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Director Paul Verhoeven's now-you-see-Bacon, now-you-don't legerdemain helped Hollow Man pull 26.4 million rabbits out of moviegoer pockets this weekend. Nearly breaking The Sixth Sense's record for August openings ($26.7 million), Hollow Man was the best-ever bow for both Kevin Bacon and Verhoeven. The previous weekend's phattest flick, Eddie Murphy's Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, slimmed down a not-so-healthy 57 percent, earning $18.2 million -- finishing an eye squint ahead of Clint Eastwood's Space Cowboys ($18.1 million) and the Jerry Bruckheimer concoction Coyote Ugly ($17.3 million). Rounding out the top five, What Lies Beneath pulled in $13.8 million, sustaining DreamWorks' dream summer.
NO. OF WEEKEND WEEKS GROSS WEEKEND SITES PER-SITE IN TO TOP 20 GROSS* [**] AVERAGE RELEASE DATE
1 HOLLOW MAN Columbia $26.4 2,956 $8,936 1 $26.4 2 NUTTY PROFESSOR II: THE KLUMPS Universal $18.2 3,247 $5,595 2 $76.7 3 SPACE COWBOYS Warner Bros. $18.1 2,805 $6,451 1 $18.1 4 COYOTE UGLY Touchstone $17.3 2,653 $6,528 1 $17.3 5 WHAT LIES BENEATH DreamWorks $13.8 2,867 $4,816 3 $95.1 6 X-MEN 20th Century Fox $6.8 2,774 $2,438 4 $136.2 7 SCARY MOVIE Dimension $4.2 2,597 $1,636 5 $140.1 8 THE PERFECT STORM Warner Bros. $4.0 2,602 $1,528 6 $165.6 9 DISNEY'S THE KID Walt Disney $3.0 1,979 $1,511 5 $58.3 10 THE PATRIOT Columbia $2.3 1,810 $1,280 6 $105.7 11 POKEMON: THE MOVIE 2000 Warner Bros. $2.1 2,359 $898 3 $38.2 12 THOMAS AND THE MAGIC RAILROAD Destination $2.0 2,110 $961 2 $10.9 13 CHICKEN RUN DreamWorks $1.9 1,634 $1,150 7 $97.2 14 LOSER Columbia $0.6 1,304 $488 3 $14.4 15 ME, MYSELF & IRENE 20th Century Fox $0.6 746 $751 7 $87.4 16 GLADIATOR DreamWorks $0.5 453 $1,090 14 $181.0 17 BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE 20th Century Fox $0.5 576 $855 10 $113.9 18 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2 Paramount $0.5 557 $846 11 $212.1 19 GONE IN 60 SECONDS Touchstone $0.4 473 $923 9 $95.9 20 THE ADVENTURES OF ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE Universal $0.4 468 $880 6 $24.2
SOURCE: ACNIELSEN EDI, INC. WEEKEND OF AUG. 4-6 *WEEKEND GROSS AND GROSS-TO-DATE FIGURES IN MILLIONS INCLUDES SOME MULTISCREEN THEATERS AND PRINTS SHIPPED AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL SCREENS
