Sunday morning.
Searchlight picked up Troopers for only $3.25 million at last year's Sundance Film Festival, making it a nicely profitable release for the studio.
Warner Bros. and Bel-Air Entertainment's R rated terrorist action adventure Collateral Damage, which was fifth last week, tied for tenth place in its third week with a slow ESTIMATED $3.73 million (-56%) at 2,410 theaters (-414 theaters; $1,548 per theater). Its cume is approximately $34.5 million.
Directed by Andrew Davis, it stars Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Revolution Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer Films' R rated drama Black Hawk Down, which was eighth last week, tied for tenth place in its ninth week of release via Columbia Pictures with a calm ESTIMATED $3.7 million (-41%) at 1,802 theaters (-348 theaters; $2,053 per theater). Its cume is approximately $101.4 million, heading for $115-120 million. Hawk hit the $100 million mark Saturday night.
Directed by Ridley Scott -- a best director Oscar nominee and also a Directors Guild nominee -- it stars Josh Hartnett.
OTHER OPENINGS
This weekend also saw the arrival of USA Films' R rated romantic comedy Monsoon Wedding with a spicy ESTIMATED $0.068 million at 2 theaters in New York ($34,096 per theater).
Directed by Mira Nair, it was produced by Nair and Caroline Baron.
Paramount Classics' R rated soccer comedy Mean Machine kicked off to a nasty ESTIMATED $0.018 million at 6 theaters ($3,081 per theater).
Directed by Barry Skolnick, it stars Vinnie Jones.
SNEAK PREVIEWS
This weekend saw Miramax hold sneak previews Saturday night of its R rated romantic comedy 40 Days and 40 Nights.
Directed by Michael Lehmann, it stars Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Miramax did not provide any details about the sneaks and other distribution executives said they had no sense of how the film's sneaks went.
40 Days opens this Friday (Mar. 1) at 1,500-plus theaters.
EXPANSIONS
On the expansion front this weekend Miramax's R rated drama In the Bedroom, which received five Oscar nominations, widened quietly in its 14th week with an ESTIMATED $2.35 million (-11%) at 1,103 theaters (+101 theaters; $2,130 per theater. Its cume is approximately $26.3 million.
Directed by Todd Field, it stars Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl and Marisa Tomei.
Lions Gate Films' R rated drama Monster's Ball, which