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Movie Version of Marvel Comics' 'Daredevil' Sets Record with Opening.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, February, 2003
By Greg Hernandez, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 18--The movie adaptation of Marvel Comics' "Daredevil" grossed an estimated $47.3 million in its first four days of release to set a new Presidents Day weekend record, rewarding 20th Century Fox's unique strategy of releasing summerlike fare in the less-competitive month of February.
"Daredevil," starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner and Colin Farrell, also scored the second-biggest February opening in history with its three-day gross of $43.5 million, second only to the record $58 million earned by "Hannibal" two years ago.
Bruce Snyder, Fox's president of distribution, said the action-adventure film about a blind superhero came out on the high end of...
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