Hellboy

Hellboy II on fire at U.S. Box Office

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" took the top spot at the weekend box office in North America on Sunday, becoming the third comic-book property to lead the field this summer.

Meanwhile, Eddie Murphy bombed with his latest comedy, "Meet Dave," which opened at No. 7 with estimated ticket sales of just $5.3 million during its first three days.

"Hellboy II," on the other hand, earned $35.9 million, said distributor Universal Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co. It handily surpassed industry expectations, as well as the $23.2 million start for its 2004 predecessor, "Hellboy."
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Posted on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:50:43 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Persistence pays off for Hellboy Sequel

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By Borys Kit

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - No offense to the red-skinned, gun-wielding, cigar-chomping demon, but he had to rely on several real-life heroes before "Hellboy 2: The Golden Army" could make it to the screen.
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Posted on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Hellboy 2: The Golden Army Review

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OCModShop published a review of Hellboy 2: The Golden Army movie.

Quote from the review: "Hollywood is often littered with decisions that in hindsight seem to be utterly insane. For all of the big budgeted films that go on to do huge business, there are films such as Waterworld, Howard The Duck, Hudson Hawk, and countless others that make you scratch your head and wonder who thought they were worth the investment of millions of dollars that were needed to bring them to the big screen. Read more

Posted on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Del Toro's ''Hellboy'' Sequel a devilish delight

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By Michael Rechtshaffen

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - When is a big studio picture not a big studio picture? When we're talking Universal's "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" and the filmmaker happens to be Guillermo del Toro.
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