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Clashing laffers aim to maintain mojo.

Movie attendance at the summer box office is running on par with 2007 levels for the first time, helping to narrow an overall decline in admissions that has plagued the B.O. for most of 2008.

This weekend, two comedies--Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow's "Get Smart" and Paramount's Mike Myers starrer "The Love Guru"--will go head-to-head as both open wide and try to partake in a strong June box office. It's unusual for two high-profile laffers to open on the same date.

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Many give "Get Smart," toplining Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway, the advantage. Directed by Peter Segal and unspooling in 3,911 theaters, the movie is expected to draw a ...

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