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Rosario T. Calabria on July 12, 2009 at 10:34 pm
While it opened to a strong $14.40 million on Friday, Brüno slid a steep 39% on Saturday to $8.75 million and took in $7.47 million on Sunday for a first place $30.62 million from 2,756 theaters for its opening weekend.
While the total number is pretty much in line with what Universal was [...]
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Rosario T. Calabria on July 11, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Sacha Baron Cohen’s R-rated comedy Brüno opened on Friday to an estimated $14.2 million and Universal Pictures is projecting that the film will gross $35.8 million for the weekend. That’s well ahead of what the studio had predicted heading into the weekend and would put the pic within the top 5 biggest R-rated comedy [...]
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Rosario T. Calabria on July 11, 2009 at 12:28 am
Playing in 700 theaters post-midnight, Universal Pictures’ Brüno, from star Sacha Baron Cohen, took in an impressive $1.6 million.
The strong midnight opening numbers virtually assure that the film — which on Friday opened wide to 2,755 theaters — will easily surpass Cohen’s 2006 hit ‘Borat’. That film took in $26.5 million from its first weekend [...]
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Rosario T. Calabria on May 22, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Universal Pictures has released the first green band movie trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen’s upcoming comedy Brüno. Head on over the jump to check it out.
Brüno hits theaters on July 10, 2009. Continue reading Brüno Movie Trailer

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Rosario T. Calabria on April 24, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Universal Pictures has released the first poster for Brüno, Sacha Baron Cohen’s follow-up to 2006′s Borat. Click the poster above for a higher res look.
Brüno hits theaters on July 10, 2009
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Rosario T. Calabria on April 16, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Universal has announced that Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat follow-up Bruno has been given an R-Rating by the MPAA. You may remember that the film was initially given an NC-17 rating by the board (see related story).
In related news, the studio has released a new batch of photos from the film. Click the image [...]