'Torino': Go ahead, make my payday

January 08, 2009 It's not a completely open road to boxoffice glory, but Clint Eastwood's "Gran Torino" holds the pole position this weekend as Warner Bros. expands the urban drama into more than 2,800 theaters. With some $10 million already in the tank, the Eastwood-helmed and -toplined film could pump another $20 million into its cume this session and top the domestic boxoffice in the process. The platform campaign is in keeping with the studio's established pattern in catering to the older moviegoers who tend to support Eastwood's films.

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