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28 September 2004 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Although Sony's The Forgotten exceeded analysts' expectations by taking in a solid $21 million over the weekend, landing in first place, most of the other box-office entries put in a poor performance, dropping the box office to a new low for the year. (It has set a new low during each of the past three weeks.) Paramount's Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, which cost $70 million to make, slid to second place in its second week with just $6.7 million, down 57 percent, bringing its two-week total to $26 million. Disney's baseball drama Mr. 3000 was hitting around .130 in its second week as it took in $5.1 million. Sony's Resident Evil: Apocalypse wallowed in fourth place with $4.04 million, while 20th Century Fox's First Daughter debuted weakly in fourth place with $4 million, to place fifth. One happy surprise was the performance of Rogue Pictures' Shaun of the Dead, which took in $3.3 million from just 607 theaters. But the re-release of the somewhat updated Fahrenheit 9/11, playing in 604 theaters, took in only $247,230.

The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. The Forgotten, Sony, $21,022,111, (New); 2. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Paramount, $6,658,035, 2 Wks. ($25,517,193); 3. Mr. 3000, Disney, $5,094,867, 2 Wks. ($15,418,888); 4. Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Screen Gems, $4,035,512, 3 Wks. ($43,463,183); 5. First Daughter, 20th Century Fox, $4,002,067, (New); 6. Cellular, New Line, $3,660,608, 3 Wks. ($25,071,475); 7. Shaun of the Dead, Focus Features, $3,330,781, (New); 8. Wimbledon, Universal, $3,323,570, 2 Wks. ($12,120,600); 9. Without a Paddle, Paramount, $2,353,609, 6 Wks. ($53,483,218); 10. Hero, Miramax, $2,244,628, 5 Wks. ($49,231,569).

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27 September 2004 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Despite generally scathing reviews, hurricane threats, and a generally tepid box-office, Sony's sci-fi thriller The Forgotten, starring Julianne Moore took in a much-better-than-expected $22 million over the weekend, according to studio estimates. The film pushed last week's champ, Paramount's Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow into second place, with just $6.7 million, a 57-percent drop. (It also pushed Sony over the $1-billion mark for 2004, making it the first studio to reach that level this year. It is the third year in a row that the company has earned more than $1 billion.) Disney's Mr. 3000 dropped to third place with $5 million, while 20th Century Fox's First Daughter opened in fourth place with just $4 million, tying the third week of Sony's Resident Evil: Apocalypse. A big surprise was the debut of the British import Shaun of the Dead at eighth place, despite playing at only 607 theaters. The film took in $3.3 million, or $5,437 per theater. But Focus Features' The Motorcycle Diaries took in nearly 10 times that per-theater figure as it opened in three theaters in New York and Los Angeles with $157,054. Overall, the box office counted up $60 million in ticket sales, down a whopping 25 percent from the comparable weekend a year ago.

The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations: 1. The Forgotten, $22 million; 2. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, $6.7 million; 3. Mr. 3000, $5 million; 4. (tie) First Daughter, $4 million; 4. (tie) Resident Evil: Apocalypse, $4 million; 6. Cellular, $3.7 million; 7. Wimbledon, $3.4 million; 8. Shaun of the Dead, $3.3 million; 9. Without a Paddle, $2.4 million; 10. Hero, $2.3 million.

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21 September 2004 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow flitted to No. 1 at the weekend box office. Far from delivering a soaring performance, Paramount's $70 million sci-fi fantasy starring Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie earned just $15.6 million, some $600,000 less than previously estimated. Most other films also performed well below expectations on Sunday, producing a box office total that was nearly 30 percent below the comparable weekend a year ago. Disney's Mr. 3000, starring Bernie Mac, opened in second place with $8.7 million, while Universal's Wimbledon debuted in fourth place with $7.1 million. Last week's winner, Sony's Resident Evil: Apocalypse, dropped to third place with $8.7 million.

The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Paramount, $15,580,278, (New); 2. Mr. 3000, Disney, $8,679,028, (New); 3. Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Screen Gems, $8,656,591, 2 Wks. ($37,031,262); 4. Wimbledon, Universal, $7,118,985, (New); 5. Cellular, New Line, $6,792,821, 2 Wks. ($19,706,847); 6. Without a Paddle, Paramount, $3,631,754, 5 Wks. ($50,325,875); 7. Hero, Miramax, $2,836,698, 4 Wks. ($46,090,351); 8. Napoleon Dynamite, Fox Searchlight, $2,286,541, 15 Wks. ($33,343,529); 9. Collateral, DreamWorks, $2,265,532, 7 Wks. ($95,970,209); 10. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, Disney, $1,943,265, 6 Wks. ($91,894,122).

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20 September 2004 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

In what amounted to a somewhat Pyrrhic victory, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow took the No. 1 spot at the domestic box office over the weekend, but the $70-million film grossed just $16.2 million, and most analysts predicted a big fall-off during its second week. Wayne Lewellen, Paramount's distribution chief, blamed the September play date for the poor box office performance. In an interview with the Associated Press, Lewellen remarked, "I thought we had a great date in June prior to the opening of [Spider-Man 2]. Unfortunately, [the producers] couldn't deliver the picture [then]." The baseball flick Mr. 3000 opened in second place with $9.2 million, while last week's winner, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, plunged 61 percent to take third place with $9 million. Debuting in fourth place was the romantic comedy Wimbledon with $7.8 million. Total sales for the top 12 films was a dismal $66.1 million, down 27 percent from the comparable weekend a year ago.

The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations: 1. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, $16.2 million; 2. Mr. 3000, $9.2 million; 3. Resident Evil: Apocalypse, $9 million; 4. Wimbledon, $7.8 million; 5. Cellular, $6.87 million; 6. Without a Paddle, $3.7 million; 7. Hero, $2.95 million; 8. Napoleon Dynamite, $2.4 million; 9. Collateral, $2.3 million; 10. Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, $2 million.

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14 September 2004 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Resident Evil: Apocalypse proved to be downright apocalyptic for the box office over the weekend as the video-game-based film performed far better than analysts had expected and caused most of the other films to perform far worse. Apocalypse, from Sony's Screen Gems, took in $23 million, followed by New Line's Cellular which accounted for a solid, if unspectacular $10.1 million. None of the other films managed to earn even $5 million, making the weekend the lowest-grossing "frame" (to use the Variety term) of the year.

The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Screen Gems, $23,036,273, (New); 2. Cellular, New Line, $10,100,571, (New); 3. Without a Paddle, Paramount, $4,512,552, 4 Wks. ($45,518,563); 4. Hero, Miramax, $4,420,702, 3 Wks. ($41,652,507); 5. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, Disney, $2,932,938, 5 Wks. ($89,259,246); 6. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, Screen Gems, $2,807,475, 3 Wks. ($27,578,480); 7. Paparazzi, 20th Century Fox, $2,771,056, 2 Wks. ($12,005,971); 8. Collateral, DreamWorks, $2,718,073, 6 Wks. ($92,691,776); 9. Vanity Fair, Focus Features, $2,613,777, 2 Wks. ($11,096,102); 10. Napoleon Dynamite, Fox Searchlight, $2,516,879, 14 Wks. ($30,294,397).

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13 September 2004 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Box office analysts were once again embarrassed over the weekend as their predictions proved to be well wide of the mark as Sony's Resident Evil: Apocalypse raked in a whopping $23.7 million in its debut -- more than twice what had been forecast. "These movies come out of nowhere and do big business and everybody is caught off guard, but we really shouldn't be," Exhibitor Relations chief Paul Dergarabedian told the Associated Press. "These horror thrillers always make a killing at the box office." New Line's Cellular also performed solidly as it opened in second place with and estimated $10.6 million. Paramount's Without a Paddle slipped to third place with $4.58 million, slightly ahead of Disney's Hero, which fell from first to fourth place with about $4.42 million after spending two weeks in the top spot. The same studio's Princess Diaries 2 remained in fifth place with $2.93 million. The top 12 films recorded $64.7 million in ticket sales, down 11 percent from the comparable weekend a year ago, according to Exhibitor Relations, and the lowest box office total of the year, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations: 1. Resident Evil: Apocalypse, $23.7 million; 2. Cellular, $10.6 million; 3. Without a Paddle, $4.58 million; 4. Hero, $4.42 million; 5. Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, $2.93 million; 6. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, $2.90 million; 7. Vanity Fair, $2.74 million; 8. Collateral, $2.70 million; 9. Napoleon Dynamite, $2.65 million; 10. Paparazzi, $2.60 million.

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8 September 2004 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Final box-office figures for the 2004 summer season (May 7-Sept. 6) released Tuesday were in line with earlier forecasts, despite a plunge in ticket sales over the Labor Day weekend. Overall, movie theaters grossed a record $3.96 billion, 2 percent above the 2003 figure, according to box-office trackers Exhibitor Relations. The increase was attributed entirely to higher ticket prices; actual attendance dropped 1.5 percent from last summer. The box office leader was DreamWorks, taking that position for the first time due largely to its computer-animated hit Shrek 2.

The top ten films over the four-day Labor Day weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. Hero, Miramax, $11,514,757, 2 Wks. ($35,237,282); 2. Without a Paddle, Paramount, $9,015,228, 3 Wks. ($39,854,910); 3. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, Screen Gems, $8,008,560, 2 Wks. ($23,860,466); 4. Paparazzi, 20th Century Fox, $7,854,262, (New); 5. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, Disney, $7,537,475, 4 Wks. ($85,500,804); 6. Wicker Park, MGM, $6,819,281, (New); 7. Collateral, DreamWorks, $6,480,582, 5 Wks. ($88,897,193); 8. Vanity Fair, Focus Features, $6,268,900, (New); 9. The Cookout, Lions Gate, $6,219,900, (New); 10. The Bourne Supremacy, Universal, $5,314,215, 7 Wks. ($164,769,215).

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7 September 2004 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

It may only have taken in $11.5 million over the four days of the Labor Day holiday, but Jet Li's Hero, released by Miramax, remained at the top of the box office for the second week in a row. "Talk about ending the summer with a whimper," Exhibitor Relations chief Paul Dergarabedian said in an interview with the Associated Press. "This is the lowest-grossing No. 1 film of the year, and one of the lowest grossing Labor Day weekends that I've ever seen." (Analysts blamed the low attendance in part on Hurricane Frances.) In its third weekend, Paramount's Without a Paddle rose to second place with only $9.4 million over the four days, while Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid slipped to third with $8 million. In fourth place was 20th Century Fox's Paparazzi, from Mel Gibson's Icon productions, whose $7.9-million opening take over the four days represented a setback for Gibson following his impressive success earlier this year with The Passion of the Christ. Other openers performed even more poorly. MGM's Wicker Park grossed $6.8 million. Focus Features' Vanity Fair debuted with $6.1 million. Lions Gate's The Cookout also earned about $6.1 million. Together, the top 12 movies grossed $83.4 million, down 21 percent from the comparable Labor Day period last year.

The top ten films for the four-day weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations: 1. Hero, $11.5 million; 2. Without a Paddle, $9.4 million; 3. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, $8 million; 4. Paparazzi, $7.8 million; 5. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, $7.3 million; 6. Wicker Park, $6.7 million; 7. Collateral, $6.5 million; 8. Vanity Fair, $6.12 million; 9. The Cookout, $6.10 million; 10. The Bourne Supremacy, $5.4 million.

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6 September 2004 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

The official box-office tracking agencies took the day off Sunday for the Labor Day holiday, but several studios released their own estimates of how the current marquee fare performed. The Jet Li starrer Hero remained on top for the second week in a row, even though the Miramax film took in slightly less than $8.8 million, about half what it earned a week earlier, according to the estimates. The low-brow comedy Without a Paddle from Paramount moved up to second place with a total of $7.1 million. Slipping to third place was Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid with $6.4 million. The Mel Gibson-produced Paparazzi, which was not screened for critics, opened in fourth place with $6.3 million, The Cookout, an urban comedy that was also withheld from critics, opened in fifth place with $5.6 million. Wicker Park, from MGM, debuted with $5.4 million, taking sixth place.

The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations: 1. Hero, $8.8 million; 2. Without a Paddle, $7.1 million; 3. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, 46.4 million; 4. Paparazzi, $6.3 million; 5. The Cookout, $5.6 million; 6. (tie) Wicker Park, $5.4 million; 6. (tie) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, $5.4 million; 8. Vanity Fair, $4.9 million; 9. Collateral, $4.5 million; 10. The Bourne Supremacy, $4.1 million.

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31 August 2004 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

The decision by Miramax to open the Chinese-language martial-arts saga Hero in more than 2000 theaters over the weekend paid off in spades -- or in swords, as the case may be -- as the film collected more than $18 million at the box office, nearly twice what most analysts had expected. Although the Jet Li-starrer opened to exceptional reviews, many analysts expressed doubt that it would attract a mass audience, and they also pointed out that aficionados of martial arts movies had likely obtained DVD copies of the film, which was released in Asia more than two years ago. Sony's Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid took second place at the box office as it debuted with $12.8 million.

The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. Hero, Miramax, $18,004,319, (New); 2. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, Screen Gems, $12,812,287, (New); 3. Without a Paddle, Paramount, $8,582,417, 2 Wks. ($27,739,646); 4. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, Disney, $8,084,138, 3 Wks. ($75,065,898); 5. Exorcist: The Beginning, Warner Bros., $7,081,057, 2 Wks. ($31,167,046); 6. Collateral, DreamWorks, $6,470,109, 4 Wks. ($80,158,380); 7. Alien Vs. Predator, 20th Century Fox, $4,907,613, 3 Wks. ($72,173,237); 8. Open Water, Lions Gate, $4,759,727, 4 Wks. ($23,261,943); 9. The Bourne Supremacy, Universal, $4,646,125, 6 Wks. ($157,748,855); 10. Suspect Zero, Paramount, $3,446,375, (New).

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30 August 2004 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Hero, Zhang Yimou's martial-arts saga starring Jet Li, turned out to be nothing short of heroic as it vanquished all of its competition at the weekend box office to earn $17.8 million, by far the most ever taken in by a foreign-language film in its debut. The results startled analysts, who had forecast that the film would earn less than half that amount, and cheered the Walt Disney company, which has suffered from a dearth of hits this year. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid also performed somewhat better than expected as it earned $13.2 million to place second, according to studio estimates. The rest of the marquee features failed to make much of a showing. The serial killer thriller Suspect Zero debuted in tenth place with $3.4 million, while SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 didn't even make the top-ten list as it opened with $3.3 million.

The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations: 1. Hero, $17.8 million; 2. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, $13.2 million; 3. Without a Paddle, $8.7 million; 4. Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, $8.1 million; 5. Exorcist: The Beginning, $6.7 million; 6. Collateral, $6.3 million; 7. Open Water, $5 million; 8. Alien vs. Predator, $4.8 million; 9. The Bourne Supremacy, $4.6 million; 10. Suspect Zero, $3.4 million.

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24 August 2004 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

The box office went to hell over the weekend, in more ways than one. The top film, Exorcist: The Beginning debuted with $18.1 million, while all of the films in the top ten generated modest ticket sales, comparable to those in late winter. The low-brow comedy Without a Paddle opened in second place with $13.5 million, while the $500,000 Open Water opened wide to take in $11.4 million.

The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. Exorcist: The Beginning, Warner Bros., $18,054,001, (New); 2. Without a Paddle, Paramount, $13,528,946, (New); 3. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, Disney, $13,051,560, 2 Wks. ($61,217,735); 4. Alien Vs. Predator, 20th Century Fox, $12,409,624, 2 Wks. ($62,962,235); 5. Open Water, Lions Gate, $11,413,017, 3 Wks. ($14,493,924); 6. Collateral, DreamWorks, $10,156,357, 3 Wks. ($69,721,408); 7. The Bourne Supremacy, Universal, $6,469,275, 5 Wks. ($150,393,515); 8. The Manchurian Candidate, Paramount, $4,017,560, 4 Wks. ($54,543,247); 9. The Village, Disney, $3,722,806, 4 Wks. ($107,049,072); 10. Yu-Gi-Oh!, Warner Bros., $3,245,167, 2 Wks. ($15,514,005).

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23 August 2004 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Exorcist: the Beginning was as green as pea soup at the nation's box office over the weekend as it took in $18.2 million to win a scary-movie battle with Alien Vs. Predator, which took in $12.5 million and fell to fourth place place, and Open Water, a $500,000 indie, which expanded wide and took in $11.75 million, to wind up in fifth place. The comedy Without a Paddle opened in second place with $13.7 million, slightly ahead of the third week of Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, which dropped modestly to $13.2 million. Some box office analysts expressed skepticism over the estimate for the Exorcist prequel, noting a steep decline in ticket sales between Friday and Saturday as negative word-of-mouth appeared to circulate.

The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations: 1. Exorcist: The Beginning, $18.2 million; 2. Without a Paddle, $13.7 million; 3. Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, $13.2 million; 4. Alien vs. Predator, $12.5 million; 5. Open Water, $11.75 million; 6. Collateral, $10.5 million; 7. The Bourne Supremacy, $6.6 million; 8. The Manchurian Candidate, $4.2 million; 9. The Village, $3.7 million; 10. Garden State, $3.2 million.

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20 August 2004 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

The summer may have opened with a Shrek, but it is going out with plenty of shrieks, as a plethora of scary movies take over theater marquees. In addition to last weekend's box office champ, Alien Vs. Predator, there'll be Exorcist: The Beginning and Open Water, a movie that has been drawing big crowds in limited release and is expected to so the same as it opens wide today. In addition, there's the lowbrow comedy Without a Paddle, the return of Benji and, in limited release, the Sundance-lauded Garden State and Mexico's top box-office draw Nicotina.

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20 August 2004 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Critics are taking a paddle to the makers of Without a Paddle, giving the movie, a spoof of 1972's Deliverance, arguably the worst reviews of the summer. Stephen Holden in the New York Times calls it "loathsome." Ty Burr in the Boston Globe describes it as "moronic." Stephen Hunter in the Washington Post comments: "When it's not actively offending or annoying, it does have a few laughs of the God-am-I-really-laughing-at-this? variety." Sid Smith in the Chicago Tribune suggests that the film ought to be called "Without a Brain Cell." Megan Lehmann's review in the New York Post is headed "Without a Clue," and it concludes with the comment that the movie "never rises above the level of harmless video fare." Bob Strauss in the Los Angeles Daily News is the only major-market newspaper critic who gives the film a positive review, calling it "warm-hearted" and "a pleasant end-of-summer diversion that won't insult your intelligence." He then adds: "Too much, anyway."

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2 August 2004 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actor Seth Green was left questioning his daredevil attitude, after he faced death on the set of his upcoming comedy Without A Paddle. The 30-year-old screen star, who stars in the movie alongside Matthew Lillard and Dax Shepard, was on the New Zealand set filming a scene where his character gets knocked out of a canoe into raging waters - but in real life he ended up being caught in Class 5 rapids. Director Steven Brill says, "Seth is kind of fearless. He jumped into a tide pool that he couldn't get out of and almost got sucked under a rock. The safety guy jumped in to save him on a WaveRunner, but that guy fell off the WaveRunner, and it sank and also got sucked into the tide pool." In the end, both Green and the safety worker were rescued unhurt - but very shaken. Green recalls, "It was just a matter of holding my breath and acting the whole time."

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