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Article: Actioner `Rush Hour' tops `quality' season box office
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- September 21, 1998
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MICHAEL FLEEMAN AP Entertainment Writer
AP Online
09-21-1998
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ ``Rush Hour,'' pairing Hong Kong star Jackie Chan with comedian Chris Tucker, raced past the drama ``One True Thing'' to debut with $33 million in ticket sales, a record for a September opening, figures showed Monday.
``Rush Hour's'' weekend performance surprised Hollywood _ drawing a big audience to action fare at a time when studios are rolling out their ``quality'' Oscar offerings. It easily topped the $18.9 million opening in September 1996 for ``First Wives Club'' and was a record for New Line Cinemas, beating the $25.4 million debut in 1990 of the studio's ``Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.''
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