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American Gangster Shoots Down Box-office Record

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American Gangster courtesy Universal
American Gangster this weekend earned an estimated $46.3 million at the box office to become the best-opening R-rated crime drama in history. It also represents the best opening weekend for each of its stars, Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington.

With $39.1 mil, Bee Movie placed second — largely due to Jerry Seinfeld's refusal to do any press.

Rounding out the top five were Saw IV ($11 million), Dan in Real Life ($8.1 mil) and 30 Days of Night ($4 mil).

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Posted by Matt Webb Mitovich
Nov 4, 2007 6:33 PM
Matt, I hope you're being sarcastic re: Seinfeld's refusal to do press. If I saw him promoting this thing one more time I was ready to swat my TV!
Posted by petelar
Nov 4, 2007 8:11 PM
I'm shocked at the low Bee Movie number. They've gotta be disappointed after how much they shoved Seinfeld down our throats.

I guess maybe there are more people than just me who got sick of him and that movie.
Posted by killerhook321
Nov 4, 2007 9:36 PM
I get jokes
Posted by WalrusSAS
Nov 4, 2007 10:31 PM
At least Bee Movie made more money than Saw IV this week!
Posted by SNLfan
Nov 5, 2007 3:31 AM
American Gangster was one of the better films I've seen this year. I'm glad it did well--encourages studios to keep making well-acted, well-scripted films for grown-ups. And although I'll probably go see Bee Movie (I like animation and my son wants to see it), I think the overhyping did damage its opening weekend somewhat--I know the studio expected it to be the big winner.
Posted by AlisonRose
Nov 5, 2007 7:30 AM
I heard that Bee Movie isn't all that great so that coupled with the overhype doesn't bode well...
Posted by tvforever
Nov 5, 2007 11:08 AM
I agree...I was so turned off by all of the self-promotion for Bee movie, that I had no desire to see it....
Posted by monidj
Nov 5, 2007 11:57 AM
I'm glad American Gangster did well. Almost everybody I know has a crystal clear bootleg copy. Yeah for Denzel.
Posted by tp72
Nov 5, 2007 3:30 PM
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