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The Spanish-language film opened in limited release — just four theaters in Los Angeles and New York — and brought in $277,500 on a reported production budget of $15 million to $17 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
The Fr Willie Doyle Association petitioned the Irish Church to support its proposal for his canonisation, and the Church opened a diocesan inquiry in 2022.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
The discovery, known as altermagnetism, has revealed a third fundamental category of collinear magnetism and opened new possibilities for quantum materials, advanced electronics, and future computing technologies.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
It opened in 1986 to empty theaters and critical disdain, and failed to recoup its budget of $3 million before it was yanked from screens and effectively disappeared for 30 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
The door opened and a nurse appeared, supporting an old woman whose legs buckled as she limped down the steps.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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