EXPANSIONS
On the expansion front this weekend Lions Gate Films' R rated comedy Lovely & Amazing went wider in its fifth week with a neither lovely nor amazing ESTIMATED $0.5 million at 165 theaters (+55 theaters; $3,280 per theater). Its cume is approximately $1.7 million.
Written and directed by Nicole Holofcener, it stars Catherine Keener, Brenda Blethyn and Emily Mortimer.
Miramax's PG-13 romantic comedy Tadpole expanded in its second week with a not very sexy ESTIMATED $0.28 million at 40 theaters (+34 theaters; $6,875 per theater). Its cume is approximately $0.4 million.
Directed by Gary Winick, it stars Sigourney Weaver, John Ritter, Bebe Neuwirth and Aaron Stanford.
WEEKEND COMPARISONS
Key films -- those grossing more than $500,000 -- took in approximately $144.79 million, down 2.89 percent from last year when they totaled $149.09 million.
Key films were up about 25.29 percent from the previous weekend of this year when they grossed $115.56 million.
Last year, 20th Century Fox's opening week of Planet of the Apes was first with $68.53 million at 3,500 theaters ($19,581 per theater); and Universal's second week of Jurassic Park III was second with $22.54 million at 3,439 theaters ($6,555 per theater). The top two films one year ago grossed $91.0 million. This year, the top two films grossed an ESTIMATED $82.5 million.