Author: Ben Fritz
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March of the box-office zombies
HOLLYWOOD – The directorial debuts of two well-known stars didn’t combine to do half the business of a new horror comedy this weekend.Ricky Gervais’ “The Invention of Lying” and Drew Barrymore’s “Whip It” both had weak openings, collecting a studio-estimated $7.4 million and $4.9 million, respectively. The films, which co-starred and were aggressively publicized by…