Weekend Top Ten Box Office Films

By Jack June 2, 2003 9:40 AM

Finding Nemo opened with the best debut ever for a Pixar/Disney film. Execs are sure to be celebrating today as Pixar Animation Studios Inc. and Walt Disney Co. shares jump with the announced success.

The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations:

1.	Finding Nemo	$70.6 million
2.	Bruce Almighty	$35.6 million
3.	The Italian Job	$19.3 million
4.	The Matrix: Reloaded	$15.0 million
5.	Daddy Day Care	$6.8 million
6.	X2: X-Men United	$5.0 million
7.	Wrong Turn	$5.0 million
8.	The In-Laws	$3.6 million
9.	Down with Love	$1.5 million
10.	The Lizzie McGuire Movie	$1.0 million

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throwaways   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 2, 2003 12:06 PM

It's the Season of the Disposable Movie. None of the flicks that have come out have had much in the way of staying power. Look at the Matrix, nobody's going to see it more than once. Also X-Men, Bruce, etc. It's a reflection of the general crappiness out there.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 3, 2003 5:44 AM

Come summer time it's pretty rare that any movie will keep the No.1 spot for any significant length of time due to the competition out there. The one execption was back in 1999 when there wasn't any competition because everyone was too afraid to go up against Starwars Ep 1.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 3, 2003 6:29 AM

I'm not talking about staying at No. 1, I'm talking about simply having some staying power. That doesn't mean keeping the top spot the whole time. That means doing some kind of substantial business past the opening weekend. Losing 60 percent of your audience isn't very encouraging. I bet you anything they'll now hack into Matrix: Revolutions to get it down to a PG-13. That way, they'll be able to count on all those tweener boys (12-16 year olds) going to see it multiple times in the theater, thus increasing studio jack.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 4, 2003 4:57 AM

But wasn't the Original Matrix 'R' aswell? Anyway, we're still not fully into the summer movie period yet so watch this space.

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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on June 5, 2003 7:27 PM

T3, The Hulk, Tomb Raider 2 and The League That Depends of Sean Connery To Raise Money.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 6, 2003 4:56 AM

And Charlies Angels 2. Ok, forget thet one.

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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on June 6, 2003 7:33 PM

Never sh*t was so expensive in the history of mankind.

Fuck you meestor   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 9, 2003 4:35 AM

Huh?

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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on June 9, 2003 12:05 PM

I mean Charlie's Angels. Mega-sh*tty-films!

yes.yes.   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 12, 2003 5:47 AM

Well, if anyone fancies watching the Matrix Reloaded again I recommend that they go and watch Charlies Angels 2 because if the first movie is anything to go by they will basically rip everything off again. I can just picture them sitting in the theatre watching Matrix 2 with a notepad and pen.

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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on June 13, 2003 1:03 PM

Every bullet or person stopping in the air is John Woo's fault.