More Sex and Violence Please, We’re British – The Story of Hammer Horror
It was Scars of Dracula I think, or maybe Dracula Has Risen from the Grave...
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AVATAR’S surge
All Time Domestic Figures (07.01.01)
12. Spider-Man $373,585, 825
13. The Passion of the Christ $370,782,930
14. Avatar $367,536,685.
15. Jurassic Park $357,067,947
16. LOTR: Two Towers $341,786,758
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Mann (Public Enemies)
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Clooney (Up in the Air)
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Rockwell (Moon)
Stuhlberg (A Serious Man)
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Mulligan (An Education)
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