Okay, I was a bit off. Charlie and the Choclate Factory didn’t make $60 million this weekend — it only hit $55.4 million. Whoa, wait a minute…isn’t an 8% Friday-to-Saturday business falloff a tad unusual for a kid-friendly film? I hear thunder clouds. I see Charlie stepping into…good God, quicksand! Oh, and Wedding Crashers hit $32.2 million…excellent start.
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