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The Call Sheet

A Billion Dollars Is Only Sort of Cool for Disney

Disney

Today: Disney has made a lot but not *that* much, Justin Timberlake scores a film, and so does Rupert Everett.

By Connor Simpson

May 20, 2012

Box Office Report

There's Only Four People Left Who Haven't Seen 'The Avengers'

Welcome back to the Box Office Report where even we're getting a little tired of The Avengers' domination.

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By Richard Lawson

May 18, 2012

The Call Sheet

Is This Bill Murray's Oscar Movie?

Today: A new Bill Murray might be awards bait, MTV cancels a polarizing show, and Marvel is making so much money.

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By Connor Simpson

May 13, 2012

Box Office Report

All This Money Makes Hulk Confused

Welcome back to the Box Office Report, where Johnny Depp's smirk goes head-to-head with Robert Downey Jr.'s smirk, and loses.

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By Connor Simpson

May 12, 2012

The Car from 'The Avengers' Was Actually a Model from 1992

That car you saw at the end of The Avengers? It was actually made in 1992 and had more than 250,000 miles on it.

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By Dino Grandoni

May 9, 2012

Stat of the Day

Real Life Cost of the Destruction of New York in 'The Avengers': $160 Billion

Sure, The Avengers took in over $700 million worldwide since its release on Friday, but how much would the movie's destruction of midtown Manhattan cost if it happened in real life?

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By Jen Doll

May 7, 2012

On the Importance of Having Superheroes

The Avengers has managed to take in more than $640 million worldwide in the last 12 days and set a new opening weekend record. What is it about superheroes that we can't get enough of?

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By Eric Randall

May 7, 2012

The Pentagon Can't Believe 'The Avengers'

The Pentagon has rather hilariously decided that it couldn't cooperate with the filming of this weekend's big blockbuster superhero flick The Avengers because it didn't think the depiction of the military bureaucracy was realistic, according to Wired's Spencer Ackerman.

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By Connor Simpson

May 6, 2012

Box Office Report

'The Avengers' Assembled an Opening Weekend Box Office Record

The Hulk (and his cohorts) smashed the all-time box office opening weekend by pulling in over $200 million since opening for midnight shows Friday morning.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

May 4, 2012

A.O. Scott Feels Samuel L. Jackson's Furious Anger

Players: A.O. Scott, The New York Times' chief movie reviewer who wasn't quite a fan of The Avengers; Samuel L. Jackson, actor in The Avengers, who isn't quite a fan of A.O. Scott

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By Richard Lawson

May 4, 2012

Movie Date

'The Avengers': Teamwork Pays Off

Since the olden days of 2008, Marvel Studios has been laying the big, heavy groundwork for what comes blasting into American movie houses today.

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By Richard Lawson

May 2, 2012

The Call Sheet

'The Avengers' Is Already Huge

Today: Marvel has another hit on its hands, Lifetime gets a new look, and HBO lost big.

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By Richard Lawson

Apr 26, 2012

The Call Sheet

Meryl Streep Just Wants Some Sex

Today: Meryl Streep is in a sexy new movie, Chloë Sevigny gets scary, and The Avengers is already a hit.

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By Connor Simpson

Apr 22, 2012

New 'Dark Knight Rises' Trailer Debuting Before 'The Avengers'

The announcement that the final trailer for The Dark Knight Rises is debuting before The Avengers is the first strike in a war between two comic book companies vying for summer movie domination.

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By Richard Lawson

Feb 29, 2012