Cage finds more boxoffice gold with 'Treasure' debut

December 24, 2007 Nicolas Cage followed his secret treasure map to another fortune at movie theaters. Book of Secrets, the Disney sequel to its 2004 hit, opened as the weekend's No. 1 movie with $45.5 million as Hollywood continued a holiday spree at the box office, according to studio estimates Sunday. With Cage reprising his role as a history buff on the hunt for a vanished fortune, the "National Treasure" sequel outdid the original, which debuted with $35.1 million on its way to a $173 million total.

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