OLYMPIC QUALIFIER
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Collateral Damage opened at a less-than-muscular No. 1, but the real collateral damage was suffered by the biz as moviegoers stayed home to watch the Olympics. An underwhelming batch of new releases enabled Ah-nuld to pull off his first headlining chart-topper since last century's Eraser. Frankie Muniz's kiddie revenge comedy Big Fat Liar tallied $11.6 million (not bad considering it cost only about $15 million to make), and Chris Klein's extreme-sport remake Rollerball took the bronze with $9 million (not great considering it cost about $85 million to produce). Apparently, more folks were interested in the luge.
NO. WEEKEND WEEKS GROSS WEEKEND OF PER-SITE IN TO TOP 20 GROSS* SITES AVERAGE RELEASE DATE [1]1 COLLATERAL DAMAGE Warner Bros. $15.1 2,824 $5,332 1 $15.1 2 BIG FAT LIAR Universal $11.6 2,531 $4,565 1 $11.6 3 ROLLERBALL MGM $9.0 2,762 $3,263 1 $9.0 4 BLACK HAWK DOWN Columbia $8.0 2,964 $2,700 7 $86.7 5 SNOW DOGS Disney $7.2 2,454 $2,925 4 $59.9 6 THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO Touchstone $6.5 2,199 $2,936 3 $32.4 7 A BEAUTIFUL MIND Universal $6.3 2,220 $2,840 8 $113.3 8 A WALK TO REMEMBER Warner Bros. $5.5 2,311 $2,398 3 $30.3 9 THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES Screen Gems $4.9 2,275 $2,141 3 $28.0 10 I AM SAM New Line $4.6 1,450 $3,186 7 $23.8 11 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING New Line $3.6 1,706 $2,121 8 $271.4 12 MONSTER'S BALL Lions Gate $2.3 342 $6,787 7 $3.9 13 GOSFORD PARK USA Films $1.9 836 $2,262 7 $22.0 14 IN THE BEDROOM Miramax $1.7 737 $2,299 12 $19.3 15 THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS Touchstone $1.5 729 $2,103 9 $47.1 16 KUNG POW!: ENTER THE FIST 20th Century Fox $1.4 1,266 $1,108 3 $14.2 17 BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF Universal $1.2 405 $2,880 5 $8.6 18 BIRTHDAY GIRL Miramax $1.1 977 $1,161 2 $4.3 19 SLACKERS Screen Gems $1.1 1,877 $600 2 $4.8 20 ORANGE COUNTY Paramount $1.1 1,406 $795 5 $39.5
SOURCE: ACNIELSEN EDI, INC. WEEKEND OF FEB. 8-10 *WEEKEND GROSS AND GROSS-TO-DATE FIGURES IN MILLIONS [1]INCLUDES SOME MULTISCREEN THEATERS AND PRINTS SHIPPED AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL SCREENS
[BOX]NO. OF DOMESTIC OPENING TRACK RECORD: DENZEL WASHINGTON SITES GROSS WEEKEND
10/5/01 TRAINING DAY Warner Bros. 2,712 $76.3 $22.6 9/29/00 REMEMBER THE TITANS Disney 1,865 $115.6 $20.9 12/29/99 THE HURRICANE Universal 1,454 $50.7 $10.5 11/5/99 THE BONE COLLECTOR Universal 2,587 $65.1 $16.7 11/6/98 THE SIEGE 20th Century Fox 2,541 $40.9 $13.9 5/1/98 HE GOT GAME Touchstone 1,319 $21.6 $7.6 1/16/98 FALLEN Warner Bros. 2,448 $25.2 $9.1 12/13/96 THE PREACHER'S WIFE Touchstone 1,783 $48.1 $7.7 7/12/96 COURAGE UNDER FIRE 20th Century Fox 1,986 $59.0 $12.5 9/29/95 DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS TriStar 1,432 $16.1 $5.4
SOURCE: EXHIBITOR RELATIONS CO., INC.
