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Article: Fox Filmed Entertainment Has Biggest Worldwide Box Office Year in the History of the Motion Picture Industry.
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- January 4, 2007
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$3.56 Billion in 2006 Theatrical Box Office
LOS ANGELES -- With the year-end numbers now tallied, Fox Filmed Entertainment reached an industry-high $3,559,521,971 in worldwide box office for 2006. This is the biggest worldwide box office gross for any slate of pictures in the history of the movie business.
The milestone was a combined result of strong contributions from all of Fox's existing production divisions, which delivered a diverse slate of pictures from tentpole films like ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN and X-MEN: THE LAST STAND to THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA to the cutting-edge comedy of BORAT, and the modestly-budgeted comedy-drama LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE.
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