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Friday Box Office: Rocked Like a Hurricane

Most expected depressed box office numbers this weekend , but even negative nellies probably didn’t expect to see this. With Hurricane Irene battering the eastern seaboard, all three new releases stumbled badly on Friday, with opening days ranging from $2.3 million ( Our Idiot Brother ) to $4 million ( Colombiana ). Said one industry insider to Deadline: “Any way you slice it business is getting creamed this weekend.” Thanks, Mother Nature! Your Friday box office is here.

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Friday Box Office: Rocked Like a Hurricane

Departed Trio Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese and William Monahan Attached to The Gambler

Bad news usually breaks late on a Friday, which makes it decidedly bizarre that this great news broke at 10:30 p.m. on the East Coast: Deadline reports that Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to star in the William Monahan-scripted remake of The Gambler , with Martin Scorsese attached to direct. (The three men previous teamed up for The Departed ) The 1974 version of The Gambler — based on a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky — followed a New York City school teacher (James Caan) who is addicted to gambling. No word yet when this will actually film, however, since both Scorsese and DiCaprio have full dance cards for the foreseeable future. [ Deadline ]

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Departed Trio Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese and William Monahan Attached to The Gambler