BOX OFFICE
CARREY'S LYING HIGH
Sometimes, the truth doesn't hurt. Jim Carrey's honest-for-a-day Liar Liar lawyer blew past 1990's record-holding Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to post the biggest March opening ever. Liar is also the second-best opening for Carrey in a lead role, trailing only Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls -- which means showbiz bean counters can forgive his dark interlude in The Cable Guy. Demonstrating crossover muscle, the biopic Selena scored a very respectable second-place showing. And Crash promptly did just that: David Cronenberg's controversial roadside-sex story earned just $2,179 per theater.
TOP 20
WEEKEND GROSS WEEKS IN GROSS* TO DATE RELEASE
1 $31.4 LIAR LIAR Universal, Jim Carrey $31.4 1 2 $11.6 SELENA Warner Bros., Jennifer Lopez $11.6 1 3 $7.5 RETURN OF THE JEDI: SPECIAL EDITION 20th Century Fox, Carrie Fisher $291.2 2 4 $6.0 JUNGLE2JUNGLE Walt Disney, Tim Allen $35.6 3 5 $4.4 PRIVATE PARTS Paramount, Howard Stern $34.4 3 6 $3.3 DONNIE BRASCO TriStar, Johnny Depp $36.3 4 7 $3.0 SLING BLADE Miramax, Billy Bob Thornton $12.5 17 8 $2.6 LOVE JONES New Line, Nia Long $7.5 2 9 $2.4 THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: SPECIAL EDITION 20th Century Fox, Harrison Ford $286.0 5 10 $2.0 THE ENGLISH PATIENT Miramax, Ralph Fiennes $63.2 19 11 $1.8 JERRY MAGUIRE TriStar, Tom Cruise $143.0 15 12 $1.3 MICHAEL New Line, John Travolta $91.0 13 13 $1.2 ABSOLUTE POWER Castle Rock, Clint Eastwood $47.5 6 14 $1.1 SHINE Fine Line, Geoffrey Rush $32.4 18 15 $1.0 DANTE'S PEAK Universal, Pierce Brosnan $61.3 7 16 $0.9 BOOTY CALL Columbia, Jamie Foxx $18.6 4 17 $0.9 STAR WARS: SPECIAL EDITION 20th Century Fox, Mark Hamill $458.3 8 18 $0.8 VEGAS VACATION Warner Bros., Chevy Chase $34.1 6 19 $0.8 FOOLS RUSH IN Columbia, Matthew Perry $28.0 6 20 $0.7 CRASH Fine Line, James Spader $0.7 1
TOP 10/PER SCREEN
WEEKEND NO.OF PER-SCREEN SCREENS AVERAGE[**] [***]
1 $11,045 LIAR LIAR Universal 2,845 2 $6,279 SELENA Warner Bros. 1,850 3 $3,561 RETURN OF THE JEDI 20th Century Fox 2,111 4 $3,108 LOVE JONES New Line 821 5 $2,958 SLING BLADE Miramax 1,020 6 $2,571 JUNGLE2JUNGLE Walt Disney 2,340 7 $2,179 CRASH Fine Line 339 8 $2,155 DONNIE BRASCO TriStar 1,539 9 $2,011 THE ENGLISH PATIENT Miramax 1,002 10 $2,003 JERRY MAGUIRE TriStar 909
