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In the same week that the all-star Shark Tale dominated the box office, the animated feature that popularized celebrity voice talent and pop culture references finally makes its DVD debut. Aladdin, starring the voice of Robin Williams as the genie, gets special edition treatment from Disney. Part of the studio's animation rebirth in the early '90s, the picture grossed $217.4 million in theaters to become the No. 1 movie of 1992. Adjusted for ticket price inflation, that would equal around $330 million today.

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HOLLYWOOD, October 4, 2004 - Paramount Pictures' Team America: World Police, an action adventure from the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, will sneak preview in 800 theaters across North America this Saturday, October 9, 2004.

Collateral's huge debut in France and strong holdovers contributed to a No. 1 finish in the international marketplace, unseating The Village, which had led for the past five weeks. The picture grossed $8,484,709 over the weekend from 1,899 screens in 14 territories for a buoyant $36.9 million total. And it has over half the international marketplace still to open. Tom CruiseM. Night ShyamalanTom HanksKirsten DunstMatt DamonBen Stiller

Film based on the best selling book by Bishop T. D. Jakes stars Kimberly Elise and Loretta Divine

After weeks of shrimpy business, Shark Tale revived the marketplace with a whale of an opening. Martin ScorseseWill SmithRobert De NiroBen Stiller

'Velentin' on DVD and VHS October 12! Keira Knightley

Our Showdown Charts, which show two or more movies going head-to-head based on their daily box office, have been expanded. These charts now include a weekend breakdown and Premier Pass members also have access to a weekly breakdown.

Early Returns: Reagan beats Kerry Film, 'In The Face of Evil' is Box-Office Hit On Opening Weekend

Watching Robert DeNiro spoof his Vito Corleone characterization in DreamWorks' Shark Tale isn't as much fun as it sounds, though the movie is no worse than the usual crop of computer-generated nonsense. It's all here: pop culture jokes with no bearing on the story, self-aware celebrity voiceovers, body function humor, colorful animation and a few good tunes.

John Travolta as an earnest fire captain, Joaquin Phoenix as an idealistic fireman, Lewis Colick, who wrote the triumphant October Sky, and Jay Russell, who directed the charming My Dog Skip: with such top plot-oriented talent, what a wallop might have been packed into a movie about firemen.

As The Forgotten was topping the box office, the theme continued on DVD. Two other pictures concerning memory, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (erasing memories) and The Alamo ("Remember the Alamo"), debuted. Jim CarreyDwayne Johnson

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America's highest-grossing movie series continues to reflect the culture—this time, with alarming implications. Because the pictures were changed to suit George Lucas, Mr. Lucas' Star Wars trilogy, which premiered on DVD this week, has unleashed a storm of controversy.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 24 -- Paramount Pictures has reached an agreement to acquire the worldwide film rights to Midway Games' (NYSE: MWY) Fear & Respect, a state-of-the-art videogame based in the intense urban environment of South Central Los Angeles. Currently being developed in collaboration with writer/director John Singleton (Boyz N the Hood, Baby Boy, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Shaft), the exciting urban/action adventure game is scheduled to be available in the fourth quarter of 2005 for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox(R) video game system from Microsoft. Christine Peters (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days) will be collaborating with the game developer to produce the film.

Starting out as a typical—almost American—buddy road picture, The Motorcycle Diaries is that rare movie that keeps getting better as it travels along, showing the evolution of its characters into fully realized human beings.

Zombies—they seem to be everywhere today. And among the current living dead trend, Shaun of the Dead is the very best. It's both a smart satire and a scary zombie movie in its own right. It's also something completely new at the same time—a romantic comedy with a horror twist.

Though it is based on a true story, accounted for in an article in The New Yorker, The Last Shot plays more like a misfired adaptation of Woody Allen's hilarious Bullets Over Broadway. That said, funny scenes are scattered throughout writer Jeff Nathanson's uneven directorial debut, which stars Matthew Broderick and Alec Baldwin.

Studio Cites Award Potential as Reason For Move Colin FarrellAngelina JolieOliver StoneVal Kilmer

Los Angeles, September 21, 2004 – Lions Gate Films announced its schedule of fall film releases today as follows: Robin WilliamsJim CaviezelJim Caviezel

Denzel Does It Again - 'Man on Fire' Sets Ablaze the U.S. Home Video Market, Debuting as the #1 Video of The Year in Revenue Denzel WashingtonChristopher WalkenDakota Fanning

Twentieth Century Fox released creator George Lucas's first three Star Wars movies, A New Hope (released as Star Wars in 1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983), today in the popular DVD format.