Miramax's R rated Apocalypse Now Redux widened in its fifth week with a still promising ESTIMATED $0.5 million at 81 theaters (+15 theaters; $6,173 per theater). Its cume is approximately $2.7 million.
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, it stars Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper and Harrison Ford.
Artisan's R rated comedy Made expanded in its eighth week with a weak ESTIMATED $0.32 million at 182 theaters (+15 theaters; $1,755 per theater). Its cume is approximately $4.6 million.
Written and directed by Jon Favreau, it stars Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Sean Combs, Famke Janssen, Faizon Love and Peter Falk.
INTERNATIONAL
On the international front, Universal reported that Jurassic Park III will crack $150 million this weekend, driven by strong launches in Italy and Australia.
In Italy, Jurassic Park III opened in first place to an ESTIMATED $1.9 million, a bigger opening than either The Mummy Returns or The Lost World: Jurassic Park
In Australia, Jurassic Park III kicked off in first place to an excellent ESTIMATED $2.0 million.
Jurassic Park III still has another 10 territories in which to open.
Universal also reported that its release of Bridget Jones's Diary hit $112 million this weekend.
Bridget's opening Saturday in Korea generated a very strong $220,000 with 55 playdates. In its second weekend in Germany, its Saturday gross of $1.0 million was up 75 percent from the prior Saturday. Its Thursday through Saturday gross of over $2 million was up 43 percent from opening weekend. Universal called it a "fantastic hold" in the face of Fox's Planet of the Apes opening in Germany in first place to over $4 million this weekend.
Bridget also held up well in Austria where its Friday - Saturday gross of $0.425 million was up 30 percent from last week's opening. For the two days, Universal said, Bridget was running neck and neck with Planet of the Apes and could edge it out for first place depending on Sunday's ticket sales.
In the U.K., Universal said, its release of Crocodile Dundee 3 held well in its second weekend with $0.256 million for Friday - Saturday, down only 20 percent from its opening last week.
WEEKEND COMPARISONS
Key films -- those grossing more than $500,000 -- took in approximately $110.28 million for the four-day weekend, up about 10.66 per cent from the comparable holiday weekend last year when key films grossed $99.66 million.
This holiday weekend's key film gross for four days cannot be compared to last weekend of this year, which was a normal three-day weekend.
Last year, Universal's second week of Bring It On was first with $14.17 million at 2,410 theaters ($5,880 per theater); and New Line's third week of The Cell was second with $8.93 million at 2,444 theaters ($3,654 per theater). The top two films one year ago grossed $23.1 million. This year, the top two films grossed an ESTIMATED $27.8 million.