“Man of Steel” leaped over box office expectations in a single weekend.
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A look at some of the DVDs, CDs and books hitting stores this week:
The suspense thriller “The Purge” topped the weekend box office with a shocking $36.4 million that doubled industry expectations, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Archie Comics announced Thursday that Warner Bros. will produce a live-action film based on the comic’s characters, including Archie, Betty, Veronica and Jughead. It will be the first feature film for the 72-year-old comic.
Why wouldn’t you just go to Canada for the night?
LOS ANGELES — Esther Williams, the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s, has died. She was 91.
You can’t buy much with a dollar these days.
With its supercharged muscle cars, “Fast & Furious 6” raced to first place at the box office for the second consecutive weekend. The Universal Pictures release is expected to add another $34.5 million to its North American ticket sales, keeping it in the No. 1 spot after opening to more than $120 million over the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
Sony Corp. is taking a deeper dive into ultrahigh-definition video as it comes out Friday with “After Earth,” the first of Sony’s three movies this year both shot and presented in the emerging 4K digital format.
The first performance by the magic supergroup known as The Four Horsemen takes place inside the MGM Grand.
The first time she came to Las Vegas, she turned $10 into a fat stack of cash. The second time, she was marched out of Aria in handcuffs. Who knew Isla Fisher was such a baller?