Hollywood attempted to squeeze a few more dollars out of a record summer by launching a handful of midrange movies that mostly came up short at the North American boxoffice during the weekend. [...] the strength of the holdovers kept the ticket-takers busy, especially Sony Pictures' raunchy, R-rated "Superbad," which held down the top spot for the second weekend in a row. Summer-to-date, The Hollywood Reporter estimates that total boxoffice has reached an estimated $4.11 billion, surpassing the record of $4.009 billion set during summer 2004.

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