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If nothing else, this was a weekend full of surprises. Blade once again managed to cop top honors, dropping just 36 percent in its second week and dwarfing 54, the week's widest-opening debut. Despite stars Mike Myers and Neve Campbell, the nightclub saga boogied down to $6.6 million. Considering it had a reported budget of $13 million, things could have been worse. Now the good news: On the eve of its video release, Titanic became the first film to grab $600 million at domestic box offices, bringing its worldwide gross to more than $1.8 billion. And There's Something About Mary's box office pattern seems as nutty as the film itself; in its seventh week, the comedy jumped to No. 2 and its earnings increased 9 percent. If Knock Off, the new Jean-Claude Van Damme action flick, fails to open big, Mary may reach No. 1 next week.
NO. OF WEEKEND WEEKS GROSS WEEKEND SITES PER-SITE IN TO TOP 20 GROSS* [**] AVERAGE RELEASE DATE
1 BLADE New Line 10.9 2,351 $4,647 2 $34.7 2 THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY 20th Century Fox $8.4 2,401 $3,488 7 $116.2 3 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN DreamWorks $8.1 2,774 $2,917 6 $155.3 4 54 Miramax $6.6 1,859 $3,556 1 $6.6 5 WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE Warner Bros. $3.9 1,369 $2,883 1 $3.9 6 EVER AFTER 20th Century Fox $3.8 1,910 $1,978 5 $48.5 7 HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK 20th Century Fox $3.6 1,383 $2,638 3 $28.0 8 SNAKE EYES Paramount $3.6 2,243 $1,594 4 $46.0 9 THE PARENT TRAP Walt Disney $2.9 1,438 $2,041 5 $56.2 10 DANCE WITH ME Columbia $2.9 1,467 $1,965 2 $9.2 11 DEAD MAN ON CAMPUS Paramount $2.6 1,830 $1,431 2 $9.4 12 ARMAGEDDON Touchstone $2.3 1,324 $1,742 9 $188.5 13 WRONGFULLY ACCUSED Warner Bros. $1.9 2,051 $906 2 $6.9 14 HALLOWEEN: H20 Dimension $1.8 1,909 $942 4 $50.2 15 THE MASK OF ZORRO TriStar $1.7 1,322 $1,300 7 $85.2 16 THE AVENGERS Warner Bros. $1.5 1,784 $831 3 $20.9 17 THE NEGOTIATOR Warner Bros. $1.4 1,004 $1,404 5 $39.1 18 LETHAL WEAPON 4 Warner Bros. $0.9 889 $1,065 8 $125.0 19 DR. DOLITTLE 20th Century Fox $0.9 914 $1,013 10 $138.1 20 AIR BUD: GOLDEN RECEIVER Dimension $0.9 1,326 642 3 $7.5 SOURCE: EXHIBITOR RELATIONS CO. INC. WEEKEND OF AUG. 28-30 * WEEKEND GROSS AND GROSS-TO-DATE FIGURES IN MILLIONS [**]INCLUDES SOME MULTISCREEN THEATERS AND PRINTS SHIPPED AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL SCREENS
