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The Reese Witherspoon-Mark Ruffalo romantic comedy is expected to gross 16.5 million dollars in its debut, according to Los Angeles-based Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc.

The haul is nearly $5 million less than most analysts predicted, thanks to a dearth of men reports USATODAY. According to distributor DreamWorks, roughly 77% of the audience was female

"That's the highest percentage of women I can ever remember for one of our films," says Jim Tharp, distribution chief for DreamWorks. "Clearly, we needed more romantic-minded men to show up."

"The Exorcism of Emily Rose" dropped to second place with 15.3 million dollars, followed by the opening of "Lord of War" (9.2 million dollars), "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" (5.8 million dollars) and the debut of "Cry Wolf" (4.5 million dollars).