Two superstars aren't necessarily better than one. That's the lesson Jim Carrey taught Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt as Liar Liar barely slowed its pace despite the debut of The Devil's Own. With its $14.3 million opening, the Ford-Pitt teaming looks stronger than their recent individual starring vehicles -- Pitt's Sleepers opened to $12.3 million and Ford's Sabrina bowed to $5.6 million. And Ford plus Pitt outperformed Al Pacino plus Johnny Depp in Donnie Brasco. But neither thriller's opening surpassed the debut of Clint Eastwood's Absolute Power. So what would happen if Eastwood and Carrey got together?
TOP 20
WEEKEND GROSS TO WEEKS IN GROSS* DATE RELEASE 1 $25.4 LIAR LIAR Universal, Jim Carrey $71.0 2 2 $14.3 THE DEVIL'S OWN Columbia, Harrison Ford $18.1 1 3 $6.1 SELENA Warner Bros., Jennifer Lopez $21.7 2 4 $4.5 RETURN OF THE JEDI: SPECIAL EDITION 20th Century Fox, Carrie Fisher $298.5 3 5 $4.1 JUNGLE2JUNGLE Walt Disney, Tim Allen $42.1 4 6 $4.1 THE 6TH MAN Touchstone, Marlon Wayans $4.1 1 7 $3.3 TURBO: A POWER RANGERS MOVIE 20th Century Fox, Blake Foster $3.3 1 8 $3.0 THE ENGLISH PATIENT Miramax, Ralph Fiennes $67.6 20 9 $2.7 B.A.P.S New Line, Halle Berry $2.7 1 10 $2.4 PRIVATE PARTS Paramount, Howard Stern $38.2 4 11 $2.2 SLING BLADE Miramax, Billy Bob Thornton $15.9 18 12 $1.8 DONNIE BRASCO TriStar, Johnny Depp $39.1 5 13 $1.6 JERRY MAGUIRE TriStar, Tom Cruise $145.4 16 14 $1.1 LOVE JONES New Line, Nia Long $9.3 3 15 $0.9 CATS DON'T DANCE Warner Bros., Animated $1.2 1 16 $0.9 THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: SPECIAL EDITION 20th Century Fox, Harrison Ford $287.9 6 17 $0.8 SHINE Fine Line, Geoffrey Rush $33.7 19 18 $0.8 MICHAEL New Line, John Travolta $92.2 14 19 $0.4 KOLYA Miramax, Zdenek Sverak $2.2 10 20 $0.4 101 DALMATIANS Walt Disney, Glenn Close $134.9 18
TOP 10/PER SCREEN
WEEKEND NO. OF PER-SCREEN SCREENS AVERAGE[**] [***]
1 $8,895 LIAR LIAR Universal 2,853 2 $5,701 THE DEVIL'S OWN Columbia 2,504 3 $3,481 KOLYA Miramax 128 4 $3,364 THE 6TH MAN Touchstone 1,227 5 $3,278 SELENA Warner Bros. 1,873 6 $2,430 RETURN OF THE JEDI 20th Century Fox 1,832 7 $2,278 B.A.P.S New Line 1,204 8 $2,190 SLING BLADE Miramax 992 9 $2,143 THE ENGLISH PATIENT Miramax 1,409 10 $1,985 JERRY MAGUIRE TriStar 830
