Studios happy with Christmas presence

December 30, 2008 Holiday releases -- ranging from warm puppy "Marley & Me" to kid-friendly "Bedtime Stories" to the luxe backward-running romance "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" -- attracted a stampede to the multiplex last weekend. [...] the studios will ring out 2008 on the strength of their current year-end lineup as the industry heads toward another record-setting domestic gross. Instead, Paramount Vantage will launch exclusive runs of its World War II drama "Defiance" while ThinkFilm follows suit with its Nazi-era drama "Good."

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