'Marley' stirs it up with record $14.75 mil Xmas

By Associated Press

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Twentieth Century Fox says "Marley & Me" has set a Christmas Day record with $14.75 million at the box office.

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Story Published: Dec 27, 2008 at 11:00 AM PST

Story Updated: Dec 27, 2008 at 11:00 AM PST

'Marley' stirs it up with record $14.75 mil Xmas

In this image released by 20th Century Fox, Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston are shown in a scene from, "Marley and Me."

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Twentieth Century Fox says "Marley & Me" has set a Christmas Day record with $14.75 million at the box office.

That breaks the previous mark of $10.2 million, set by "Ali" in 2001, according to Media By Numbers LLC.

And "Marley & Me" may not be alone: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "Bedtime Stories" were also expected to move past the previous Christmas Day mark, according to some studio estimates.

Even "Valkyrie" had a strong Yuletide opening with more than $8 million, those numbers show.