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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The animated sequel "Ice Age: The Meltdown" registered the biggest opening of the year at the North American box office, selling an estimated $70.5 million worth of tickets during its first three days, distributor 20th Century Fox said on Sunday. The opening exceeded the News Corp.-owned studio's expectations of about $55 million. Its 2002 predecessor, "Ice Age," opened with $46 million, and went on to earn $176 million. The sequel, which features the voices of...

LOS ANGELES -- Online movie download service Movielink on Monday said it has signed a film distribution pact with 20th Century Fox giving the Web site content from all of Hollywood's major film studios.Movielink, a legal download service, previously offered films from six Hollywood majors, and it now adds more than 1,200 Fox titles such as computer-animated "Robots" to its library."Broadband connections continue to improve, and the movement to (direct film delivery) to TV...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Move over, "A Current Affair," here comes Geraldo Rivera. The syndicated newsmagazine, which debuted in March on the Fox-owned stations, is being scrapped come October to make way for "Geraldo at Large," a live half-hour news program hosted by Fox News' Rivera, the shows' distributor Twentieth Television said Wednesday. "A Current Affair," a revival of the newsmagazine that aired in syndication from 1988-96, hasn't "resonated with audiences in the...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The superhero movie "Fantastic Four" overcame some of the worst reviews of the year to top the North American box office with better-than-expected weekend ticket sales of $56 million, its distributor 20th Century Fox said on Sunday. The News Corp. -owned studio had hoped for an opening in the mid- to high-$30 million range. The film, which cost a little over $100 million to make, is based on characters in the comic book stable of Marvel Enterprises Inc., and had been...