He added that the total sales for the Call of Duty series exceeded the box office takings for the Star Wars and Lord of the Rings film series.
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That 2015 release seems a fairly safe bet given the box-office reliability of all things Star Wars no matter the quality (Phantom Menace anyone?).
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Life-to-date sales for the Call of Duty franchise have exceeded worldwide theatrical box office receipts for Harry Potter and Star Wars, the two most successful movie franchises of all time.
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Mr Obama said he had taken office a year ago "amid two wars, an economy rocked by severe recession, a financial system on the verge of collapse, and a government deeply in debt".
Olmert, as the only prime minister to have led the country in two wars in one term of office, does not hesitate to use force to project an image of fearless manliness to the public.
If there is someone who can give Star Wars a run for box-office gold, maybe it's Spider-Man.
Star Wars, of course, shattered all box office records, making so much money that not even fancy Hollywood accounting could minimize Lucas' 40% of the net profits.
When the later Star Wars films were released in the 1990s and 2000s, although they did well at the box office, they were generally not well-received by fans.
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In November, the Government Accountability Office's head of acquisition management reminded a congressional panel that eight years into the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the U.S. still has trouble keeping track of contractors--a problem with severe cost implications.
It's not as if it's going to take much promotion to guarantee a huge box-office turnout for the May 16 release of Attack Of The Clones, the fifth film in the hugely successful Star Wars series.
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