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Earth Tops Box Office as Specialty Flicks Shine

Golden Globe nominations give specialty flicks a boost

By Laurel Jorgensen, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 14, 2008 5:41 PM CST

(Newser) – The Day the Earth Stood Still pulled in $31 million and topped the box office this weekend, but specialty films drew bigger buzz, Variety reports. Benefiting from Golden Globe noms, Milk cracked the top ten with $2.6 million and Slumdog Millionaire banked $2.2... Read full story »

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Earth Tops Box Office as Specialty Flicks Shine

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