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Taken Snatches Box Office

Thriller bumps Mall Cop from top spot

By Laurel Jorgensen,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 1, 2009 4:09 PM CST

(Newser) – The CIA thriller Taken nabbed the box office title from Paul Blart: Mall Cop, simultaneously pushing Hollywood to its first billion-dollar January, reports AP. Taken, starring Liam Neeson as a former CIA operative pursuing kidnappers, pulled in $24.6 million on Super Bowl weekend—in...   Read full story »

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