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'Marley & Me' Sets Christmas Day Box Office Record

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Dec 26, 2008 7:28 pm US/Central

'Marley & Me' Sets Christmas Day Box Office Record

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Twentieth Century Fox says "Marley & Me" has set a Christmas Day record with $14.75 million at the box office.

That breaks the previous mark of $10.2 million, set by "Ali" in 2001, according to Media By Numbers LLC.

And "Marley & Me" may not be alone: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "Bedtime Stories" were also expected to move past the previous Christmas Day mark, according to some studio estimates.

Even "Valkyrie" had a strong Yuletide opening with more than $8 million, those numbers show.

Marley & Me is based on the bestselling autobiographical book by journalist Josh Grogan that was published in 2005. The book portrays Grogan's life with his dog Marley, a yellow Labrador Retriever.

(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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