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From: AP Online
Date: 20021015
Author:The Associated Press

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ROME (AP) _ Roberto Benigni's "Pinocchio" has set a new record at the Italian box office for first weekend returns, taking in more than $6.93 million, according to the independent movie survey company Cinetel Srl.

Roberto Chicchiero, Cinetel's director, said Monday the three-day box-office returns put "Pinocchio" ahead of former record holder " The Lord of the Rings," which collected $5.78 million in its first weekend at the box office last year.

Nearly one of every three Italian theaters showed the film, adapted from Carlo Collodi's 1880 ...

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