‘WTC’ helps 9/11 charities
The producers of “World Trade Center” are donating $1.3 million to the Sept. 11 memorial, keeping a promise to give 5% of the film’s opening weekend box office receipts to help build it.
Another $1.3 million from the weekend’s proceeds will be split equally among three Sept. 11-related charities, the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation said.
The Paramount Pictures film opened nationwide on Aug. 9 and has earned more than $50 million at the box office. The movie stars Nicolas Cage and Michael Pena as police officers trapped for hours in the trade center rubble.
Construction on the memorial began this year, and officials say it will open in 2009.
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