ew.com - 5/11/2008
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The summer of 2008 is only two weeks old, and it already has its first flop. Speed Racer , the Wachowski Brothers' kaleidoscopic retelling of the classic cartoon series, got stuck in neutral this weekend, grossing a mere $20.2 million, according to Sunday's estimates a disastrous sum for a movie that cost well in excess of $100 mil and that Warner Bros. had considered one of its major summer ...
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Pink Is The New Blog —
Bad news for Warner Bros. Studios and the Wachowski Brothers at the box office this weekend ... their $100+ million dollar "summer blockbuster" Speed Racer ...
'Speed Racer' crashes as the Box Office Challenge motors on
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... Speed Racer may have put on the brakes at the box office last weekend (in actual fact, he barely even really got his gears running, grossing a worse-than-disappointing $18.6 mil in his debut). But it was full speed ahead for ...
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Variety.com 5/11/2008
Front Page: 'Speed Racer' stalls in summer race -- “Speed Racer” sputtered through its first lap at the box office, as Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow’s $100 million-plus tentpole bowed to a very weak $20.2 million.
'Iron' stay gold overseas —
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International News: 'Racer' crashes at the foreign box office -- "Iron Man" stayed golden at the international box office, dominating the weekend with $39 million at 7,500 playdates in its second frame while "Speed Racer" crashed out of the gate with ...
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