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1 February 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Films that received Oscar nominations last week got a big boost at the box office over the weekend. Still, none of them did as well as the fright flick Hide and Seek or the comedy Are We There Yet? which topped the box office with $22 million and $17 million respectively. Among the best picture nominees, only Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby cracked the top five, with $11.8 million, to place third. (Its receipts were up 642 percent from the previous week as it went from 147 screens to 2,010.) Another best picture rival, Martin Scorsese's The Aviator, placed sixth with $7.5 million, up 56 percent. Sideways, which has received more critics' awards than any other film, finally made it into the top 10 after 15 weeks, taking in $6.3 million, up 123 percent from the previous week. But Finding Neverland, another Oscar nominee, failed to find the top ten, despite adding nearly 400 theaters and seeing a 125-percent jump in revenue. It took in $2.7 million. Hotel Rwanda, which added about 100 theaters, took in $1.8 million, up 39 percent.

The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. Hide and Seek, 20th Century Fox, $21,959,233, (New); 2. Are We There Yet?, Sony, $16,346,395, 2 Wks. ($38,458,267); 3. Million Dollar Baby, Warner Bros., $12,265,482, 7 Wks. ($21,579,631); 4. Meet The Fockers, Universal, $8,026,165, 6 Wks. ($258,372,305); 5. Coach Carter, Paramount, $8,015,331, 3 Wks. ($53,570,689); 6. The Aviator, Miramax, $7,550,128, 7 Wks. ($68,233,031); 7. Racing Stripes, Warner Bros., $6,538,292, 3 Wks. ($35,063,608); 8. Sideways, Fox Searchlight, $6,347,364, 15 Wks. ($40,054,672); 9. In Good Company, Universal, $6,242,825, 5 Wks. ($35,998,497); 10. Assault on Precinct 13, Focus/Rogue, $4,289,986, 2 Wks. ($14,757,794).

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31 January 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Producers of the thriller Hide and Seek may have wanted to hide from film critics, who almost unanimously drubbed the film, but moviegoers sought it out nonetheless, buying about $22-million worth of tickets to see it over the weekend. Alone in the Dark, another new bump-in-the-night movie, pretty much lived up to its name as most theaters showing it remained virtually empty. It took in just $2.5 million. Are We There Yet?, last week's top box office performer, remained strong in its second outing as it earned about $17 million, down just 8 percent from last week. Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby went into wide release and nabbed third place with $11.8 million. The critically praised Sideways also expanded to about 1,700 theaters and increased its ticket sales by 122 percent as it landed in seventh place with $6.3 million. Ticket sales for the top 12 films totaled $103.5 million, up 41 percent from the comparable weekend a year ago.

The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations: 1. Hide and Seek, $22 million; 2. Are We There Yet?, $17 million; 3. Million Dollar Baby, $11.8 million; 4. Coach Carter, $8 million; 5. Meet the Fockers, $7.6 million; 6. The Aviator, $7.5 million; 7. Sideways, $6.3 million; 8. In Good Company, $6.2 million; 9. Racing Stripes, $6 million; 10. Assault on Precinct 13, $4.2 million.

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25 January 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Sony's Are We There Yet? arrived at first place at the box office over the weekend, taking in $18.6 million, well above what analysts -- and the studio itself -- had expected. Paramount's Coach Carter slipped to second place with $10.5 million, as Meet the Fockers, in its fifth week, dropped to third with $9.7 million, to bring its total gross to $247 million, the most ever earned by a comedy. It is certain to cross the $250-million mark before next weekend.

The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. Are We There Yet?, Sony, $18,575,214, 1 Wks. ($18,575,214); 2. Coach Carter, Paramount, $10,548,599, 2 Wks. ($42,790,414); 3. Meet The Fockers, Universal, $9,683,260, 5 Wks. ($247,243,985); 4. In Good Company, Universal, $7,989,410, 4 Wks. ($27,429,867); 5. Racing Stripes, Warner Bros. $6,815,275, 2 Wks. ($27,088,410); 6. Assault on Precinct 13, Focus Features, $6,502,724, 1 Wks. ($8,040,854 -- From Wednesday); 7. White Noise, Universal, $4,988,480, 3 Wks. ($49,379,130); 8. The Aviator, Miramax, $4,837,872, 6 Wks. ($58,024,146); 9. The Phantom of the Opera, Warner Bros. $4,555,434, 5 Wks. ($33,118,458); 10. Elektra, 20th Century Fox, $3,964,598, 2 Wks. ($20,372,235).

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24 January 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Ice Cube may be the way to describe the blizzard-struck box office over the weekend. It's also the name of the star of the unexpected winner of the No. 1 position, the comedy Are We There Yet?, which earned $18.5 million in ticket sales. The results far exceeded the predictions of most analysts -- and even the film's distributor, Sony. Last weekend's winner, Paramount's Coach Carter, starring Samuel L. Jackson, slipped to second place with $11 million, edging out the Universal comedy Meet the Fockers with $10.2 million. The thriller Assault on Precinct 13, which many analysts had predicted would wind up as the top film of the weekend, instead opened in sixth place with $7 million ($8.6 million including Wednesday and Thursday). Ticket sales for the top 12 films totaled $85.6 million, up 3.9 percent from the comparable weekend a year ago.The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations: 1. Are We There Yet? $18.5 million; 2. Coach Carter, $11 million; 3. Meet the Fockers, $10.2 million; 4. In Good Company, $8.5 million; 5. Racing Stripes, $7.06 million; 6. Assault on Precinct 13, $7.02 million; 7. The Phantom of the Opera, $5.02 million; 8. White Noise, $5 million; 9. The Aviator, $4.8 million; 10. Elektra, $3.8 million.

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21 January 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Analysts are predicting a weak weekend at the box office, even as two Oscar contenders, Sideways and The Aviator expand into wide release, along with Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Two new films, Assault on Precinct 13, which opened in many cities on Wednesday, and Are We There Yet? have moderate expectations. Indeed, several analysts are suggesting that Meet the Fockers, which topped the box office for two weeks, until it was dethroned last week by Coach Carter, has a reasonable chance of returning to the top spot this weekend.

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21 January 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Assault on Precinct 13 , which stars Laurence Fishburne, Ethan Hawke, and John Leguizamo, is the kind of movie that has critics wondering how producers are able to land terrific talent for remakes of B-pictures. The original was produced in 1976 and directed by John Carpenter. Several critics suggest that the director, Jean-François Richet, making his American film debut, is no John Carpenter. As A.O. Scott writes in the New York Times: "Mr. Carpenter's film ... still resonates with the political paranoia and social unease of the era. Mr. Carpenter's cynical refusal to distinguish clearly between good guys and bad guys feels freshly unsettling, while Mr. Richet's 'modernization' looks like something we've seen a hundred times before." Wesley Morris writes in the Boston Globe that the film "is disappointing for a number of reasons. For one thing, it's silly. For another, it's not always silly enough to be diverting." On the other hand, Peter Howell in the Toronto Star calls the movie "a bold calling card by a helmer to watch." Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times writes that director Richet "displays a terrific sense of mood and atmosphere, and his terse, succinct pacing and involving characters deftly deflect any questions of plausibility." And Bruce Westbrook in the Houston Chronicle adds that "the performers give this potboiler pop."

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