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 BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP 
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Wolverine Bites Into $87M Box Office

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(Newser) – Wolverine tore the box office apart this weekend, clawing in $87 million, USA Today reports. Though that’s less than the debuts of last summer’s opener (Iron Man, $98.6 million) and the top-grossing X-Men film (The Last Stand, $102 million), it still bodes well for a blockbuster season. Romcom Ghost of Girlfriends Past opened with a weak $15.3 million, while Obsessed ($12.2 million), 17 Again ($6.4 million), and Monsters vs. Aliens ($5.8 million) rounded out the top five.

Hugh Jackman stars as Wolverine, left, and Will.i.am stars as John Wraith in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Hugh Jackman stars as Wolverine, left, and Will.i.am stars as John Wraith in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.   (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, James Fisher)
Hugh Jackman unleashes his adamantium claws in a scene from
Hugh Jackman unleashes his adamantium claws in a scene from "Wolverine."   (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, Michael Muller)
Hugh Jackman stars as Logan, left, and Liev Schreiber stars as Victor Creed in a scene from
Hugh Jackman stars as Logan, left, and Liev Schreiber stars as Victor Creed in a scene from "Wolverine."   (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, James Fisher)
Matthew McConaughey, left, and Jennifer Garner are shown in a scene from Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.
Matthew McConaughey, left, and Jennifer Garner are shown in a scene from Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.   (AP Photo/Warner Bros.)
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iamdakotah
May 3, 09 4:22 PM CDT
image 3 was shopped. He didn't have metal claws yet in that scene. Reply
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anchower
May 3, 09 7:06 PM CDT
Pretty obviously so, at that.
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Rob
May 3, 09 7:51 PM CDT
Um, he NEVER actually has blades coming out of his hands.
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Jes
May 4, 09 6:58 PM CDT
Actually, he did. That was on the island, not the village. Look at the clothes. But really, that movie was a huge disappointment. The CGI was bad (think of the blades in the bathroom mirror, the greenscreen when Xavier shows up...), the action scenes haphazard (Gambit gets knocked out and seconds later is running across rooftops with a bo toward where he was supposed to be?), and they sewed Deadpool's mouth shut! How can they take away the Merc with a Mouth's mouth? Not to mention the swords in his arm, the blades changing from knotty bone to smooth metal blades without shaping...
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riffran
May 3, 09 8:26 PM CDT
what ...no real adamantium blades...lol.....I seen the movie friday.....awsome flick....a few things were not quite "realistic" even for the genre but overall pretty cool......deadpools swords were too long for they way they were "sheathed"...he wouldn't be able to bend his arms, and a few other minor oopsi's Reply
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