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'Sex and the City' Mania Builds

Fever builds as fans count down to opening night

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted May 20, 2008 10:31 AM CDT

(Newser) – Who knew? It's 10 days and counting until Sex and the City opens and the huge surge of interest in the movie has surprised even studio execs, the New York Times reports. In the kind of film fever usually associated with people in Chewbacca costumes, groups of women across the nation are gearing up to see the film "with the gang"—and plenty of them plan to dress fabulously.

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The four leading actresses of the film and TV series 'Sex in the City', Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kim Cattrall and director Michael Patrick King, from left, arrive at the... (AP Photo/Miguel Villagran)

Stars Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kim Cattrall, from left, arrive at the German premiere of the movie "Sex and the City" in Berlin, on Thursday, May 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Miguel Villagran)

Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker arrive at the World Premiere of "Sex and the City" at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, Monday, May 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Nathan Strange)

Actress Kristin Davis signs autographs as she arrives in London for the World Premier of the film "Sex and the City," Monday, May, 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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'Sex and the City' Mania Builds