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Liam Neeson beat Jesus at the box office Friday. The 61-year-old action star’s jetliner thriller “Non-Stop” took off with $10.6 million on a strong first day that put it on pace for a $30 million opening weekend for Universal. Mark Burnett and Roma Downey’s “Son of God,” a pared down version of their smash History channel miniseries “The Bible,” rode a wave of grassroot Christian support to a $9.5 opening day and is on its way to a three-day total north of $25 million for Fox. Both movies received “A-” CinemaScores, were overperforming significantly and will battle for the top spot through the. »
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