{"id":7835,"date":"2010-08-15T16:56:34","date_gmt":"2010-08-15T21:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=7835"},"modified":"2010-08-15T16:56:34","modified_gmt":"2010-08-15T21:56:34","slug":"the-expendables-attacks-box-office-wins-weekend-over-eat-pray-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/08\/15\/the-expendables-attacks-box-office-wins-weekend-over-eat-pray-love\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Expendables&#8221; Attacks Box Office, Wins Weekend Over &#8220;Eat Pray Love&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Expendables&#8221; predictably led the weekend box office, distancing itself comfortably from a still-strong runner-up in &#8220;Eat Pray Love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin-right:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/entertainment\/the-expendables-screening\/image\/9534307?term=expendables\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/view1.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/9534307\/the-expendables-screening\/the-expendables-screening.jpg?size=234&#038;imageId=9534307\" border=\"0\" width=\"234\" title=\"The Expendables Screening Planet Hollywood Las Vegas\" height=\"164\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\" ondrag=\"return false;\" onmousedown=\"return false;\" alt=\"11 August 2010 - Las Vegas, Nevada - Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger. 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