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'Bob Marley: One Love' stirs up $27.7M weekend, 'Madame Web' flops

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Paramount Pictures’ Bob Marley biopic “Bob Marley: One Love” outperformed expectations to debut at No. 1 at the box office with a $27.7 million opening weekend, while Sony’s “Madame Web” flopped with one of the lowest debuts for a movie centered on a Marvel character.

Both films launched in theaters on Tuesday to rope in Valentine’s Day moviegoers. But on a weekend that was once expected to go to “,” “One Love” emerged as the much-preferred option in theaters, despite largely

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