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'Gran Torino' revs up weekend b.o.


January 11, 2009 Warner Bros. sped to the top of the domestic boxoffice this weekend, as Clint Eastwood's urban drama "Gran Torino" registered an estimated $29 million with a turbocharged expansion into wide release. Industrywide, the first weekend of the 2009 boxoffice year marked a 4% improvement over the same frame last year with $146 million in collective grosses, according to Nielsen EDI data. Fox Searchlight added 42 locations for a total of 60 for its Mickey Rourke vehicle "The Wrestler" and grossed $873,900, or an auspicious $14,565 per site, for a $2.8 million cume.

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