Speed Racer

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Speed Racer An ultra-cartoony actioner is pure cotton candy -- entirely non-nutritious but too sweet and pretty for young people to resist.
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Daily
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 (*millions)
  FILM GROSS TOTAL*
1 Iron Man $5,747,344 $121.3063
2 Made Of Honor $1,003,658 $17.7028
3 Baby Mama $650,025 $33.9610
4 Forgetting Sarah Marshall $588,760 $46.3701
5 Harold And Kumar Escape From Guantanamo $541,365 $27.0324
6 Forbidden Kingdom, The $306,670 $46.0459
7 21 $164,914 $79.4124
8 88 Minutes $144,717 $15.7764
9 Nim's Island $117,926 $42.8077
10 Prom Night $107,756 $41.6638
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008 (*millions)
Top Show Total
American Idol (Fox) 21.2 mil
Top Shows A18-49
American Idol (FOX) 8.2/23
Hell's Kitchen (FOX) 5.2/13
Dancing With the Stars Results (ABC) 4.5/11
Networks
FOX 6.7/18
ABC 3.0/8
CBS 2.3/6
NBC 2.1/6
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