Hollywood still hath no fury like a woman scorned. But even as Ashley Judd's revenge thriller Double Jeopardy held onto the No. 1 slot, George Clooney and his Three Kings were also bearing gifts. The quirky Gulf War flick debuted to $15.8 million, quieting rumblings that the erstwhile ER star couldn't open a picture. In fact, Three Kings' haul is a nice increase over Clooney's last star vehicle, Out of Sight, which bagged $12 million in its first weekend. (His record is Batman & Robin's $42.9 million, which obviously says more about the Caped Crusader's built-in audience than Clooney's.) Elsewhere, American Beauty widened its run, taking third place and the week's highest per-screen average ($11,599), while rookies Drive Me Crazy, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, Mystery, Alaska, Plunkett & Macleane, and Happy, Texas made little impression.
NO. OF WEEKEND WEEKS GROSS WEEKEND SITES PER-SITE IN TO TOP 20 GROSS* [**] AVERAGE RELEASE DATE
1 DOUBLE JEOPARDY Paramount $17.0 2,884 $7,451 2 $47.2 2 THREE KINGS Warner Bros. $15.8 2,942 $5,387 1 $15.8 3 AMERICAN BEAUTY DreamWorks $8.2 706 $11,599 3 $18.4 4 BLUE STREAK Columbia $8.0 2,735 $2,928 3 $47.7 5 THE SIXTH SENSE Hollywood $7.0 2,821 $2,490 9 $234.5 6 DRIVE ME CRAZY 20th Century Fox $6.8 2,220 $3,084 1 $6.8 7 FOR LOVE OF THE GAME Universal $3.5 2,933 $1,210 3 $28.4 8 THE ADVENTURES OF ELMO IN GROUCHLAND Columbia $3.3 1,210 $2,690 1 $3.3 9 MYSTERY, ALASKA Hollywood $3.1 1,673 $1,854 1 $3.1 10 STIGMATA MGM $2.4 2,045 $1,154 4 $44.3 11 STIR OF ECHOES Artisan $1.2 1,502 $818 4 $17.7 12 JAKOB THE LIAR Columbia $1.0 1,200 $835 2 $3.7 13 RUNAWAY BRIDE Paramount $1.0 1,318 $724 10 $147.9 14 MUMFORD Touchstone $0.9 1,452 $611 2 $3.4 15 STAR WARS: EPISODE I -- THE PHANTOM MENACE 20th Century Fox $0.7 689 $1,012 20 $425.4 16 THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR MGM $0.4 717 $619 9 $66.8 17 THE HAUNTING DreamWorks $0.4 508 $690 11 $90.1 18 BOWFINGER Universal $0.3 643 $480 8 $64.9 19 THE 13TH WARRIOR Touchstone $0.3 469 $600 6 $31.5 20 THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT Artisan $0.3 584 $458 12 $138.9
SOURCE: ACNIELSON EDI, INC. WEEKEND OF OCT. 1-3 *WEEKEND GROSS AND GROSS-TO-DATE FIGURES IN MILLIONS [**]INCLUDES SOME MULTISCREEN THEATERS AND PRINTS SHIPPED AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL SCREENS
