FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 30, 2008
Contact: Allison Bryant
Allison.bryant@fox.com
“MARLEY & ME” BRINGS HOME A RECORD BREAKING
$14.75 MILLION ON CHRISTMAS DAY
“MARLEY & ME” UNLEASHES MOTION PICTURE HISTORY
WITH BIGGEST CHRISTMAS DAY OPENING EVER!
LOS ANGELES … Audiences everywhere are feeling the love for MARLEY
over the holiday weekend. U.S. moviegoers responded in staggering numbers to the
Christmas Day opening of MARLEY & ME, with the film chewing up the box-office
with a record-breaking $14.75 Million -- the largest Christmas Day opening in motion
picture history.
Fox Distribution President Bruce Snyder said, “These are phenomenal holiday
numbers, breaking all records for a Christmas Day opening. Audiences of all ages and
demographics are laughing, crying, and responding with their love of the film in
staggering numbers. Marley & Me truly is the definition of a ‘feel good movie’ and
families are finding that the film brings them closer together.”
MARLEY & ME tells the heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family in the
making and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life.
Starring Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane, and Alan Arkin and directed by
David Frankel, based on the best selling book of the same title by John Grogan.
One of the world’s largest producers and distributors of motion pictures, Fox
Filmed Entertainment produces, acquires and distributes motion pictures throughout the
world. These motion pictures are produced or acquired by the following units of FFE:
Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Atomic, and
Twentieth Century Fox Animation.
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