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July 19, 2004
Will Smith Powers 'I, Robot' to $52.3 Million
By Scott Bowles, USA TODAY
For all its special effects and pyrotechnics, science fiction is not a dependable genre at the box office.
Dropping $120 million on a film adaptation of an Isaac Asimov novel is no small gamble.
But when you cast Will Smith in your sci-fi film, the odds don’t seem quite so long.
The amiable star propelled I, Robot to a whopping $52.3 million, according to box office tracker Nielsen EDI. The take is $10 million more than analysts expected on a weekend when several films crossed watershed marks.
Will Smith Powers ‘I, Robot’ to $52.3 Million
Posted by SIAI at July 19, 2004 12:06 AM