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RING A DING DING
One ring to rule them all? Sounds about right. New Line lorded it over the New Year's-weekend competition as the first installment of Peter Jackson's trilogy earned $57 million en route to a $174.1 million total. Meanwhile, corporate sibling Warner Bros. was busy building an underground, heist-proof vault for all its cash, as Ocean's Eleven hit the jackpot again ($26.2 million), catapulting the studio to its first overall box office crown in eight years. After its record-setting Christmas Day opening, heavyweight Ali finished fourth, TKO'd by welterweight Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius ($22.3 million). And lower down, things look gorgeous for A Beautiful Mind ($12.6 million in only 525 theaters) and regal for The Royal Tenenbaums ($7.7 million in fewer than 300 theaters).
TOP 20 WEEKEND WEEKS WEEKEND NO. OF PER-SITE IN GROSS GROSS* SITES[#] AVERAGE RELEASE TO DATE
1 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING New Line $57.0 3,359 $16,955 2 $174.1 2 OCEAN'S ELEVEN Warner Bros. $26.2 3,075 $8,510 4 $137.0 3 JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS Paramount $22.3 3,151 $7,075 2 $49.5 4 ALI Columbia $20.0 2,446 $8,187 1 $40.1 5 HARRY POTTER... Warner Bros. $16.9 3,186 $5,317 7 $291.6 6 VANILLA SKY Paramount $16.4 2,744 $5,959 3 $71.4 7 KATE & LEOPOLD Miramax $14.5 2,452 $5,928 1 $22.1 8 A BEAUTIFUL MIND Universal $12.6 525 $24,055 2 $18.6 9 MONSTERS, INC. Disney $9.4 1,701 $5,553 9 $239.2 10 THE MAJESTIC Warner Bros. $8.8 2,361 $3,722 2 $18.9 11 JOE SOMEBODY 20th Century Fox $7.9 2,515 $3,152 2 $16.0 12 THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS Touchstone $7.7 291 $26,299 3 $10.8 13 HOW HIGH Universal $7.1 1,271 $5,610 2 $19.7 14 NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE Columbia $6.2 2,365 $2,601 3 $32.0 15 BEHIND ENEMY LINES 20th Century Fox $4.5 1,332 $3,390 5 $51.0 16 THE SHIPPING NEWS Miramax $1.9 186 $10,155 1 $2.8 17 AMELIE Miramax $1.7 232 $7,298 9 $16.3 18 IN THE BEDROOM Miramax $1.4 103 $13,195 6 $2.4 19 SPY GAME Universal $0.8 475 $1,685 6 $61.0 20 BLACK KNIGHT 20th Century Fox $0.5 342 $1,419 6 $31.6
SOURCE: ACNIELSEN EDI, INC. WEEKEND OF DEC. 28-JAN. 1 *WEEKEND GROSS AND GROSS-TO-DATE FIGURES IN MILLIONS [#]INCLUDES SOME MULTISCREEN THEATERS AND PRINTS SHIPPED AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL SCREENS
