Miramax's R rated drama The Son's Room widened in its second week with an okay ESTIMATED $0.42 million at 5 theaters (+4 theaters; $8,400 per theater). Its cume is approximately $0.048 million.
Directed by Nanni Moretti, it stars Nanni Moretti and Laura Morante.
INTERNATIONAL
Universal's international division reported that Spy Game in its second weekend in Australia grossed $0.53 million on 194 screens, placing fourth after Behind Enemy Lines, Ocean's Eleven and The Lord of the Rings. Its 11 day cume Down Under is $2.1 million.
Universal, which has limited international rights on Spy Game, has also released it in Belgium and
Switzerland. Universal's international cume to date for the picture is $3.5 million. After 11 weeks of international release the film's overall international total is $53 million.
In the U.K., the British horror film Long Time Dead in its third week grossed $0.5 million on 176 screens. Its cume after 16 days is $2.4 million.
American Pie 2 ranked fourth in Mexico, where after 23 days its cume is now $4.5 million. The sequel passed the original American Pie's total gross in Mexico of $4.4 million this weekend.
In Argentina, Pie 2 was fifth in its fourth week with a weekend gross of $40,000 on 47 screens. Its 25 day cume is $0.55 million.
Pie 2 continued to show strength in Brazil where it is in its seventh week with a cume of $3.1 million. Its international cume now totals $137 million.
WEEKEND COMPARISONS
Key films -- those grossing more than $500,000 -- took in approximately $96.96 million, up a marginal 0.07 percent from last year when they totaled $96.89 million.
Key films were down approximately 23.76 percent from the previous weekend of this year when they grossed $127.13 million.
Last year, Sony's second week of The Wedding Planner was first with $10.61 million at 2,785 theaters ($3,808 per theater); and Warner Bros.' opening week of Valentine was second with $10.02 million at 2,310 theaters ($4,340 per theater). The top two films one year ago grossed $20.6 million. This year, the top two films grossed an ESTIMATED $21.4 million.