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Thor Number #1 At Box Office, But Bridesmaids Is Surprisingly Strong


Posted on May 15, 2011 @ 06:30AM - Add a comment

by Radar Staff

Thor may have finished number one at the box office with an estimated $34.5 million in ticket sales, but the real winner is Bridesmaids.

The raunchy R-rated flick -- a sort of Hangover for the femme audience -- took in $24.6 million, well above expectations.

Kristen Wiig co-wrote and stars in the comedy, along with fellow SNL-er Maya Rudolph plus Rose Byrne, Terry Crews and Jessica St. Clair.

Thor may have finished number one at the box office with an estimated $34.5 million in ticket sales, but the real winner is Bridesmaids.

The raunchy R-rated flick -- a sort of Hangover for the femme audience -- took in $24.6 million, well above expectations.

Kristen Wiig co-wrote and stars in the comedy, along with fellow SNL-er Maya Rudolph plus Rose Byrne, Terry Crews and Jessica St. Clair.

 

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Bridesmaids was also the final film for the great Jill Clayburgh, which is reason enough to see it. 

Clayburgh, who died last November after a valiant battle against cancer, has a small role as Wiig's mother.

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Jill Clayburgh Dies


Posted on Nov 06, 2010 @ 01:30PM - 7 comments

Jill Clayburgh, who starred in the most classic woman-coming-into-her-own roles of the 1970s and 80s, died Friday, RadarOnline.com has learned.

The actress, 66, died at the Connecticut home she shared with her husband of 32 years, acclaimed playwright David Rabe.

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Jill Clayburgh, who starred in the most classic woman-coming-into-her-own roles of the 1970s and 80s, died Friday, RadarOnline.com has learned.

The actress, 66, died at the Connecticut home she shared with her husband of 32 years, acclaimed playwright David Rabe.

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Clayburgh is best known for her starring roles in An Unmarried Woman and Starting Over. She also made numerous TV appearances in series like Law & Order and Nip/Tuck.

Only her closest friends and family, including her Broadway star daughter Lily Rabe, knew that Clayburgh had battled leukemia for two decades.

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Lily is soon to open in a new production of A Merchant of Venice opposite Al Pacino.

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