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Box Office Report: 'Taken 2' Dazzles With $50 Mil, One of Top Three October Debuts

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The Liam Neeson action pic grosses $50 million in North America and $55 million overseas; musical comedy "Pitch Perfect" turns in a solid $14.7 million domestically, while Tim Burton's "Frankenweenie" falters with $11.5 million.

 

'Taken 2' Manhandling Box Office On Way to $48M Weekend

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Liam Neeson and ‘Taken 2” are looking at a $48 million weekend after blasting past their box office rivals Friday and rolling to a first-day total of $18.6 million. The gangbusters debut for Fox’s PG13-rated action sequel marks the second consecutive week a movie has broken out and lifted the box office into positive territory. If the weekend stays on pace, it will finish more than 30 percent ahead of last year, when “Real Steel” lead the way with a $27 million debut.

 

Neeson 'in talks for A-Team film'

Neeson 'in talks for A-Team film'

Actor Liam Neeson is in talks to star as Hannibal in the big-screen version of The A-Team, according to reports.

 

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