Article: `Rush Hour' opens big

CLAIRE VITUCCI Associated Press Writer
AP Online
09-21-1998
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ ``Rush Hour,'' starring Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan and comedian Chris Tucker as mismatched cops, earned $31 million in its debut weekend, breaking the record for best opening ever in August, September and October.

The film sailed past the No. 2 film, ``One True Thing,'' a family drama starring Meryl Streep and Renee Zellweger that brought in $6.6 million.

Chan, whose previous movies were only modest U.S. hits, hopes that ``Rush Hour'' will win him the kind of fame in America that he enjoys in Asia.

``Rounders'' dropped from the top spot to No. 4 with $4.8 million in ticket sales, while ``Simon ...

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