Biggest Opening Weekends Less Than 600 Theaters

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BIGGEST OPENINGS AT LESS THAN 600 THEATERS
(1982-Present)

Note: This chart only shows the top 200 movies, regardless of sorting.

Row	Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Opening*	% of Total	Theaters / Avg.		Total Gross^	Release
1	134	The Lion King	BV	$1,586,753	0.5%	2	$793,377	$312,855,561	6/15/94
2	37	Pocahontas	BV	$2,689,714	1.9%	6	$448,285	$141,579,773	6/16/95
3	95	Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire	LGF	$1,872,458	3.9%	18	$104,025	$47,566,524	11/6/09
4	160	Black Swan	FoxS	$1,443,809	1.4%	18	$80,212	$106,954,678	12/3/10
5	146	The Blair Witch Project	Art.	$1,512,054	1.1%	27	$56,002	$140,539,099	7/16/99
6	197	No Country for Old Men	Mira.	$1,226,333	1.7%	28	$43,797	$74,283,625	11/9/07
7	56	Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX)	BV	$2,290,525	3.8%	54	$42,417	$60,655,420	1/1/00
8	155	Milk	Focus	$1,453,844	4.6%	36	$40,385	$31,841,299	11/26/08
9	38	Beauty and the Beast (IMAX)	BV	$2,589,334	10.2%	68	$38,078	$25,487,190	1/1/02
10	1	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol	Par.	$12,785,204	6.1%	425	$30,083	$209,397,903	12/16/11
11	52	The Age of Innocence	Col.	$2,317,289	7.2%	83	$27,919	$32,255,440	9/17/93
12	102	The Lion King (IMAX)	BV	$1,825,849	11.6%	66	$27,664	$15,686,215	12/27/02
13	76	Chicago	Mira.	$2,074,929	1.2%	77	$26,947	$170,687,518	12/27/02
14	161	Attack of the Clones: The IMAX Experience (IMAX)	Fox	$1,435,259	16.9%	58	$24,745	$8,485,488	11/1/02
15	192	Hannah and Her Sisters	Orion	$1,265,826	3.6%	54	$23,441	$35,392,203	2/7/86
16	156	NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience (IMAX)	WB	$1,452,639	6.7%	68	$21,362	$21,583,831	3/12/04
17	175	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	Yash	$1,351,786	41.3%	64	$21,121	$3,275,444	8/11/06
18	199	What's Love Got to Do with It	BV	$1,222,718	3.1%	58	$21,081	$39,100,956	6/11/93
19	23	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D (2006)	BV	$3,277,004	37.7%	168	$19,505	$8,700,869	10/20/06
20	92	Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain	Code	$1,908,420	24.8%	98	$19,474	$7,706,436	9/9/11
21	200	The Polar Express (IMAX re-issue 2005)	WB	$1,222,220	11.2%	66	$18,518	$10,900,597	11/23/05
22	53	Almost Famous	DW	$2,314,646	7.1%	131	$17,669	$32,534,850	9/15/00
23	2	Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason	Uni.	$8,684,055	21.6%	530	$16,385	$40,226,215	11/12/04
24	141	The Remains of the Day	Col.	$1,528,982	6.6%	94	$16,265	$23,237,911	11/5/93
25	90	My Name is Khan	FoxS	$1,944,027	48.4%	120	$16,200	$4,018,771	2/12/10
26	3	Closer	Sony	$7,707,972	22.7%	476	$16,193	$33,987,757	12/3/04
27	73	A Mighty Wind	WB	$2,112,140	11.9%	133	$15,880	$17,781,006	4/16/03
28	105	Om Shanti Om	Eros	$1,764,131	49.0%	114	$15,474	$3,597,372	11/9/07
29	8	Pitch Perfect	Uni.	$5,149,433	7.9%	335	$15,371	$65,001,093	9/28/12
30	80	Rob Roy	MGM	$2,023,272	6.4%	133	$15,212	$31,596,911	4/7/95
31	168	Ghosts of the Abyss (IMAX & 35mm)	BV	$1,408,474	8.3%	97	$14,520	$17,040,871	4/11/03
32	12	Amistad	DW	$4,573,523	10.3%	322	$14,203	$44,229,441	12/10/97
33	123	3 Idiots	Relbig.	$1,645,502	25.2%	119	$13,828	$6,532,874	12/23/09
34	150	The Road	W/Dim.	$1,502,231	18.5%	111	$13,534	$8,117,000	11/25/09
35	16	Terms of Endearment	Par.	$3,498,813	3.2%	260	$13,456	$108,423,489	11/23/83
36	34	Pride and Prejudice	Focus	$2,865,017	7.5%	215	$13,325	$38,405,088	11/11/05
37	187	Jodhaa Akbar	UTV	$1,300,000	37.8%	100	$13,000	$3,440,718	2/15/08
38	194	Love Aaj Kal	Eros	$1,241,762	51.1%	102	$12,174	$2,430,083	7/31/09
39	4	Love Actually	Uni.	$6,886,080	11.5%	576	$11,955	$59,696,144	11/7/03
40	143	Radio Days	Orion	$1,522,423	10.3%	128	$11,893	$14,792,779	1/30/87
41	6	Steel Magnolias	TriS	$5,425,440	6.5%	480	$11,303	$83,759,091	11/17/89
42	9	Colors	Orion	$4,747,118	10.2%	422	$11,249	$46,616,067	4/15/88
43	162	Bon Cop, Bad Cop	All.	$1,433,259	11.3%	133	$10,776	$12,665,721	8/4/06
44	120	Don 2	Relbig.	$1,673,921	45.5%	157	$10,662	$3,680,306	12/22/11
45	35	Under the Same Moon	Wein.	$2,769,655	22.0%	266	$10,412	$12,590,147	3/19/08
46	62	Full Metal Jacket	WB	$2,217,307	4.8%	215	$10,313	$46,357,676	6/26/87
47	85	Arbitrage	RAtt.	$2,002,165	25.3%	197	$10,163	$7,919,574	9/14/12
48	117	Day of the Dead	UFD	$1,700,000	34.0%	168	$10,119	$5,000,000	7/19/85
49	15	Do the Right Thing	Uni.	$3,563,535	12.9%	353	$10,095	$27,545,445	6/30/89
50	5	The Players Club	NL	$5,894,607	25.6%	593	$9,940	$23,047,939	4/10/98
51	68	Quest for Fire	Fox	$2,171,303	10.4%	223	$9,736	$20,959,585	2/12/82
52	21	An Officer and a Gentleman	Par.	$3,304,679	2.6%	346	$9,551	$129,795,554	7/30/82
53	124	Talaash	Relbig.	$1,638,706	57.1%	172	$9,527	$2,871,956	11/30/12
54	7	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3-D (2007 re-issue)	BV	$5,330,101	36.8%	564	$9,450	$14,486,897	10/19/07
55	59	Bean	Gram.	$2,255,233	5.0%	242	$9,319	$45,319,423	10/17/97
56	101	The Tailor of Panama	Sony	$1,837,068	13.4%	199	$9,231	$13,729,742	3/30/01
57	114	The Color Purple	WB	$1,710,333	1.8%	192	$8,907	$94,175,854	12/20/85
58	49	The Falcon and the Snowman	Orion	$2,358,846	13.8%	265	$8,901	$17,130,087	1/25/85
59	91	Children of a Lesser God	Par.	$1,909,084	6.0%	215	$8,879	$31,853,080	10/3/86
60	10	House Party	NL	$4,611,024	17.5%	520	$8,867	$26,385,627	3/9/90
61	11	Nuts	WB	$4,606,083	14.9%	536	$8,593	$30,950,002	11/20/87
62	32	The World According to Garp	WB	$2,902,088	9.8%	357	$8,129	$29,712,172	7/23/82
63	13	Mo' Better Blues	Uni.	$4,387,360	27.2%	544	$8,065	$16,153,593	8/3/90
64	22	Benny and Joon	MGM	$3,285,063	14.1%	408	$8,051	$23,261,580	4/16/93
65	180	Bella	RAtt.	$1,328,448	16.5%	165	$8,051	$8,070,537	10/26/07
66	189	Jab Tak Hai Jaan	Yash	$1,283,585	42.1%	161	$7,973	$3,047,539	11/13/12
67	153	Filly Brown	LGF	$1,478,323	53.3%	188	$7,863	$2,774,441	4/19/13
68	14	Munich	Uni.	$4,152,260	8.8%	532	$7,805	$47,403,685	12/23/05
69	50	The Omega Code	Prov.	$2,354,362	18.7%	304	$7,744	$12,614,346	10/15/99
70	86	Monty Python's The Meaning of Life	Uni.	$1,987,853	13.3%	257	$7,734	$14,929,552	4/1/83
71	17	Dead Again	Par.	$3,479,395	9.2%	450	$7,731	$38,016,380	8/23/91
72	104	The Sword and the Sorcerer	Gr1	$1,798,879	4.6%	233	$7,720	$39,103,425	4/23/82
73	191	A Nightmare on Elm Street	NL	$1,271,000	5.0%	165	$7,703	$25,504,513	11/9/84
74	55	Falling in Love	Par.	$2,293,710	20.6%	305	$7,520	$11,129,057	11/21/84
75	83	Manhattan Murder Mystery	TriS	$2,015,360	17.8%	268	$7,520	$11,330,911	8/18/93
76	107	My Week with Marilyn	Wein.	$1,750,507	12.0%	244	$7,174	$14,600,347	11/23/11
77	67	Foolish	Art.	$2,184,633	36.2%	305	$7,162	$6,033,999	4/9/99
78	130	The Right Stuff	WB	$1,601,167	7.6%	229	$6,991	$21,192,102	10/21/83
79	19	Religulous	LGF	$3,409,643	26.2%	502	$6,792	$13,011,160	10/1/08
80	65	Angel	NW	$2,214,824	12.7%	330	$6,711	$17,488,564	1/13/84
81	171	New Jersey Drive	Gram.	$1,395,028	39.1%	210	$6,642	$3,565,508	4/21/95
82	60	Deathtrap	WB	$2,238,977	11.6%	341	$6,565	$19,282,134	3/19/82
83	88	Top Gun 3D	Par.	$1,965,737	65.1%	300	$6,552	$3,018,873	2/8/13
84	132	Vigilante	FVI	$1,588,464	31.2%	250	$6,353	$5,091,888	3/4/83
85	121	Raiders of the Lost Ark (IMAX)	Par.	$1,673,731	53.6%	267	$6,269	$3,125,613	9/7/12
86	158	The Hoax	Mira.	$1,449,320	20.2%	235	$6,167	$7,164,995	4/6/07
87	64	Mud	RAtt.	$2,215,891	17.6%	363	$6,104	$12,607,297	4/26/13
88	26	Yentl	MGM	$3,050,219	7.6%	501	$6,088	$40,218,899	11/18/83
89	48	The Inkwell	BV	$2,358,988	26.6%	390	$6,048	$8,880,705	4/22/94
90	125	Tea with Mussolini	MGM	$1,633,183	11.3%	270	$6,048	$14,401,563	5/14/99
91	40	You So Crazy	Gold.	$2,521,746	24.8%	417	$6,047	$10,184,701	4/29/94
92	57	Casa De Mi Padre	LGF	$2,287,239	38.7%	382	$5,988	$5,909,483	3/16/12
93	24	El Cantante	PicH	$3,202,035	42.4%	542	$5,907	$7,556,712	8/3/07
94	186	Empire of the Sun	WB	$1,314,509	5.9%	225	$5,842	$22,238,696	12/11/87
95	77	Children of the Corn	NW	$2,042,821	14.0%	350	$5,836	$14,568,989	3/9/84
96	137	Possession (2002)	Focus	$1,575,214	15.6%	270	$5,834	$10,113,733	8/16/02
97	79	Above the Law	WB	$2,037,938	10.8%	350	$5,822	$18,869,631	4/8/88
98	18	House of 1,000 Corpses	Lions	$3,460,666	27.4%	595	$5,816	$12,634,962	4/11/03
99	100	The Package	Orion	$1,851,673	17.4%	323	$5,732	$10,647,219	8/25/89
100	169	Crimes of the Heart	DEG	$1,402,921	6.1%	246	$5,702	$22,905,522	12/12/86
101	51	Woman, Thou Art Loosed	Magn.	$2,325,474	33.8%	408	$5,699	$6,879,730	10/1/04
102	142	Desperately Seeking Susan	Orion	$1,526,098	5.6%	268	$5,694	$27,398,584	3/29/85
103	28	Cousins	Par.	$3,039,805	13.8%	535	$5,681	$22,026,369	2/10/89
104	27	Scoop	Focus	$3,046,924	29.0%	538	$5,663	$10,525,717	7/28/06
105	119	Atlas Shrugged: Part I	RM	$1,686,347	36.4%	299	$5,640	$4,627,375	4/15/11
106	31	Krush Groove	WB	$2,905,293	26.3%	519	$5,597	$11,052,713	10/25/85
107	20	Simon Birch	BV	$3,321,370	18.2%	596	$5,572	$18,253,415	9/11/98
108	33	A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge	NL	$2,865,475	9.6%	522	$5,489	$29,999,213	11/1/85
109	30	Wild at Heart	Gold.	$2,913,764	20.0%	532	$5,477	$14,560,247	8/17/90
110	81	Friends with Kids	RAtt.	$2,019,083	27.9%	369	$5,472	$7,251,073	3/9/12
111	151	Shine a Light	ParV	$1,488,081	27.0%	276	$5,391	$5,505,267	4/4/08
112	70	My Family	NL	$2,164,840	19.5%	413	$5,241	$11,079,373	5/5/95
113	174	Homework	JenF	$1,366,535	46.9%	262	$5,215	$2,914,328	8/27/82
114	25	10 to Midnight	MGM	$3,050,225	42.5%	595	$5,126	$7,175,592	3/11/83
115	196	Goon	Magn.	$1,232,860	29.6%	241	$5,116	$4,168,528	2/24/12
116	39	Fast Times at Ridgemont High	Uni.	$2,545,674	9.4%	498	$5,111	$27,092,880	8/13/82
117	29	School Ties	Par.	$3,020,071	20.5%	595	$5,075	$14,715,067	9/18/92
118	42	Ride	Mira.	$2,513,334	45.8%	496	$5,067	$5,485,295	3/27/98
119	74	Glengarry Glen Ross	NL	$2,104,402	19.6%	416	$5,058	$10,725,228	10/2/92
120	44	Skin Deep	Fox	$2,460,262	12.5%	489	$5,031	$19,674,852	3/3/89
121	41	A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy	WB	$2,514,478	27.7%	501	$5,018	$9,077,269	7/16/82
122	139	Megiddo: The Omega Code II	8X	$1,573,454	26.0%	314	$5,011	$6,047,691	9/21/01
123	36	Disorderlies	WB	$2,707,980	26.2%	544	$4,977	$10,348,437	8/14/87
124	96	Death Wish II	Film	$1,871,487	11.6%	377	$4,964	$16,100,000	2/19/82
125	198	Romeo Is Bleeding	Gram.	$1,225,737	37.4%	247	$4,962	$3,275,585	2/4/94
126	179	Paid in Full	Mira.	$1,328,789	43.0%	268	$4,958	$3,090,862	10/25/02
127	190	Death at a Funeral (2007)	MGM	$1,282,973	15.0%	260	$4,934	$8,580,428	8/17/07
128	72	Revenge of the Ninja	MGM	$2,114,125	16.1%	432	$4,893	$13,168,027	9/9/83
129	154	Bad Company (1995)	BV	$1,459,824	39.7%	302	$4,833	$3,674,841	1/20/95
130	126	Ladron Que Roba A Ladron	LGF	$1,626,090	40.5%	340	$4,782	$4,011,254	8/31/07
131	54	After Dark's Horror Fest: 8 Films to Die For	Free	$2,310,680	89.7%	488	$4,735	$2,575,000	11/17/06
132	140	A Cry in the Dark	WB	$1,561,793	22.6%	334	$4,676	$6,908,797	11/11/88
133	43	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day	Focus	$2,490,942	20.2%	535	$4,655	$12,313,694	3/7/08
134	111	The Sicilian	Fox	$1,720,351	31.8%	370	$4,649	$5,406,879	10/23/87
135	69	Bad Boys (1983)	Uni.	$2,171,197	23.6%	468	$4,639	$9,190,819	3/25/83
136	103	Racing with the Moon	Par.	$1,803,432	29.8%	389	$4,636	$6,045,647	3/23/84
137	164	Joysticks	JenF	$1,431,065	36.2%	310	$4,616	$3,952,448	3/4/83
138	46	If You Could See What I Hear	JenF	$2,408,000	27.7%	524	$4,595	$8,693,512	4/23/82
139	61	The Sword in the Stone (Re-issue)	BV	$2,230,614	18.6%	487	$4,580	$12,000,000	3/25/83
140	45	A Rage in Harlem	Mira.	$2,458,080	23.6%	540	$4,552	$10,438,504	5/3/91
141	75	She's the One	FoxS	$2,088,492	21.9%	459	$4,550	$9,538,948	8/23/96
142	58	Author! Author!	Fox	$2,279,260	17.4%	504	$4,522	$13,111,101	6/18/82
143	138	Rize	Lions	$1,574,787	47.2%	352	$4,473	$3,336,391	6/24/05
144	193	Without a Clue	Orion	$1,246,772	14.6%	280	$4,452	$8,539,181	10/21/88
145	152	The Show	Sav.	$1,482,892	54.9%	336	$4,413	$2,702,578	8/25/95
146	118	October Baby (2012)	Gold.	$1,697,130	32.9%	390	$4,352	$5,157,886	3/23/12
147	173	Girl in Progress	LGF	$1,384,078	53.0%	322	$4,298	$2,609,412	5/11/12
148	110	Tomboy	Crwn	$1,723,935	12.2%	409	$4,215	$14,100,000	1/25/85
149	93	Fly Me to the Moon	Sum.	$1,900,523	13.8%	452	$4,205	$13,816,982	8/15/08
150	99	Valley Girl	Atl	$1,856,780	10.7%	442	$4,200	$17,343,596	4/29/83
151	145	Revenge of the Nerds	Fox	$1,513,090	3.7%	364	$4,156	$40,874,452	7/20/84
152	135	Home Run	Gold.	$1,582,466	55.8%	381	$4,153	$2,837,782	4/19/13
153	47	Chasing Papi	Fox	$2,404,557	39.2%	585	$4,110	$6,130,049	4/16/03
154	66	Barney's Great Adventure	Poly	$2,203,865	18.0%	540	$4,081	$12,218,638	4/3/98
155	78	Serial Mom	Sav.	$2,040,450	26.1%	502	$4,064	$7,820,688	4/13/94
156	71	Babies	Focus	$2,160,460	29.5%	534	$4,046	$7,320,323	5/7/10
157	172	Just Between Friends	Orion	$1,390,718	21.7%	352	$3,950	$6,408,791	3/21/86
158	166	Before Sunrise	Sony	$1,423,537	25.7%	363	$3,921	$5,535,405	1/27/95
159	182	Wise Guys	MGM	$1,324,456	15.6%	338	$3,918	$8,475,466	4/18/86
160	89	Six Pack	Fox	$1,946,418	9.6%	504	$3,861	$20,225,989	7/16/82
161	94	The Philadelphia Experiment	NW	$1,877,000	23.2%	490	$3,830	$8,103,330	8/3/84
162	63	Tap	TriS	$2,217,150	24.3%	585	$3,790	$9,114,702	2/10/89
163	82	Metalstorm	Uni.	$2,019,000	38.1%	549	$3,677	$5,301,085	8/19/83
164	127	All the Right Moves	Fox	$1,625,486	9.4%	442	$3,677	$17,233,166	10/21/83
165	157	Weekend Pass	Crwn	$1,451,676	6.9%	399	$3,638	$21,058,033	2/3/84
166	87	Swing Kids	BV	$1,967,957	34.9%	542	$3,630	$5,632,086	3/5/93
167	112	The House of the Spirits	Mira.	$1,719,085	27.4%	474	$3,626	$6,265,311	4/1/94
168	163	Silent Night, Deadly Night	TriS	$1,432,800	57.5%	398	$3,600	$2,491,460	11/9/84
169	136	To Save a Life	Gold.	$1,581,517	41.9%	441	$3,586	$3,777,210	1/22/10
170	98	The Missionary	Col.	$1,864,852	25.8%	532	$3,505	$7,241,180	11/5/82
171	108	Smokey & the Bandit Part III	Uni.	$1,728,060	30.4%	498	$3,470	$5,678,950	8/12/83
172	178	Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior	Magn.	$1,334,869	29.3%	387	$3,449	$4,563,167	2/11/05
173	84	Duets	BV	$2,002,588	42.3%	581	$3,446	$4,739,023	9/15/00
174	147	Tuff Turf	Orion	$1,509,380	16.1%	440	$3,430	$9,369,329	1/11/85
175	113	Vice Squad	Emb	$1,717,205	13.0%	510	$3,367	$13,253,583	1/22/82
176	106	Avenging Angel	NW	$1,755,264	31.2%	525	$3,343	$5,622,787	1/11/85
177	131	Flawless (1999)	MGM	$1,590,155	35.4%	478	$3,326	$4,488,529	11/26/99
178	129	Millennium	Fox	$1,614,692	28.0%	486	$3,322	$5,777,099	8/25/89
179	115	1969	Atl	$1,709,120	28.6%	520	$3,286	$5,979,011	11/18/88
180	109	Ninja 3: The Domination	Can.	$1,727,546	22.7%	530	$3,259	$7,610,785	9/14/84
181	133	Celebrity	Mira.	$1,588,013	31.3%	493	$3,221	$5,078,660	11/20/98
182	122	Ski Patrol	Triu	$1,648,000	19.3%	515	$3,200	$8,533,973	1/12/90
183	97	Shoot the Moon	MGM	$1,870,000	20.3%	585	$3,196	$9,217,530	1/22/82
184	116	Birth	NL	$1,705,577	33.5%	550	$3,101	$5,095,038	10/29/04
185	176	Facing the Giants	IDP	$1,343,537	13.2%	441	$3,046	$10,178,331	9/29/06
186	159	Eddie and the Cruisers	Emb	$1,444,886	30.2%	475	$3,041	$4,786,789	9/23/83
187	183	Choke	FoxS	$1,319,286	45.1%	435	$3,033	$2,926,565	9/26/08
188	128	Critters	NL	$1,618,800	12.3%	540	$2,997	$13,167,232	4/11/86
189	181	Blame It On the Bellboy	BV	$1,326,472	42.7%	462	$2,871	$3,104,545	3/6/92
190	165	Illegal Tender	Uni.	$1,425,915	45.9%	512	$2,784	$3,106,835	8/24/07
191	184	Let's Spend the Night Together	Emb	$1,319,050	34.5%	475	$2,776	$3,821,199	2/11/83
192	177	The Perils of Gwendolyn in the Land of Yik Yak	Gold.	$1,337,274	100.0%	500	$2,674	$1,337,274	1/25/85
193	148	Passed Away	BV	$1,506,887	37.4%	582	$2,589	$4,030,793	4/24/92
194	167	Into the West	Mira.	$1,410,414	29.4%	550	$2,564	$4,790,801	9/17/93
195	144	Cabin Boy	BV	$1,513,507	41.3%	593	$2,552	$3,662,459	1/7/94
196	149	The Seduction	Emb	$1,503,543	13.2%	597	$2,518	$11,378,339	1/22/82
197	170	The Wraith	NCeV	$1,402,535	40.1%	588	$2,385	$3,500,000	11/21/86
198	185	Seven Days in Utopia	Visio	$1,316,910	30.1%	561	$2,347	$4,373,074	9/2/11
199	188	The Hitman	Can.	$1,290,442	27.7%	551	$2,342	$4,654,288	10/25/91
200	195	Short Time	Fox	$1,237,211	30.9%	557	$2,221	$4,010,647	5/4/90

* Opening Weekend equals Fri-Sat-Sun. Movies that do not have a 3-day opening gross are not included on this chart. A movie is considered to be in wide release when it reaches 600 or more theaters. For movies that opened in limited release and later went wide, the wide date is used for the 1,000-3,000 charts. All movies opening in limited release (regardless if they later went wide) and shown on the less than 600 theaters chart.
^ Total Gross does not include additional releases, if any.

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