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Will Smith's new film, The Pursuit of Happyness, takes the number one spot on the weekend Box Office, selling about $27 million worth of tickets during its first three days of release across North America.
Smith's rags-to-riches tale, based on the true story of Chris Gardner, a homeless entrepreneur and single father who eventually became a successful stockbroker, marks Columbia Pictures' 13th chart-topper this year, extending the record that it set at No. 10. The Sony Corp.-owned studio has grossed a record $1.58 billion so far this year at the domestic box office, also setting a new record. Columbia set the previous record of $1.57 billion in 2002, the year that it launched Spider-Man, reports Yahoo.com.
"Whether he's doing action, adventure or comedy, audiences love him," Rory Bruer, Columbia's president of domestic theatrical distribution, said in a statement.
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Posted 12/21/06 by ozzie in Urban News
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Columbia hoped Happyness, which stars Smith's own son, Jaden, as his on-screen son, and cost just over $50 million to make, opened in the low $20 million range.
Paramount Pictures' Charlotte's Web cost in the $80 million range to make, and at No. 3, its $12 million opening met the Viacom Inc.-owned studio's expectations. Based on the E.B. White novel, the live-action/computer-animated children's adaptation revolves around the friendship between the titular spider and a pig named Wilbur, and stars Julia Roberts and Outkast's Andre 3000.
Paramount also opened the acclaimed musical Dreamgirls in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco ahead of its national rollout on Christmas Day. With a price set at $25 per ticket, it was of little surprise when the film grossed a staggering $360,000 from 21 screenings.
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