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Thriller "Max Payne" Opens Atop At N. American Box Office

Category: Movies    Tags: Max Payne, Weekend Box Office

 

Video game-adapted shooting thriller "Max Payne" opened at the top of box office in North America in this busy weekend, with the special effects-filled movie taking in about 18 million dollars over the three-day period.


Cast members Chris ＂Ludacris＂ Bridges, Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis pose with director John Moore at the premiere of the movie ＂Max Payne＂ at Grauman＇s Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California October 13, 2008.
Starring action star Mark Wahlberg, "Max Payne" easily outdistanced competitions in theaters from a popular dog, bees and the current U.S. president, according to Los Angeles-based box office tracking firm Media By Numbers Sunday.

The 20th Century Fox release, based on a popular video game with the same name, chronicles a NYPD detective's revenge against a pharmaceutical company involved in a secret military project after his wife is murdered.
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