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Ross Douthat is a New York Times columnist.

Underestimating Sex

By Ross Douthat
Jun 2 2008, 1:06 PM ET Comment

So I looked at the box office numbers this morning, saw that the unbearable (and unbearably long) Sex and the City movie had taken in $55 million, and thought to myself: Good - a deservedly below-expectations showing. They were probably hoping for $70-80 million.

And that, of course, is why I don't have a high-paying job in a Hollywood studio.

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