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Finding Nemo, Pixar Animation Studios' little movie about a fish, netted a briny $70.6 million take at the box office this weekend, posting the best opening ever for an animated film. Top 10: Finding Nemo Bruce Almighty The Italian Job The Matrix Reloaded Daddy Day Care X2: X-Men United Wrong Turn The In-Laws Down With Love Bend it Like Beckham
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HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 14, 2000 -- Does the female sex sell?
Judging from "Charlie's Angels" $75.4 million take in two weeks, the answer is a definite ... maybe.
The Drew Barrymore - Cameron Diaz - Lucy Liu starrer has overcome its infamous casting, script and $90 million production woes to become a bonafide hit. Milking its combination of cleavage, kung-fu fighting and Diaz's dance moves, "Charlie's Angels" urged moviegoers to "get some action," which they did, taking a strong summer for women and kicking it up a couple notches.
Once upon a time -- er, last spring, actually -- the Island of Moneymaking Girl-Power Movies only had one survivor: Julia Roberts. Sandra Bullock is in career rehab, Jodie Foster's a hit-or-miss. Meg Ryan and Michelle Pfeiffer owe half their box office draw to their huge male co-stars, while Sharon Stone is banking on "Basic Instinct 2" to reviv