Kung Fu Kicks Up Big Bucks

Dreamworks' flick grosses $60M
By Caroline Zimmerman,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 8, 2008 4:07 PM CDT
Kung Fu Kicks Up Big Bucks
Onetime counter-terrorist and now-hairstylist Zohan, played by Adam Sandler, left, practices his technique.    (Associated Press)

Kung Fu Panda kicked Adam Sandler's new comedy You Don't Mess With the Zohan at the box office, raking in $60 million in the biggest opening weekend for a Dreamworks flick after the Shrek sequels, Variety reports. Zohan grossed $40 million, while Sex and the City is just shy of the $100 million mark in its second weekend. (More DreamWorks stories.)

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