'The Wolverine' sinks Claws into $4 million at Thursday night box office

By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "The Wolverine" showed its steel at the box office on Thursday, racking up a strong $4 million. That's slightly less than the roughly $5 million the comic-book movie's predecessor, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" took in from its midnight shows when it debuted in 2009. That film went on to make $85 million over its premiere weekend. Hollywood is counting on the hotly anticipated superhero sequel to lift its box office fortunes after suffering through four straight weeks of big-budget flops like "R.I.P.D. ...



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