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'Cloverfield' Sets Box-Office Record With $41M

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Jan 20, 2008 9:53 pm US/Pacific

'Cloverfield' Sets Box-Office Record With $41M

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― The creature-feature "Cloverfield" became the first monster hit released in 2008, debuting with $41 million, according to Sunday's studio estimates. That's a record opening for January.



Paramount's tale of a giant reptile causing chaos in New York City surpassed the $35.9 million premiere weekend of the "Star Wars" special edition in 1997, the previous best for January.   

Opening in second-place was 20th Century Fox's romantic comedy "27 Dresses," starring Katherine Heigl as a perpetual bridesmaid. It pulled in $22.4 million.



The weekend's other new wide release, Overture Films' crime comedy "Mad Money," with Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes plotting a Federal Reserve Bank heist, opened at Number 7 with $7.7 million.

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