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‘Sparkle’s Mara & Salim Akil Make Paramount Deal On ‘Abandonment Issues’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday September 14, 2012 @ 11:27am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Mara Brock Akil, Paramount Pictures, Salim Akil, Sparkle
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Mara Brock Akil and Salim AkilBREAKING: Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil, who last teamed on the Screen Gems remake Sparkle with Whitney Houston, have made a deal with Paramount Pictures for a new project with the working title Abandonment Issues. Mara Brock Akil will write the script and Salim Akil, her husband, will direct and they will produce together. Salim made his feature directing  debut with last year’s TriStar comedy Jumping The Broom, which opened tops at the box office and grossed over $40 million domestically. READ MORE »

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‘The Expendables 2′ Tops Crowded Box Office With $28.7M Weekend, ‘Bourne Legacy’ $17M, ‘ParaNorman’ $14M; ‘The Campaign’ $13.3M, ‘Sparkle’ $12M

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday August 19, 2012 @ 11:45am PDTTags: Hollywood box office, ParaNorman, Sparkle, The Bourne Legacy, The Expendables 2

August 17-19 Weekend Actuals

1. The Expendables 2 (Millenium/Lionsgate) NEW [3,316 Runs] R Friday $10.5M, Saturday $10.2M, Sunday $7.9M, Weekend $28.6M

2. The Bourne Legacy (Universal) Week 2 [3,753 Runs] PG13 Friday $5.3M, Saturday $7.1M, Sunday $4.7M, Weekend $17.1M (-55%), Cume $69.6M

3. ParaNorman 3D (Focus Features) NEW [3,429 Runs] PG Friday

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