'Gangster' steals boxoffice: $46.3 mil

November 05, 2007 Universal/Imagine's "American Gangster" gunned down the competition to capture the top spot in the domestic boxoffice with an estimated $46.3 million in opening loot. In a limited bow, Warner Independent's documentary about war-torn Sudan "Darfur Now" grossed $24,000 from two runs in New York and one in L.A., or a solid $8,000 per location. Industrywide, the weekend represented some needed good news for a town wracked by labor tensions, with the frame's $140 million in total grosses marking an 8% improvement over the same session last year.

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