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Familiarity breeds success -- sometimes. Audiences may have thought Blue Streak was something Martin Lawrence had already starred in, but that didn't stop the cop comedy from collaring $19.2 million. Though it couldn't hit the heights of Lawrence's Life, which landed $20.4 million, Streak outran Nothing to Lose's $11.6 million and Bad Boys' $15.5 million. As for the No. 2 debut, perhaps the public criticism Kevin Costner tossed at For Love of the Game hurt the diamond-set romance's chances of even matching the $18.9 million set by his Message in a Bottle. (His pinstriped predecessors, Bull Durham and Field of Dreams, became hits after limited release their first times at bat.) Bubbling under the top 10, American Beauty boasted an astounding per-screen average; the film will likely expand to around 1,000 theaters by Oct. 1.
NO. OF WEEKEND WEEKS GROSS WEEKEND SITES PER-SITE IN TO TOP 20 GROSS* [**] AVERAGE RELEASE DATE
1 BLUE STREAK Columbia $19.2 2,735 $7,023 1 $19.2 2 FOR LOVE OF THE GAME Universal $13.0 2,829 $4,610 1 $13.0 3 THE SIXTH SENSE Hollywood $11.2 2,788 $4,020 7 $213.3 4 STIGMATA MGM $9.2 2,901 $3,181 2 $33.0 5 STIR OF ECHOES Artisan $3.9 1,943 $2,032 2 $11.9 6 RUNAWAY BRIDE Paramount $2.6 2,384 $1,093 8 $144.2 7 THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR MGM $2.0 1,658 $1,180 7 $64.3 8 BOWFINGER Universal $1.7 2,063 $830 6 $63.0 9 THE 13TH WARRIOR Touchstone $1.7 1,969 $847 4 $29.5 10 MICKEY BLUE EYES Warner Bros. $1.1 1,530 $741 5 $32.1 11 AMERICAN BEAUTY DreamWorks $0.9 16 $53,846 1 $1.0 12 THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT Artisan $0.8 1,434 $562 10 $137.6 13 STAR WARS: EPISODE I -- THE PHANTOM MENACE 20th Century Fox $0.8 732 $1,092 18 $423.3 14 LOVE STINKS Independent Artists $0.6 1,240 $500 2 $2.6 15 OUTSIDE PROVIDENCE Miramax $0.6 929 $666 3 $6.7 16 INSPECTOR GADGET Walt Disney $0.6 1,057 $576 9 $93.4 17 THE MUSE USA $0.6 655 $841 4 $11.1 18 DUDLEY DO-RIGHT Universal $0.5 1,142 $450 4 $9.1 19 AMERICAN PIE Universal $0.5 604 $830 11 $100.7 20 IN TOO DEEP Dimension $0.5 597 $798 4 $12.8
