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'Narnia' debuts at top of weekend box office
By wire services
Published December 12, 2005
LOS ANGELES - Disney's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - adapted from C.S. Lewis ' tale of enchantment, epic battles and talking animals - debuted as the weekend's top movie with $67.1-million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The Warner Bros. thriller Syriana, an oil-industry saga whose ensemble cast includes George Clooney and Matt Damon , ran second with $12-million.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , the No. 1 film the previous two weekends, slipped to third.
L.A. film critics honor "Brokeback Mountain'
HOLLYWOOD - In the first major movie award announced this year, Brokeback Mountain , Ang Lee 's sweeping drama about the doomed love affair between two cowboys, was voted Saturday as best picture of 2005 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Lee also won best director honors.
Best actor honors went to Philip Seymour Hoffman for his performance as writer Truman Capote in Capote . Vera Farmiga was chosen best actress as a woman with a secret drug habit trapped in a stale marriage in the low-budget film Down to the Bone.
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