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District 9 Takes over the Box Office The weekend B.O. provided prima facie evidence that movies tailored to a specific demo can shine in the summer frame, which has historically been dominated by all-audience event pics. Fueled by older males, Sony/TriStar's sci-fi thriller "District 9" opened to a boffo $37 million from 3,049 theaters to win the weekend crown at the domestic B.O. Movie was a sizable victory for Sony's Worldwide Acquisitions Group, Sony's marketing team, frosh filmmaker Neill Blomkamp and producer Peter Jackson. "District's" opening is one more example of a pic generating strong biz this summer without big stars. Coming in a handy No. 2 was Paramount holdover "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," another male-driven film. "Cobra" dropped 59% to an estimated $22.5 million from 4,007 runs for a domestic cume of $98.8 million. The distaff side of the multiplex was much the same story. Warner Bros./New Line's "The T

Jeremy Renner Going to be the Next Mad Max? I sure hope so. He is a Great actor and with his acting in the New movie Hurt Locker and the Oscar Buzz for him. I think that he would be the Best choice. Q: What attracted you to the role and script? A: It was a complicated role. Everybody asks me, what makes that guy do his job? That to me was someplace I could go to understand somebody. Who does that kind of job? That made me really curious. It's one of the best written antiheroes I've read in 10 years. I was fortunate enough to play him. Q: How did you get into the mind-set of a guy whose job it is to not get blown up? A: I got to train and spend time in the bomb suit with EOD techs. Some of these guys have done four tours, were going back for another tour, were just starting. So I got to pick their brains. They were very gracious and giving with time. What I love about the film is that people will all take something different from it. That's what I dig about it. Good cinema