Fox spent about $12 million to make "Chronicle," a found footage action film about a group of high school friends who develop superpowers. CBS picked up domestic distribution rights for "The Woman in Black," about a young lawyer who travels to a remote village where he encounters the ghost of a scornful woman, for $3 million."Both pictures way overperformed, which is good for everybody," Chris Aronson, Fox's distribution chief, told TheWrap Sunday morning. "It's good for the business." And he pointed out that both "Chronicle" and "Woman in Black" attracted the increasingly elusive under-25 moviegoer.
"'Chronicle,' 'Woman in Black' Crush Box Office With Surprisingly Strong Weekend - Yahoo! Movies." Yahoo! Movies - Upcoming Movies, Trailers and Showtimes. Web. 05 Feb. 2012. <http://movies.yahoo.com/news/chronicle-woman-black-crush-box-office-surprisingly-strong-163954529.html>.
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