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Article: A big fat Greek smash hit. (Reel World).(My Big Fat Greek Wedding)(Movie Review)
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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"MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING," Nia Vardalos' autobiographical tale of a crazy Greek-American family getting crazier when she falls in love with a non-Greek, easily qualifies as the "feel good" movie of 2002. While shot on a modest budget of $5,000,000, the film's domestic box office gross has gone past an astounding $200,000,000! Whereas other pictures are credited with having commercial "legs" if their box office numbers do not drop off more than 30% in the weeks succeeding general release, "Greek Wedding" actually had its biggest grosses during its 22nd week in release. Fittingly, this people-pleasing phenomenon was fueled by strong word of mouth.
With equal ...