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Jodie Foster piloted "Flightplan" to a No. 1 debut, her airborne thriller taking in $24.6 million reports AP. In "Flightplan" Kyle Pratt (Foster) faces every mother's worst nightmare when her six-year-old daughter Julia vanishes without a trace mid-flight from Berlin to New York. Already emotionally devastated by the unexpected death of her husband, Kyle desperately struggles to prove her sanity to the disbelieving flight crew and passengers while facing the very real possibility that she may be losing her mind. The thriller landed ahead of "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride," the runner-up with $20.1 million.
The weekend's other new wide release, rapper Bow Wow's rollerskating romp "Roll Bounce," opened at No. 4 with $8 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence," starring Viggo Mortensen as a family man whose tranquil life is shattered by intrusive mobsters (Ed Harris and William Hurt), opened strongly in limited release with $504,000 in 14 theaters. The movie expands to about 1,200 theaters Friday.
Also debuting solidly was Roman Polanski's adaptation of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist," featuring Ben Kingsley as pickpocket mentor Fagin, which took in $69,000 at five theaters. The film will be shown in about 800 theaters Friday.
"Flightplan" was the first No. 1 debut in almost five months for distributor Disney.
"Long time coming. You never expect that. We're usually more consistent," said Chuck Viane, Disney head of distribution.
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