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| October
26, 2003 |
| October
19, 2003 |
| October
12, 2003 |
| October
5, 2003 |
| Sept
28, 2003 |
| Sept
21, 2003 |
| Sept
14, 2003 |
| Sept
7, 2003 |
| Sept
1, 2003 |
| August
24, 2003 |
| August
17, 2003 |
| August
10, 2003 |
| August
3, 2003 |
| July
27, 2003 |
| July
20, 2003 |
| July
13, 2003 |
| July
6, 2003 |
| June
29, 2003 |
| June
22, 2003 |
| June
15, 2003 |
| June
8, 2003 |
| June
1, 2003 |
| May
27, 2003 |
| May
18, 2003 |
| May
11, 2003 |
| May
4, 2003 |
| April
26, 2003 |
| April
13, 2003 |
| April
6, 2003 |
| March
30, 2003 |
| March
23, 2003 |
| March
16, 2003 |
| March
9, 2003 |
| March
2, 2003 |
| February
23, 2003 |
| February
23, 2003 |
| February
17, 2003 |
| February
9, 2003 |
| February
2, 2003 |
| January
26, 2003 |
| January
20, 2003 |
| January
12, 2003 |
| January
5, 2003 |

..Gary
Dretzka
..Leonard
Klady
..Emanuel
Levy
..David
Poland
..Doug
Pratt
..Ray
Pride

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Weekend Estimates
Market Share
Top Domestic Releases
Grin and Bear It
Scary Movie
3 once again led the weekend box office with an estimated
$21.3 million but the most chilling element for the frame was
the detrimental impact of Halloween falling on a Friday evening.
Business took a nose dive Friday and more than doubled the next
day.
Though likely
to be less affected than films targeting older audiences, Disney's
animated Brother Bear decided to hold off its national
debut until Saturday and thundered in with $11 million and a weekend
estimated at $19.8 million. It was the sole new movie to debut
in the nation though there were plenty of titles that bowed with
limited exposure and several niche titles that had significant
expansions.
Despite the
speed bumps (including unseasonably warm weather on the East Coast),
overall business should exceed $106 million for a comparatively
small decline of 18% from last weekend. It's also off a slim 6%
from 2002 when The Santa Clause 2 bowed to $23 million
and the first weekend of I Spy claimed third spot with
a disappointing $12.7 million.
It's been
six years since Halloween fell on a Friday and in 1997 the new
pictures in the marketplace were MGM's Red Corner and Switchback
from Paramount. While much has changed in film going, the industry
collectively braced itself for a soft Friday. Scary experienced
a 75% drop Friday to Friday but Saturday to Saturday business
declined by 44%. Similarly, the second weekend of Radio was
down by 54% on comparative Fridays but declined just 10% on its
second Saturday.
Apart from
the impressive roar of Brother Bear, the top 10 movies
remained consistent. The best of the limited releases was the
launch of The Human Stain in key cities on an exclusive
or semi-exclusive basis that generated a respectable $1.1 million
for a theater average of close to $6,700. Based on the numbers,
the film's future will have to be very strategic, linked to awards
and nominations from various organizations.
The reissue
of 1979's Alien in a "Director's Version" for
the fright fest holiday seemed a very canny move with appeal to
young audiences and a film savvy crowd. It bowed Wednesday and
grossed about $260,000 entering the weekend and added another
$1 million from 347 engagements that should pave the way for upbeat
DVD sales.
Another horror
title, First Look's Suspended Animation curiously bowed
on just three screens with virtually no advertising. While the
distrib might have felt the picture's main appeal was on tape,
the quality genre piece squandered its theatrical potential at
a time when there was room for it in the marketplace.
Lions Gate's
Shattered Glass stepped out in eight locations and grossed
an encouraging $75,000 while the Sundance series' last entry,
Die Mommie Die, was eyeing roughly $52,000 from 10 outings.
It's the best bow of the Sundance quartet but overall the experiment
has to be considered a major failure. Sundance is apparently committed
to at least one more cycle and will have to seriously rethink
selections and locations if it hopes to turn a corner.
The weekend's
other major expansion - the Jane Campion-Meg Ryan thriller
In the Cut - hit the wall with $2.2 million and an unprepossessing
$2,700 theater average. The film never quite worked for either
a mainstream or upscale crowd despite myriad commercial hooks
for both audiences.
- by Leonard
Klady
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Weekend
Estimates - October 31 - November 2, 2003
|
Title
|
Distributor
|
Gross
(average)
|
%
change
|
Theaters
|
Cume
|
| Scary
Movie 3 |
Miramax
|
21.3
(6,090)
|
-56% |
3503 |
77.4 |
| Brother
Bear |
BV
|
19.8
(6,540)
|
- |
3030 |
20.2 |
| The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre |
New
Line
|
11.3
(3,820)
|
-22% |
2970 |
66.6 |
| Radio |
Sony
|
10.3
(3,370)
|
-22% |
3074 |
26.9 |
| The
Runaway Jury |
Fox
|
6.7
(2,470)
|
-20% |
2736 |
33.5 |
| Mystic
River |
WB
|
6.3
(4,090)
|
-19% |
1551 |
33.6 |
| Kill
Bill Vol. 1 |
Miramax
|
5.0
(2,060)
|
-21% |
2429 |
61.5 |
| The
School of Rock |
Par
|
4.8
(1,740)
|
-26% |
2786 |
69.6 |
| Intolerable
Cruelty |
Uni
|
2.7
(1,610)
|
-27% |
1657 |
32.1 |
| Good
Boy |
MGM
|
2.2
(850)
|
-57% |
2565 |
35.2 |
| In
the Cut |
Sony
|
2.2
(2,700)
|
- |
825 |
2.1 |
| Under
the Tuscan Sun |
BV
|
1.7
(1,510)
|
-25% |
1142 |
39.9 |
| Lost
in Translation |
Focus
|
1.2
(2,340)
|
-18% |
522 |
24.8 |
| Beyond
Borders |
Par
|
1.1
(610)
|
-47% |
1798 |
3.9 |
| Out
of Time |
MGM
|
1.1
(990)
|
-30% |
1096 |
39.3 |
| The
Human Stain |
Miramax
|
1.1
(6,660)
|
- |
160 |
1.1 |
| Alien:
Director's Cut |
Fox
|
1.0
(2,820)
|
- |
347 |
1.3 |
| Secondand
Lions |
New
Line
|
.72
(910)
|
-28% |
794 |
41 |
| The
Rundown |
Uni
|
.56
(970)
|
-44% |
578 |
47 |
| Underworld |
Sony
|
.52
(380)
|
146% |
1351 |
52.6 |
| Weekend
Total ($500,000+ Films) |
$101.90
|
- |
| %
Change (Last Year) |
|
-6%
|
- |
| %
Change (Last Week) |
|
-18%
|
- |
| Also
Debuting/Expanding |
|
| Pieces
of April |
MGM
|
.27
(4,810)
|
47% |
57 |
0.59 |
| Sylvia |
Focus
|
.22
(2,060)
|
41% |
109 |
0.54 |
| Shattered
Glass |
Lions
Gate
|
74,800
(9,350)
|
- |
8 |
0.07 |
| Die
Mommie Die |
Sundance
|
52,300
(5,230)
|
- |
10 |
0.05 |
| Suspended
Animation |
First
Look
|
3,600
(1,200)
|
- |
3 |
0.01 |
Top
Domestic Grossers - January 1- October 30, 2003
| Title |
Distributor
|
Gross
|
| Finding
Nemo |
BV
|
338,870,064 |
| Pirates
of the Caribbean |
BV
|
301,390,093 |
| The
Matrix Reloaded |
WB
|
281,519,061 |
| Bruce
Almighty |
Uni
|
242,669,472 |
| X2:
X-Men United |
Fox
|
214,949,694 |
| Chicago
* |
Mrmx
|
167,542,538 |
| Terminator
3: Rise of the Machines |
WB
|
150,371,112 |
| Bad
Boys II |
Sony
|
138,505,637 |
| Anger
Management |
Sony
|
135,645,823 |
| Bringing
Down the House |
BV
|
132,716,677 |
| The
Hulk |
Uni
|
132,177,234 |
| 2
Fast 2 Furious |
Uni
|
127,154,901 |
| Lord
of the Rings: Two Towers * |
NLC
|
121,155,348 |
| Seabiscuit |
Uni
|
119,422,430 |
| S.W.A.T. |
Sony
|
116,569,118 |
| Spy
Kids 3-D: Game Over |
Mrmx
|
110,993,481 |
| Freaky
Friday |
BV
|
108,651,627 |
| The
Italian Job |
Par
|
106,118,351 |
| How
to Lose a Guy in 10 Days |
Par
|
105,813,373 |
| American
Wedding |
Uni
|
104,465,679 |
| *
does not include 2002 box office |
Domestic Market Share - January 1- October 30, 2003
| Distributor
(releases) |
Gross
(millions)
|
Market
Share
|
| Buena
vista (26) |
1359.8
|
18.40% |
| Sony
(24) |
1020.9
|
13.80% |
| Universal
(13) |
857.2
|
11.60% |
| Warner
Bros. (18) |
837.1
|
11.30% |
| Fox
(15) |
585.9
|
7.90% |
| Paramount
(17) |
580.2
|
7.90% |
| Miramax
(27) |
540.1
|
7.30% |
| New
Line (14) |
492.8
|
6.70% |
| MGM
(20) |
359.4
|
4.90% |
| DreamWorks
(9) |
269.9
|
3.70% |
| Fox
Searchlight (10) |
116.9
|
1.60% |
| Focus
(8) |
86.1
|
1.20% |
| Lions
Gate (17) |
50.8
|
0.70% |
| Other
* (220) |
225.6
|
3.00% |
|
7382.7
|
100.00% |
| *
none greater than .5% |
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