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Article: Dreamworks' 'Match Point' Scores a Hit in Its Opening.
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- PR Newswire
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- January 3, 2006
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GLENDALE, Calif., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- DreamWorks' "Match Point," the critically acclaimed new drama from writer/director Woody Allen, enjoyed a smashing debut over the extended New Year holiday weekend, it was announced today by DreamWorks head of distribution Jim Tharp. Opening on Wednesday, December 28, on only eight screens in New York and Los Angeles, the film has taken in an estimated $731,000 to date, for an extremely impressive $91,000 per screen average -- far and away the best of any other current release, wide or limited.
On the heels of this success, DreamWorks plans to widen the release pattern of "Match Point" to eight more markets on Friday, ...