[via LA times]

“Inglourious Basterds” has given the Weinstein Co. a much-needed jolt, opening to a very strong studio-estimated $37.6 million at the domestic box office.

That’s far and away the biggest opening for director Quentin Tarantino, as well as the highest first-weekend gross for a movie in the typically slow second half of August, exceeding the $33.1 million made by 2007’s “Superbad,” even accounting for ticket-price inflation.

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