D-Tox opened in Mexico Friday, placing second to the second week of Ocean's Eleven. Universal said that with reports of grosses still coming in its weekend estimate for D-Tox is $0.3 million on 150 screens.
American Pie 2 placed sixth in Mexico in its fifth week. After 30 days in theaters, its cume is now an outstanding $5.0 million, which is already 14 percent
bigger than the original American Pie.
Pie 2, which is still playing in several countries, has an overall international cume of $137.3 million.
WEEKEND COMPARISONS
Key films--those grossing more than $500,000--took in approximately $97.79 million, down about 19.53 percent from last year when they totaled $122.77 million.
Key films were up approximately 2.29 percent from the previous weekend of this year when they grossed $95.57 million.
Last year, MGM's opening week of Hannibal was first with $58.0 million at 3,230 theaters ($17,958 per theater); and Sony's third week of The Wedding Planner was second with $7.7 million at 2,726 theaters ($2,828 per theater). The top two films one year ago grossed $65.7 million. This year, the top two films grossed an ESTIMATED $26.9 million.