And Andrew said, quite seriously, he said, well, instead of the movie making five billion dollars, it made 4.99975 billion dollars.

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And our reaction to the failed plot is failing as well, by focusing on the specifics of this made-for-a-movie plot rather than the broad threat.

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That event propelled the movie into a box office hit, and the coincidence of a well-made fictional film with a real-life event with a very similar plot line led to a huge increase of public fears around the safety of nuclear power, and likely set the nuclear power industry back by decades.

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We have seen the number of PS3 sold as well as the number of Xbox360 add on drives and while some studios have made claims to having the number 1 selling movie on both formats, neither have stated any hard numbers for those of us keeping track of that sort of thing.

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