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Movies provided a much-needed escape
Tuesday, September 18, 2001
Americans returned to movie theaters in large numbers last weekend, and a slate of new films pushed box-office earnings well ahead of the same weekend a year earlier.
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The Keanu Reeves drama "Hardball," about an inner-city Little League team, opened at No. 1 with $10.1 million -- slightly below the amount taken the previous weekend by "The Musketeer." The swashbuckling adventure fell to third place with $5.3 million. "The Glass House," a psychological thriller starring Leelee Sobieski, opened in second place with $6.1 million.
Overall, the weekend box-office returns were about 42 percent higher than at the same time last year, $54.1 million compared to $37.8 million. While theaters were relatively empty on Friday, as many people watched news coverage of the terror attacks or participated in a day of remembrance, the audience increased Saturday as people sought an escape.
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