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Horror movie 'Resident Evil' tops North American box office
LOS ANGELES: “Resident Evil,” a horror movie based on a video game franchise, swept the North American box office with a $60 million opening weekend, industry estimates showed Sunday. The Sony-distributed movie is directed by Zach Cregger and stars Austin Abrams, who plays a medical courier battling mutant creatures to deliver a package to a remote hospital. “Resident Evil” displaced last week’s top performer, Warner Bros’ “Practical Magic 2,” a long-awaited sequel starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, into a distant second place. The story of the modern-day witches, who face a curse that...
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