By
Martin A. Grove
, Hollywood.com Staff
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Sunday, July 02, 2000
Hollywood - This weekend also saw the arrival of Sony Pictures Classics' R-rated comedy thriller "Trixie" at 7 theaters in New York and Los Angeles. No data was available to use in estimating its gross.
Written and directed by Alan Rudolph, it stars Emily Watson, Dermot Mulroney, Nick Nolte, Nathan Lane, Brittany Murphy, Lesley Ann Warren and Will Patton.
SNEAK PREVIEWS Buena Vista/Disney held sneak previews Sunday of its PG-rated comedy "Disney's The Kid."
Directed by Jon Turtletaub, it stars Bruce Willis.
EXPANSIONS There was no activity on the expansion front this weekend.
WEEKEND COMPARISONS Key films -- those grossing more than $500,000 for the weekend -- took in approximately $124.79 million for three days. Valid comparisons to the comparable weekend last year aren't really possible because July Fourth fell on a Sunday last year and was part of a four-day weekend (July 2-5). Key films grossed $160.4 million for the four days last year.
The three-day gross for last year's four-day July Fourth weekend was approximately $125.5 million. Looking at that total, this year's July Fourth weekend is down by only a marginal 0.58 percent.
This weekend's key film gross was up about 23.93 percent from this year's previous weekend when key films grossed $100.69 million.
Last year, Warner Bros.' opening week of "Wild Wild West" was first with $36.43 million for four days and a six-day cume of $49.71 million at 3,342 theaters ($10,902 per theater); and Sony's second week of "Big Daddy" was second with $26.83 million at 3,121 theaters ($8,597 per theater). The top two films one year ago grossed $63.2 million for four days. This year, the top two films grossed an estimated $63.4 million for three days.
STUDIO MARKET SHARES Based on business by key films (those grossing $500,000 or more), last weekend's top six distributors were:
Warner Bros. was first with one film ("The Perfect Storm"), grossing an estimated $41.68 million or 33.4 percent of the market.
Sony Pictures Releasing (Columbia and TriStar) was second with one film ("The Patriot"), grossing an estimated $21.7 million or 17.4 percent of the market.
20th Century Fox was third with three films ("Me, Myself & Irene," "Big Momma's House" and "Titan A.E."), grossing an estimated $18.6 million or 14.9 percent of the market.
DreamWorks was fourth with three films("Chicken Run," "Gladiator" and "Road Trip"), grossing an estimated $15.85 million or 12.7 percent of the market.
Paramount was fifth with two films ("Shaft" and "Mission: Impossible 2"), grossing an estimated $11.2 million or 9.0 percent of the market.
Buena Vista (Disney and Touchstone) was sixth with four films("Gone in 60 Seconds," "Dinosaur," "Fantasia 2000" and "Shanghai Noon"), grossing an estimated $7.8 million or 6.3 percent of the market.
ADDITIONAL ESTIMATES (11)Dinosaur/Buena Vista/Disney: Theaters: 1,943 (-305) Gross: $1.4 million (-57 percent) Average per theater: $720 Cume: $129.9 million
(12)Boys and Girls/Dimension Films: Theaters: 1,601 (-388) Gross: $1.35 million (-58 percent) Average per theater: $843 Cume: $17.8 million
(13)Titan A.E./Fox: Theaters: 1,941 (-834) Gross: $1.1 million (-71 percent) Average per theater: $567 Cume: $20.0 million
(14)Fantasia 2000/Buena Vista/Disney: Theaters: 1,313 (0) Gross: $0.74 million (-50 percent) Average per theater: $560 Cume: $57.3 million (including IMAX run)
(15)Shanghai Noon/Buena Vista/Touchstone: Theaters: 1,301 (-258) Gross: $0.67 million (-67 percent) Average per theater: $511 Cume: $53.3 million
(16)Road Trip/DreamWorks: Theaters: 801 (-667) Gross: $0.65 million (-57 percent) Average per theater: $811 Cume: $65.2 million
(17)Erin Brockovich/Universal: Theaters: 291 (-120) Gross: $0.22 million (-20 percent) Average per theater: $740 Cume: $124.7 million
(18) The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas/Universal: Theaters: 360 (-146) Gross: $0.21 million (-32 percent) (tie) Average per theater: $595 Cume: $33.7 million
(18)Small Time Crooks/DreamWorks: Theaters: 249 (-214) Gross: $0.21 million (-63 percent)(tie) Average per theater: $830 Cume: $16.2 million
(20)Frequency/New Line: Theaters: 312 (-215) Gross: $0.2 million (-61 percent) Average per theater: $650 Cume: $43.1 million
(21)U-571/Universal: Theaters: 341 (-203) Gross: $0.15 million (-70 percent) Average per theater: $445 Cume: $75.3 million
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