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"We are not happy with the performance theatrically, but from a financial perspective we are fine," Sands said, noting that Miramax spent $21 million on "Pinocchio
Expanding to 2,190 theaters in its second weekend, "Gangs" earned $11 aspx?c=288641 class="art">Robert Benigni's new live-action version of the Disneyfied Italian folk tale, took in just $1 msn com/netcal/?netcal=117 class="art">Maid in Manhattan" was a close fourth with $13 million in its third weekend and an overall take of $57
Slipping to No The film, also distributed by Miramax, goes into wider release in January
9 1 million, becoming one of the speediest films ever to cross the $200 million mark, according to studio estimates Sunday "=http://entertainment Rick Sands, chief operating officer at Miramax, said the poor showing may have been because the film was made in Italian and dubbed into English
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The weekend held some bad news for studios 2, capturing $30 million in its first weekend and $48 msn 6 million since opening Wednesday
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"To say it's this generation's `Star Wars' is almost an understatement Final figures will be released Monday com/netcal/?netcal=119 class="art">Lord of the Rings" sequel took in $48 aspx?m=103962 class="art">Catch Me If You Can," $30 million aspx?m=82 class="art">Drumline," $8
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Its weekend average of $13,508 per theater had "Two Towers" fulfilling predictions that it would outperform its predecessor, last year's "=/movies/movie aspx?m=103962 class="art">Catch Me If You Can," starring =/celebs/celeb aspx?c=326441 class="art">Tom Hanks as an FBI agent pursuing Abagnale, who became a master check forger and posed as an airline pilot, a doctor and a lawyer while still in his teens |