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Article: Pics perk up TW: WB, New Line score at summer B.O.(New Line Cinema Corp., Time Warner Inc. and Warner Bros.)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- August 9, 2005
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HOLLYWOOD -- A few months ago, skeptics were predicting a glum summer for Time Warner.
Without a "Harry Potter" for Warner Bros. or any high-profile films for New Line, Time Warner threatened to become a summer also-ran--like Sony, as it patiently waits for its next "SpiderMan."
Instead, Warner Bros. and New Line nabbed the top three box office slots this past weekend with WB's "The Dukes of Hazzard,' New Line's "Wedding Crashers" and WB's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
As a bonus, Warners' "Must Love Dogs" came in at No. 5 and the No. 6 slot went to "March of the Penguins," Warner Independent's surprise hit that has become the ...