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'Princess and the Frog' Leaps to the Top
13 December 2009 4:41 PM, PST
Though there were no sensational new releases, overall business remained at a steady clip over the weekend, up eight percent over the same period last year. For 2009 as a whole, though, it's all gravy from here on out: in the middle of last week, it became the highest-grossing year in Hollywood history, and has topped $9.7 billion (2002 remains the modern record for attendance).
In its nationwide debut, The Princess and the Frog conjured a solid estimated $25 million on approximately 4,800 screens at 3,434 sites. While less auspicious than the openings of Enchanted and the movies from Walt Disney Pictures' 1990s traditional animation heyday, it did mark the highest-grossing start ever for an animated movie in December, a month that's more a marathon for this type of picture than a sprint. Since traditionally-drawn animation has recently been out of favor amidst a computer-generated glut and the princess theme has been skewered in Enchanted,
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- Brandon Gray
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