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MUMBAI: Mark Steven Johnson's Ghost Rider™ starring Nicolas
Cage and Eva Mendes, raked in $44.5M on its opening weekend (Friday
16th Feb – Sunday 18th Feb) at the North American box-office
. Averaging a scorching $12,296 from 3,619 locations, the film which
is based on the popular Marvel Comics character , opened higher
than the $35.1M bow of National Treasure, Cage's previous best opening.
The visual effects-driven Ghost Rider ™ notched up one-third
of all ticket sales for the weekend gone by and delivered Hollywood's
biggest opening for 2007.
Ghost Rider™ opens across India on February 23rd, 2007 with
over 200 prints and will be dubbed in Hindi ("Mahakaal")
, Tamil and Telugu. This is Hollywood's first wide release in India
in 2007.
From Marvel Comics, creators of Spider-Man™, Fantastic Four,
and X-Men, comes a new hero… Ghost Rider™. Long ago, superstar
motorcycle stunt rider Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) made a deal with
the devil to protect the ones he loved most: his father and his
childhood sweetheart, Roxanne (Eva Mendes).
Now, the Devil has come for his due. By day, Johnny is a die-hard
stunt rider... but at night, he becomes the Ghost Rider, a bounty
hunter of rogue demons. Forced to do the Devil's bidding, Johnny
is determined to confront his fate and use his curse and powers
to defend the innocent.
Ghost Rider™ stars Nicolas Cage (National Treasure, Gone in
60 Seconds), Eva Mendes ( 2 Fast 2 Furious, Hitch), Wes Bentley
(American Beauty), Sam Elliott (Hulk), Donal Logue ( Blade) and
Peter Fonda (The Limey, Easy Rider).
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