The freakier Kevin Bacon gets, the brighter he shines. Last February, the Bacon-powered thriller Stir of Echoes made a gentle rumble, entering the chart at No. 6 and ultimately peaking at No. 3. And this week, his disappearing act in Hollow Man edged out the debut of Richard Gere and Winona Ryder's tearjerker Autumn in New York for the top spot. Meanwhile, the Wayans' Scary Movie, elbowed to No. 3 by the newcomers, continues to bring in frighteningly good results.
TAPE RENTALS
LAST GROSS TO WEEKS EW VIDEO WEEK DATE ON CHART GRADE
1 -- HOLLOW MAN Kevin Bacon $73.2 1 B- 2 -- AUTUMN IN NEW YORK Richard Gere $37.8 1 D 3 1 SCARY MOVIE Marlon Wayans $157.0 4 C+ 4 5 THE ART OF WAR Wesley Snipes $30.2 2 C- 5 2 GONE IN 60 SECONDS Nicolas Cage $101.7 5 D 6 3 THE CELL Jennifer Lopez $61.3 3 C+ 7 4 GLADIATOR Russell Crowe $186.6 7 A 8 8 SHAFT Samuel L. Jackson $70.3 6 C+ 9 7 NUTTY PROFESSOR II... Eddie Murphy $123.2 5 C- 10 6 THE PERFECT STORM George Clooney $182.5 8 C 11 9 THE PATRIOT Mel Gibson $113.3 11 C+ 12 10 ROAD TRIP Breckin Meyer $68.5 3 C- 13 11 THE REPLACEMENTS Keanu Reeves $44.7 6 C 14 12 BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE Martin Lawrence $117.5 8 D+ 15 13 FREQUENCY Dennis Quaid $45.0 10 B 16 14 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2 Tom Cruise $215.4 9 B+ 17 16 LOSER Jason Biggs $15.6 3 D+ 18 -- UNDER SUSPICION Morgan Freeman $0.3 1 B- 19 15 RULES OF ENGAGEMENT Samuel L. Jackson $61.3 13 C- 20 26 ROAD TRIP (UNRATED) Breckin Meyer -- 1 C-
SOURCE: VIDEO BUSINESS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JAN. 7, 2001 BOX OFFICE GROSS-TO-DATE FIGURES IN MILLIONS. SOURCE: ACNIELSEN EDI, INC., AND EXHIBITOR RELATIONS CO. INC.
