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'Rampage' is poised for top box-office spot as Dwayne Johnson fights video game movie curse

To say movies inspired by video games tend to struggle at the box office is a colossal understatement. Yet, Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema's new computer effects-laden action film "Rampage" - loosely based on the arcade game about city-smashing monsters - has a not-so secret weapon: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

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