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Examples
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If Ratatouille is being called a boxoffice failure, Beowulf has got to be one.
Overseas Animation Box Office Steve Hulett 2007
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Books are getting more and more like television/film, where the first few weeks "boxoffice" counts disproportionally.
City Without End: One Hell of a Novel Lou Anders 2009
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It's time for films with attitude and edge (shot cheap) to rule the boxoffice.
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With “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” poised to sink its teeth into the boxoffice June 30, Rosenberg talked to me about the benefits of failure, splitting “Breaking Dawn,” murderous dreams and the pleasure of writing about a genuinely horny girl.
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And it kinda torques me that my last boxoffice expenditure was Castaway with Tom Hanks, but I was naive to Hollywood back then.
Call of Duty and the failure of Newspeak. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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And the more boxoffice science fiction films make, the more the mainstream will warm to the idea that SF * is* mainstream.
Reader Challenge: Is A Successful Star Trek Reboot Good For Science Fiction? 2009
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Christ, District 9 is the very definition of a surprise boxoffice hit.
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If you don't believe me just take a look at the boxoffice results at the theaters when the bloody, gorey slasher films come out.
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Playing there until March 12th, you can get tickets by going to their website, cirquedusoleil.com/ovo or at the boxoffice at the tent.
Jay Weston: Cirque du Soleil's Ovo Drove Me Buggy... In a Nice Way Jay Weston 2012
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If you don't believe me just take a look at the boxoffice results at the theaters when the bloody, gorey slasher films come out.
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