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BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES FOR JUNE 16-18, 2000

"Shaft" was the man this weekend, easily stealing first place at the box office from "Gone in 60 Seconds."

Paramount's R-rated urban appeal remake kicked off to a muscular ESTIMATED $21.1 million at 2,337 theaters ($9,029 per theater).

"Shaft's" per-theater average was the highest for any film playing in wide release this weekend.

"It's great. It's a good opening," Paramount distribution president Wayne Lewellen said Sunday morning.

"We're very pleased with it, obviously. Early on, we thought it would be $18-22 million, so it fell right in the range that we were looking at, and it's a little bit on the high side of it."

Asked who the film's audience was, Lewellen noted, "I haven't seen the exit polls yet. I think it must have played young, at least that's what our research told us up front. Young males are the primary audience. The p

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THE COMING BOX OFFICE WEEKEND (JUNE 16-18, 2000):

"Shaft" should have moviegoers shouting "Right On" at this weekend's box office.

Look for Paramount's R-rated urban appeal remake starring Samuel L. Jackson to open to a cool $20 million-plus at 2,337 theaters.

"Shaft" is a powerful 19% overall first choice in studio tracking studies, with its strongest appeal to men, especially those under 25.

"They're up from 15% first choice earlier in the week to 19%, so they're looking stronger than they did," an insider explains. "They'll do $20 million, maybe more."

"$22-25 million would be the number to me," predicts another studio source. "$10,000 a theater gives you $23 million."

Directed by John Singleton, "Shaft" stars Samuel L. Jackson and Vanessa Williams.

"Shaft" should give Buena Vista/Touchstone's "Gone In 60 Seconds" the first place heave-ho. The PG-13-rated action thrill

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