdom --
He may be pals with Hollywood’s elite, but David Beckham has no plans to head off the soccer field and follow his friends on to the big screen.
“What film career? I haven’t got one,” the soccer star told British GQ’s December issue.
Beckham, who is celebrating two decades as a soccer star, appears on the cover of British GQ, which is also celebrating it’s own 20-year anniversary (as a magazine). In the mag, Becks explained he had no plans to expand his resume to include movie work.
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October 26, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
The crazed killer Jigsaw has been done in by a bunch of singing and dancing teens.
Disney’s “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” hoofed its way to the top of the weekend box office class with $42 million, while Lionsgate’s horror sequel “Saw V” had to settle for second place with $30.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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October 19, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Movie-goers elected a “W,” but it was Mark Wahlberg, not George W. Bush.
Wahlberg’s action flick “Max Payne” debuted with $18 million to outdo Oliver Stone’s film biography of George W. Bush, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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October 12, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
An adorable talking dog remained just the sort of escapist movie hero audiences wanted after a week of awful economic news.
Disney’s family comedy “Beverly Hills Chihuahua,” with Drew Barrymore providing the voice of the pooch, was the No. 1 flick for the second-straight weekend with $17.5 million, raising its 10-day total to $52.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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October 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
“Beverly Hills Chihuahua” was barking up the right tree with movie-goers, who put the Disney comedy at No. 1 for the weekend with a $29 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Featuring a talking Chihuahua with Drew Barrymore’s voice, the family flick about a pampered pooch lost in Mexico led a surge of new movies that boosted Hollywood business, which generally has slumped the last two months.
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September 28, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Shia LaBeouf’s conspiracy thriller “Eagle Eye” debuted at the top of the weekend box office with $29.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The Paramount-DreamWorks release was the second No. 1 premiere for LaBeouf and director D.J. Caruso, who also teamed on 2007’s hit “Disturbia.”
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September 21, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Movie-goers welcomed Samuel L. Jackson to the neighborhood, lifting his thriller “Lakeview Terrace” to the top spot at the weekend box office with $15.6 million in sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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September 14, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Joel and Ethan Coen scored their biggest opener to date by raking in $19.4 million in ticket sales for “Burn After Reading” and helping end a seven-week attendance slide at theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The madcap comedy starring Brad Pitt, George Clooney and John Malkovich raked in $7 million more than the writing-directing duo’s last box-office hit, the 2004 comedy “The Ladykillers,” according to box office tracker Media by Numbers.
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September 7, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
The Nicolas Cage action-thriller “Bangkok Dangerous” needed just $7.8 million to take the top spot at the box office in what was the slowest movie weekend in five years, according to studio estimates released Sunday.
The total weekend box office gross was expected to reach just $66 million, slightly less than the $66.7 million reported for the same weekend in September 2003.
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August 31, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Batman’s rich alter-ego Bruce Wayne has added half a billion dollars to his riches.
“The Dark Knight” on Sunday became the second movie in Hollywood history to top $500 million at the domestic box office, raising its total to $502.4 million, according to estimates from distributor Warner Bros.
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August 24, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
The action comedy “Tropic Thunder” weathered a rush of new movies to remain No. 1 for a second-straight weekend with $16.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The Paramount-DreamWorks release, which stars Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black as actors caught up in real battle while shooting a war movie, raised its 12-day total to $65.7 million.
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August 17, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
It took four of Hollywood’s biggest stars to take down Batman.
The DreamWorks-Paramount comedy “Tropic Thunder,” with Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black and Tom Cruise, debuted at No. 1 with $26 million, bumping “The Dark Knight” to second-place after four weekends on top, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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August 13, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
“The Dark Knight” has defended the top spot at the box office for a month straight, but its reign may come to a “Thunder”-ous end this weekend.
Last week’s opening of “Pineapple Express” failed to unseat the latest installment in the Batman franchise, but “Tropic Thunder,” another R-rated action-comedy, could do the trick, members of the star-studded cast told Access Hollywood.
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August 10, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Batman was higher than Hollywood’s newest pot heads.
“The Dark Knight” took in $26 million to finish as the No. 1 movie for the fourth straight weekend, beating the stoner comedy “Pineapple Express,” which opened in second place with $22.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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August 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Add another entry for “The Dark Knight” in Hollywood’s record books: The Batman sequel has climbed past $400 million at the box office in just 18 days, the fastest pace ever, a studio executive said Tuesday.
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August 3, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Even an army of the undead could not dislodge Batman from his box-office perch.
The Batman blockbuster “The Dark Knight” hauled in $43.8 million to rank as Hollywood’s top movie for the third-straight weekend, fending off “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor,” which opened a close second with $42.5 million.
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July 27, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
“The Dark Knight” continues to obliterate box office records, crossing the $300 million mark in just 10 days.
Warner Bros. head of distribution Dan Fellman said Sunday that the epic Batman saga grossed $75.6 million in its second weekend in theaters, pushing its domestic total to $314,245,000.
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July 23, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Day after day, “The Dark Knight” continues to rewrite the box office record books.
The latest installment in the Batman franchise, starring Heath Ledger and Christian Bale, took in an estimated $20.9 million on Tuesday, brining the film’s five-day total to an astounding $203.8 million.
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July 20, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Batman has sent Spidey packing as king of Hollywood’s box office superheroes.
“The Dark Knight” took in a record $155.34 million in its first weekend, said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros., which released the “Batman Begins” sequel.
That topped Hollywood’s previous best of $151.1 million, set by “Spider-Man 3” in May 2007.
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July 19, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Batman’s joust with the Joker has set another box office record.
Stoked by fan fever over the manic performance of the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, “The Dark Knight” set a one-day box office record with $66.4 million on opening day, Warner Bros. head of distribution Dan Fellman said Saturday.
The movie’s Friday haul surpassed the previous record of $59.8 million set last year by “Spider-Man 3.” “The Dark Knight” might break the opening-weekend record of $151.1 million, also held by “Spider-Man 3.”
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July 13, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Superheroes battling inner demons often rule the box office. This time, the superhero was a demon as “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” pulled in 35.9 million dollars to debut as the Number 1 weekend film.
“Hellboy II,” starring Ron Perlman, took over the top spot from Will Smith’s superhero tale “Hancock,” which slipped to second place.
Opening at Number 3 was New Line’s “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” starring Brendan Fraser in an underground adventure shot in digital 3-D.
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July 6, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Will Smith’s box-office superpowers remain intact.
Smith’s “Hancock” — the story of a boozing, foul-mouthed superhero who dresses like a street bum — led the Fourth of July weekend with a $66 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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June 29, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
A lonely little robot made millions of friends during the weekend — and even outgunned Angelina Jolie.
“WALL-E,” the Pixar Animation tale of a robot toiling away on a long-abandoned Earth, debuted as the No. 1 movie with $62.5 million in ticket sales, with Jolie’s assassin thriller “Wanted” opening in second place with $51.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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June 22, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Audiences still get Maxwell Smart.
Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway’s “Get Smart,” the Warner Bros. big screen update of the 1960s spy sitcom, raked in $39.2 million to debut as the No. 1 weekend movie, according to studio estimates Sunday.
But movie-goers did not get Mike Myers’ “The Love Guru,” the weekend’s other new wide release. The Paramount Pictures comedy about a self-help mentor took in just $14 million to open at No. 4.
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June 15, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
“The Incredible Hulk” was a box-office bruiser, yanking in $54.5 million over opening weekend and laying to rest the stigma of his unappreciated big-screen adventure five years ago.
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June 8, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Jack Black’s Po the panda outgunned Adam Sandler’s Zo the hairdresser.
Black’s cartoon comedy “Kung Fu Panda” pulled in $60 million in ticket sales to debut as the weekend’s No. 1 movie, while Sandler’s salon romp “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan” opened insecond place with $40 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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June 1, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Sarah Jessica Parker and her gal pals have not lost their sex appeal.
The big-screen “Sex and The City” — reuniting Parker and TV co-stars Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon — strutted to a $55.7 million opening weekend, far exceeding Hollywood’s box-office expectations.
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May 26, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
The most recent Indiana Jones film more than recouped its big budget with an estimated $311 million in global box office sales through the long weekend, according to studio estimates Monday.
Families went in droves to catch “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” a PG-13 adventure starring Harrison Ford as the whip-cracking archaeologist who took 19 years to return to the big screen.
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May 26, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” unearthed box office gold at domestic theaters with a performance that puts it on track to become the second biggest Memorial Day movie opening ever, according to studio estimates Sunday.
May 18, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” dethroned “Iron Man” as ruler at the box office, pulling down $56.6 million.
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May 11, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
“Speed Racer” was lapped in its opening weekend at the box office as “Iron Man” continued to fire its jets with $50.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The anime-inspired race movie edged into the No. 2 spot with $20.2 million, slightly ahead of the 20th Century Fox comedy “What Happens in Vegas,” which debuted at $20 million.
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May 4, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
“Iron Man” was pure gold at the box office.
According to studio estimates, the Marvel Comics adaptation, starring Robert Downey Junior as the guy in the metal suit, hauled in more than 100 million dollars over its opening weekend.
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April 27, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
“Baby Mama,” Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s comedy about surrogate motherhood, delivered the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office with $18.3 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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April 20, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
A martial arts dream team — Jackie Chan and Jet Li — won the weekend as their movie matchup “The Forbidden Kingdom” debuted at No. 1 with $20.9 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
But where did “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” end up and what do this weekend’s box office figures mean for the industry?
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April 13, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Audiences made a date with “Prom Night,” the remake of the 1980 slasher flick that took in $22.7 million to debut as the weekend’s No. 1 movie.
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April 6, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
The gambling tale “21” kept up its winning streak as it took in $15.1 million to stay on top of the box office for a second-straight weekend, leaving George Clooney’s “Leatherheads” and the family tale “Nim’s Island” to scrimmage for second place.
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March 30, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Movie-goers laid their money down on "21," a gambling romp that was the weekend's box-office high roller with a $23.7 million debut.
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March 23, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Audiences are still listening to Horton and his Who pals. "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who," 20th Century Fox's animated adaptation of the beloved children's book, remained the top movie for a second straight weekend with $25.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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March 16, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Family audiences boosted 20th Century Fox's animated tale "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!" to a $45.1 million debut, the best opening so far this year, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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March 9, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Movie-goers went hunting for their inner caveman as they sat in the dark for the prehistoric adventure "10,000 B.C.," which led the weekend box office with $35.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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March 2, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Will Ferrell's basketball comedy "Semi-Pro" dribbled to the top of the weekend box office, but it fell short of his previous blockbuster openings in the sports spoof genre, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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February 24, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
"Vantage Point" is enjoying its view from atop the weekend box office, after the political assassination thriller starring Dennis Quaid and Forest Whitaker took in an estimated $24 million in ticket sales.
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February 21, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Jessica Simpson's "Blonde Ambition" may have flopped in America, but the film has landed at the top of the Ukrainian box office.
Could Jessica be the next stateside film export to be panned at home, but celebrated internationally? David Hasselhoff officially has some competition!
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February 17, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
The globe-trotting thriller "Jumper" leaped to a box office win with $27.2 million on a weekend when Hollywood offered something for everyone, with new films for action fans, teens, family audiences and the date-movie crowd.
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February 14, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
It already sank at the box office and now another low for Paris Hilton’s new film, “The Hottie and the Nottie” – the title of worst film ever.
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February 10, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson strike box office "Gold" with a $22 million opening weekend.
Martin Lawrence's family reunion comedy "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins" opened at No. 2 with $17.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Disney's "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert," the 3-D concert film that was the previous weekend's top movie, fell to third place with $10.5 million, a sharp drop from its $31.1 million opening.
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January 27, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
The epic spoof "Meet the Spartans" fended off "Rambo" to nab the top spot in the weekend box office.
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January 20, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
The monster film destroys the competition over the weekend. How did Katie Holmes' new film do?
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December 6, 2007
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Johnny Depp becomes 'Public' enemy number one.
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January 13, 2008
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Film legends, Jack & Morgan, beat out Ellen Page's "Juno" and Tracy Morgan's "First Sunday" to land in the top spot.
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January 6, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Nicolas Cage may be running out of storage room for his loot. Disney’s “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” with Cage as a history buff on the trail of a lost city of gold, was the No. 1 box office draw for the third straight weekend with $20.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
2008 is going to be one amazing season for movies.
From gravity defying assassins to superheroes with PR issues, Hollywood has plenty of fantastic things in store for your upcoming visits to the theatres. Here are 12 you might just want to prepare yourselves for.
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December 30, 2007
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Hollywood will finish the year with record revenues of about $9.7 billion, up from the previous best of $9.45 billion in 2004, according to box-office tracker Media By Numbers.
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January 5, 2008
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (December 23, 2007) — Nicolas Cage followed his secret treasure map to another fortune at movie theaters. Cage’s “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” the Disney sequel to its 2004 hit, opened as the weekend’s No. 1 movie with $45.5 million as Hollywood continued a holiday spree at the box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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December 18, 2007
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (December 18, 2007) – Men, Elves, Dwarves and of course, little Hobbits, will return to the big screen in two new films.
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