Benigni's Pinocchio smashes Italian box office record

By 2002-10-14T00:00:00

Roberto Benigni has smashed all previous box office records in Italy with his fairytale Pinocchio which earned a massive $6.9m (Euros 7,021,422) on its opening weekend, according to Cinetel which monitors 70% of the country's screens.

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