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Pie Goes 2 for 2
American Pie 2 and Rush Hour 2 hold on to the top box office respectively.
Monday, August 20, 2001
By Buzz Johnson
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The numbers are in, and this week's box office chart looks very similar to
last week's. Two sequels held on to the top two spots, as American Pie 2
and Rush Hour 2 finished in a one-two punch over the weekend. Pie
managed to bring in another $21.4 million over the three days, down 53%
from last week, but enough to finish in front of Rush's $19.2 million.
Universal's Pie dragged its total numbers up to $87.6 million, and Rush's
numbers rose to a whopping $164.8 million over three weeks.
Rat Race, an ensemble comedy from Paramount, proved to be the big winner
for new releases gathering $11.8 million to land a third place finish. Paramount
seems happy with the opening of the Jerry Zucker film and hopes that word-of-mouth
will help the film grow in future weeks.
Also repeating from last weekend, Alejandro Amenabar's The Others, starring
Nicole Kidman, finished in fourth place. While slipping 23% from last weekend's
debut, the thriller earned $10.8 million over the weekend for a 10-day total
of $32 million.
Garry Marshall's G-rated The Princess Diaries brought in another $9.5
million in its third week in release. The Julie Andrews-Anne Hathaway high school,
coming-of-age comedy fell 33% from last week, but brought its cume up to a strong
$70.1 million.
In another new release, the Nicolas Cage-Penelope Cruz starring Captain
Corelli's Mandolin finished in sixth place pulling in a modest $7.1 million
in 1,594 theaters. The John Madden-helmed drama managed a $4,454 per theater
average. Captain managed to beat out Planet of the Apes in its
fourth week, which finished in seventh place and added another $6.9 million.
Another new opening, American Outlaws, finshed in eight place earning
a disappointing $4.8 million. The ensemble Western featuring Colin Farrell,
Scott Caan and Ali Larter and directed by Les Mayfield, opened in 2,348 theaters
and received dim reviews.
Rounding out the top ten for the weekend were Jurassic Park III, which
finished in ninth place, and Legally Blonde held on to a top ten spot
finishing in tenth. Park brought its cume up to a strong $168.2 million
with a $4.3 million weekend, while Blonde topped of the weekend with
$2.6 million for a $83.3 million total.
Limited releases saw another strong weekend, as Paul Cox's Innocence
made its opening in two New York theaters grossing $19,000. David Siegel's The
Deep End added 52 theaters, for a total of 58, and brought in an estimated
$657,000 bringing its cume into the $1 million range. In its third weekend,
Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now Redux brought in $470,000 in 50
theaters and pushed its cume to $1.2 million.
Jon Favreau's Made made $375,000 from 33 theaters for a gross-to-date
of $3.7 million, while Fine Line added another 20 theaters for Hedwig and
the Angry Inch, bringing that total to 70, and earning the film $255,000
over the weekend. Also, Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
was sneak previewed by Dimension and saw positive feedback. 85% of those who
saw it gave it one of the two highest ratings and said they would definitely
recommend it to friends.
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