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'Norbit' take hefty at $33.7 mil


February 12, 2007 Eddie Murphy is proving to be as big of a movie star as the fat suit he wears in the DreamWorks comedy "Norbit." The Academy Award-nominated actor has earned himself the top spot in the North American boxoffice rankings with his latest film, a Paramount Pictures release, just two weekends before he could very well nab his first Oscar statuette off his "Dreamgirls" performance. [...] while "Norbit" killed with an estimated $33.7 million for the three-day frame, the thriller "Hannibal Rising," an MGM release of a film from the Weinstein Co., died at a meager $13.3 million.

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