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Ice Age 4 usurps Spidey to dominate int’l arena on $95m Fox International reported that in its third weekend the animation was active on 14,131 screens in 64 markets and has now reached a $339m running total.  Fox International claimed Ice Age: Continental Drift ranked number one in 30 of its 37 markets where rankings were available at time of writing. The early worldwide tally stands at $385m. Russia led the way on $16.4m from an all-time wide screen count of 2,090 screens as the film s ........

‘Super Six’, six separate stories revolving around three couples comprising young and energetic stars are going to be the latest big budget hits of the Sri Lankan cinema.The maiden direction of experienced television programme producer, Udara Palliyaguruge, the film is about cricket and a group of youngsters with their lives, romances and many other interesting encounters that they come across.  ‘Super Six’ centres around a group of youngsters from a town in Moratuwa. The game of cricke ........

“Marvel’s The Avengers” grossed a whopping $200.3 million domestically over the weekend, claiming the highest grossing weekend total in history, a record previously held by “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,” at $169.2 million.In its first three days, “The Avengers” has already grossed more than “Thor” ($181 million), “Captain America: The First Avenger” ($176.6 million) and “The Incredible Hulk” ($134.8 million), and is on track to surpass “Iron Man” a ........

Andrew Stanton's pricey sci-fi epic has picked up in tracking and could cross $30 million; Eddie Murphy comedy "A Thousand Words" eyes muted bow. Andrew Stanton'sJohn Carter could now open north of $30 million at the domestic box office this weekend, but that's likely not enough to put Disney's $250 million-plus sci-fi epic on solid ground financially. Nor may it be enough to wrest the weekend crown from holdover Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, which opened to a stellar $70.2 million last weekend. The Un ........

Relativity's reimagining of the Snow White tale led by Julia Roberts and Lily Collins is receiving lukewarm reviews from film critics.   "Mirror Mirror" Vs. 'Snow White': Anatomy of a Smackdown  Mirror Mirror is on track to score in the $20 million-plus range at the domestic box office in its opening weekend, good enough for third place. But did the first of two Snow White projects to hit the movie theaters (the other being Universal's Snow White and the Huntsman) win over the critics? Relati ........