The "Terminator" franchise about an assassin cyborg portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger has grossed more than USD 1 billion over three films since it debuted in 1984.
"Zero Dark Thirty," Hollywood's re-telling of the decade-long manhunt for Osama bin Laden, captured the No. 1 spot on movie box office charts over the weekend with USD 24 million in US and Canadian ticket sales.
Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow could have made a testosterone-fueled shoot-'em-up Hollywood version of the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden.
The makers of a Hollywood movie about the US operation to kill Osama bin Laden denied asking for classified material for their film, but say they did conduct interviews with a CIA officer and others at the heart of the decade-long hunt for the al Qaeda leader.