Universal's R rated drama Mulholland Drive expanded in its 13th week with an unlucky ESTIMATED $0.15 million at 77 theaters (+34 theaters; $2,005 per theater). Its cume is approximately $5.8 million.
Written and directed by David Lynch, it stars Justin Theroux and Naomi Watts.
Lions Gate Films' R rated drama Monster's Ball added a theater in its second week of platform release with a hopeful ESTIMATED $0.14 million (+27%) at 8 theaters (+1 theater; $17,500 per theater). Its cume is approximately $0.4 million.
Directed by Marc Foster, it stars Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Heath Ledger and Peter Boyle.
"We open San Francisco Jan. 25, Chicago on Feb. 1 and then go nationwide Feb. 8, the weekend before the Oscar nominations," Lions Gate president Tom Ortenberg said Sunday morning.
INTERNATIONAL
Universal's international division reported that its total gross for the year 2001 was $1.06 billion, putting the studio in second place to Warner Bros. with an international total of $1.2 billion. Buena Vista International ranks third with $1.04 billion for the year.
Universal noted that only those three studios reached the $1 billion mark in 2001. Universal was the first to do so, crossing $1 billion in November, benefiting from five films that grossed over $100 million. Included were The Mummy Returns with $228 million, Bridget Jones's Diary with $208.5 million, Jurassic Park III with $183 million, Hannibal with $135 million [excluding about $50 million more from Japan and Eastern Europe, where Universal did not have rights to the film] and American Pie 2 with $125 million.