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LOS ANGELES - THE Coen brothers conquered the weekend box office in the United States and Canada with their farcical Burn After Reading only six months after winning an Oscar for a much darker film, industry figures showed on Monday.
Starring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton, the spy comedy earned US$19.1 million (S$27.3 million) from Friday to Sunday in its opening weekend.
The successful debut of the latest film from sibling directors Ethan and Joel Coen comes after the two won Best Picture at the Oscars for the grim and violent No Country for Old Men.
The revenue for Burn After Reading marked the best commercial result at the box office for the directors since they started making movies more than 20 years ago.
The film with its goofy, rapid fire dialogue has won mainly rave reviews and praise in particular for Pitt, who plays a clueless gym trainer.
The movie tells the story of a fired CIA analyst, played by Malkovich, whose memoir falls into the hands of Pitt and his cohorts at a fitness gym. -- AFP
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