The Help
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How ‘The Help’ Grew From Women’s Flick to Box-Office Powerhouse
The big surprise is how the audience for a dramedy about black Southern maids and white socialites at the dawning of the Civil Rights movement keeps widening
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‘The Help’: The Box-Office Hit That Nearly Didn’t Get Made
Like Kathryn Stockett’s much-rejected book manuscript, box-office dynamo “The Help” is the movie that almost wasn’t
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‘The Help’ Creams ‘Conan,’ ‘Fright Night,’ Wins Weekend Box Office With $20.5M
DreamWorks period drama drops just 20% in 2nd weekend; “Conan the Barbarian” and “Fright Night” remakes flounder; “Spy Kids 4” hits its unspectacular tracking
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‘The Help’ Tames Comatose ‘Conan’ at Friday Box Office
DreamWorks’ Southern Society drama enjoys strong start to its second weekend, as remake of Schwarzenegger barbarianism classic bombs; “Spy Kids 4” opens solid, but not “Fright Night” and “One Day”
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Raging ‘Conan’ Set to be Conquered by ‘The Help’ at Weekend Box Office
Lionsgate’s remake of the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic will likely battle “Apes” for second place; “Fright Night,” “One Day” and “Spy Kids 4” also debut
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‘The Help’ Gets Help from Academy Audience
Capacity audience of Oscar voters “absolutely loved” Disney’s ensemble drama at its AMPAS screening
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Box Office: ‘The Help’ Has Strong $25.5M 1st Weekend, But Can’t Hold Off ‘Apes’
Fox’s “Planet of the Apes” sequel wins another weekend with $27.5M; “Final Destination 5” ($18.4M), “30 Minutes or Less” ($13M) and the “Glee: 3D Concert Movie” ($5.7M) all miss the mark
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‘Final Destination 5’ DOA at Weekend Box Office, as ‘Apes’ Rises Again
Latest “Planet of the Apes” sequel is No. 1 Friday with $8.1M, while New Line’s fate-themed horror film falls well below tracking at $7.3M; DreamWorks’ “The Help” has nearly $18M after three days
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‘The Help’ Does Solid $4.3M at Thursday Box Office
Civil Rights era drama has earned $9.9 million in two days
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Why the Racial Divide of ‘The Help’ Hit Home to Me
It was Florida in the late ’50s, and on my school bus, the black students had to sit in the back — I didn’t understand why and would sit with them
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Faithful to the Bestseller, ‘The Help’ Is a Message Movie With Sass — and Class
Review: It’s a meta-movie — its subject is the power of story-telling even as it tells terrific stories of its own
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Disney Sets ‘Thor 2’ Release Date for July 26, 2013
The studio also moves the release date of “The Help” to Aug. 10, 2011
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Callbacks: Meirelles to Direct Sex Drama; Chastain Gets ‘Help’
David Bowers to direct “Wimpy Kid 2′; Fred Ward has “30 Minutes or Less”; Toby Kebbell is a “Veteran”
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Callbacks: Greengrass Says ‘Bon Voyage’ to Fox’s ‘Fantastic Voyage’
Juno Temple joins Summit’s “Three Musketeers”; DreamWorks asks Chris Lowell to “Help”; Heavy D added to “Cowboys & Aliens”