Movies fend off soccer overseas

June 16, 2008 Soccer fans apparently watched the televised soccer matches only on days when the home country played, because there were surprising turnouts for M. Night Shyamalan's paranoid thriller and for "Hulk's" comic book-based superhero. Overcoming mostly negative reviews, "Happening" gained its narrow victory by dint of a massive release on 5,693 screens in 61 markets while "Hulk's" total came from 3,417 playdates in 38 territories. "Sex" held its own through the soccer madness, reaching a cume of $136 million after its weekend take of $23.3 million from 5,597 screens in 41 markets.

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