Friday Box Office: Max Payne Opens at #1, May Reach $18.5 Million

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Friday Box Office: Max Payne Opens at #1, May Reach $18.5 Million
Right Celebrity found this 10/20/2008 on www.slashfilm.com (flag)
Max Payne (Fox) has successfully made the, often-times treacherous jump, from video game to the big screen grabbing an estimated $6.75M on its opening day. That will mean a likely $18.5M opening weekend, which is decent news for Mark Wahlberg and Fox. I received advance word from a couple ... (link)

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Mark Wahlberg is Max Payne
Published 10/20/2008 by Katja at Right Celebrity
... The action movie “Max Payne“, directed by John Moore, debuted with $18 million at the box office. He left behind the family comedy “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” ($11.2 million), the chick flick “The Secret Life of Bees” ($11.1 million) and the film biography of George W. Bush ($10.6 million), according to Los Angeles-based ...

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