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Horton Hears a Box Office Hit

Posted Mar 16, 08 5:35 PM CDT in Business,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! stomped into theaters this weekend for the year's biggest box office debut, Variety reports. Its $45.1 million draw is the fifth-highest for a G-rated animated flick ever and the fourth-biggest March opener. “It played to whos from ages 2 to 92,” said an exec at Twentieth Century Fox, which produced the film.

Last week’s number one, 10,000 BC, fell to second with $16.4 million, while martial arts movie Never Back Down kicked into third with $8.61 million. Family flick College Road Trip slid from second to fourth at $7.89 million and killer thriller Vantage Point fired into fifth with $5.4 million, Bloomberg reports.

Sources Variety, Bloomberg

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Actress-singer Raven-Symone, left, talks with VJ Lyndsey Rodrigues during an appearance on MTV's "Total Request Live", Tuesday, March 4, 2008 in New York.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
In this image released by Columbia Pictures, Richard T. Jones, left, and Dennis Quaid are shown in a scene from Columbia Pictures' "Vantage Point".   (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures, Daniel Daza)
In this image released by 20th Century Fox, a still from the film "Dr Seuss' Horton Hears a Who" is shown.   (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, Blue Sky Studios)
Cast member Camilla Belle arrives at the premiere of "10,000 BC" in Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 5, 2008.   (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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Actors Amber Heard and Sean Faris from the movie "Never Back Down" make an appearance at MTV Studios in Times Square for a taping MTV's "Total Request Live" show, Monday, March 10, 2008, in New York....   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
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