Gran Torino wins box office race
VARIETY BOX-OFFICE REPORT: Clint Eastwood film grosses $29 million
By Pamela McClintock of Variety -- Video Business, 1/12/2009
JAN. 12 | VARIETY BOX-OFFICE REPORT: Going full throttle at the B.O., Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino grossed $29 million from 2,808 locations to win the weekend and rack up Eastwood's best nationwide opening of all time, both as an actor and director.Despite bad weather in the Northeast and Midwest, where theater traffic dropped precipitously on Saturday, "Gran Torino" wasn't the only hot rod on the box office highway.
Twentieth Century Fox's Kate Hudson-Anne Hathaway comedy Bride Wars outpaced expectations, debuting at No. 2 and grossing an estimated $21.5 million from 3,226 runs, according to Rentrak. Pic's successful opening follows Fox's Christmas hit Marley and Me.
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