Mr Showmanship, it appears, is still capable of kicking up a storm at the box office.

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Meanwhile a post box in St Peter's Road is proving to be a port in a storm.

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In a twist, Hurricane (or super storm) Sandy actually helped drive up Hollywood box office numbers this weekend in the Northeast, where kids were off school on Friday and people over the weekend were seeking entertainment refuge from a very bad week of flooding, power loss and devastation.

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