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Box Office: Harry's half-billion dollar weekend; Palin doc fizzles

Box Office: Harry's half-billion dollar weekend; Palin doc fizzles

Final weekend numbers for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, Part II'' released today by Warner Bros. are a slightly higher than Sunday's estimates: $169 million in North America and $312.3 overseas for a massive global total of $481...  Read Full Story

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    Big stars but small laughs

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    Fans at midnight 'Harry Potter' shows
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