Article: 'Collateral Damage' Tops at Box Office

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Title: 'Collateral Damage' Tops at Box Office

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LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Arnold Schwarzenegger as an avenging firefighter hunting terrorists proved a solid attraction, though not quite a must- see movie.

Schwarzenegger's "Collateral Damage," delayed four months because of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, opened as the top weekend movie with $15.2 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.

It was Schwarzenegger's first No. 1 opening since "Batman & Robin" in 1997, but the receipts were so-so compared with that film's $42.9 million debut or the $31.8 million premiere of "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" in 1991.

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