Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Disney's 'Lone Ranger' starts box office ride with $2 million

Cast member Johnny Depp waves as confetti fly at the world premiere of "The Lone Ranger" in Anaheim By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's big-budget Western "The Lone Ranger," starring Johnny Depp as Native American sidekick Tonto, rode off with $2 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales during its first shows on Tuesday night, trotting well behind animated "Despicable Me 2." Both films are fighting for audiences heading into the U.S. Independence Day holiday on Thursday, one of the biggest movie going periods of the year. "Despicable Me 2" took in $4.7 million in its Tuesday night preview shows, according to distributor Universal Pictures, a unit of Comcast Corp. ...








via Movies News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/disneys-lone-ranger-starts-box-office-ride-2-001118138.html

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