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Read "Glitz and Glamour at the Venice Film Festival...
...entries in wide release. Shane Acker's visually imaginative animated feature 9, which finished second with $10.9 million, benefited from being presented by Tim Burton, as District 9 had by its Peter Jackson connection, but is unlikely to escape its art-house patina. The other two newbies - the horror film Sorority Row and Kate Beckinsale's Antarctica killer-hunt drama Whiteout - got the theatrical equivalent of a window display in a video store before their imminent DVD releases; each took in just over $5 million...
...teenage girls who can't forget the boys on the beach. Moneywise, the memories will be sweet. Transformers 2 hit the $400 million mark, Harry Potter 6 wand-ered toward $300 million, and Up and The Hangover weren't far behind. The robotoid sequel is just the ninth film to enter the 400 Club, and soon it will pass No. 8, Spider-Man - though adjusted for inflation, Transformers 2 is just 67th...
...summer surprises. The bargain-basement sci-fi epic District 9 surged on ecstatic reviews and fanboy support past $100 million. With Inglourious Basterds - and may I never have to type that misspelled title again - Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt got people to sit through a 2½-hr. film mostly in foreign languages; it too has surpassed $100 million domestic, and is nearing that abroad. And female stars whacked their male counterparts in the season's comedies. Movies featuring Sandra Bullock (The Proposal), Katherine Heigl (The Ugly Truth) and Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia) all outgrossed films starring Will Ferrell (Land...
...YORK CITY Coco Before Chanel French actress Audrey Tautou plays a convincing Coco Chanel in director Anne Fontaine's film about the fiery fashion designer's long and colorful life and career (opens Sept...