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BOX OFFICE BUZZ 'RAMBO' BACK IN A BIG WAY.(Business)

Article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Article date: January 25, 2008

Byline: GREG HERNANDEZ

Rambo is back! But will anyone care?

After enjoying surprising success with "Rocky Balboa" a year ago, Sylvester Stallone revives the other of his iconic movie heroes in "Rambo," which opens today in 2,800 theaters.

The "Rocky" franchise had been dormant since 1990, and the low-budgeted "Balboa" managed to earn strong reviews and a domestic gross of $70.3 million.

The character of John Rambo has been absent from the big screen even longer. "Rambo III" grossed just $53 million in 1988, after ...

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