THE MONEY RETURNS
Two weeks into blockbuster season and the verdict so far is clear on only one count: The Mummy Returns is an obvious hit, tacking on another $33.7 million in its second weekend, and on pace to top the 1999 original's $155.2 million. Yet things remain a little murky for A Knight's Tale, since its $16.5 million debut doth not a smash maketh. Granted, Heath Ledger's rock & roll jousting spectacle cost only $40 million to produce, but expectations were certainly higher. The summer derby should get especially bloody next week when two more contenders get thrown into the mix: DreamWorks' animated buzz-magnet Shrek and J. Lo's supernatural thriller Angel Eyes. Nicole Kidman's fin de siecle musical Moulin Rouge also opens in New York and Los Angeles before expanding in early June.
NO. OF WEEKEND WEEKS GROSS WEEKEND SITES PER-SITE IN TO TOP 20 GROSS* [1] AVERAGE RELEASE DATE
1 THE MUMMY RETURNS Universal $33.7 3,410 $9,895 2 $118.0 2 A KNIGHT'S TALE Columbia $16.5 2,980 $5,541 1 $16.5 3 BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY Miramax $4.5 2,506 $1,779 5 $51.0 4 ALONG CAME A SPIDER Paramount $3.1 2,480 $1,239 6 $64.2 5 DRIVEN Warner Bros. $3.0 2,804 $1,087 3 $26.1 6 SPY KIDS Dimension $2.7 2,599 $1,025 7 $101.7 7 CROCODILE DUNDEE IN L.A. Paramount $2.2 2,166 $996 4 $20.7 8 BLOW New Line $1.9 1,502 $1,237 6 $47.1 9 MEMENTO Newmarket $1.2 445 $2,734 9 $10.2 10 THE TAILOR OF PANAMA Columbia $0.8 441 $1,853 7 $10.5 11 KINGDOM COME Fox Searchlight $0.8 749 $1,023 5 $21.5 12 JOE DIRT Columbia $0.8 1,314 $573 5 $25.8 13 CHOCOLAT Miramax $0.8 1,487 $505 22 $69.9 14 TOWN & COUNTRY New Line $0.6 1,133 $490 3 $6.3 15 THE FORSAKEN Screen Gems $0.5 1,135 $465 3 $6.3 16 ONE NIGHT AT MCCOOL'S USA Films $0.5 877 $578 3 $5.7 17 ENEMY AT THE GATES Paramount $0.5 785 $641 9 $50.0 18 CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON Sony Pictures Classics $0.5 539 $893 23 $125.5 19 TRAFFIC USA Films $0.4 463 $881 20 $122.6 20 FREDDY GOT FINGERED 20th Century Fox $0.4 771 $506 4 $13.7
SOURCE: ACNIELSEN EDI, INC. WEEKEND OF MAY 11-13. *WEEKEND GROSS AND GROSS-TO-DATE FIGURES IN MILLIONS [1]INCLUDES SOME MULTISCREEN THEATERS AND PRINTS SHIPPED AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL SCREENS
