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"Speed Racer" Crashes And Burns

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LOS ANGELES — "Speed Racer" was lapped in its opening weekend at the box office as "Iron Man" continued to fire its jets with $50.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The anime-inspired race movie edged into the No. 2 spot with $20.2 million, slightly ahead of the 20th Century Fox comedy "What Happens in Vegas," which debuted at $20 million. "Our tracking was stalled toward the end," said Dan Fellman, president of Warner Bros. theatrical distribution, ...