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THE COMING BOX OFFICE WEEKEND (SEPT. 29-OCT. 1, 2000)
THE COMING BOX OFFICE WEEKEND (SEPT. 29-OCT. 1, 2000)
By
Martin A. Grove
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Wednesday, September 27, 2000
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- HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 28, 2000 It should be a weekend to "Remember" as "
Remember the Titans
" hits the box office gridiron.
"
Titans
," Buena Vista/Disney's PG-rated football theme drama, is kicking off at 1,865 theaters. It has insiders seeing green, a box office color that's been invisible so far this fall.
"I think we will remember the '
Titans
,'" observes one studio executive. "They'll be over $20 million. At last a movie exploits the soft marketplace."
"There's no question '
Remember the Titans
' will be the number one film -- $20-25 million," predicts another distributor.
Driven by "
Titans
," the weekend should be up sharply from last week when key films only managed to gross about $56 million. The improvement will come, a source maintains, "thanks to one movie, which is all the market ever needs to turn around."
"I hope the marketplace will expand to $65 million," a distribution executive adds, explaining the bump up will be "mostly because of '
Titans
.'"
Directed by
Boaz Yakin
and produced by
Jerry Bruckheimer
and Chad Oman, "
Titans
" stars
Denzel Washington
.
With both Warner Bros.' "
The Exorcist
" and DreamWorks' "
Almost Famous
" expanding this weekend, some observers expect a close race for second place with both films doing around $8 million.
Others, however, are predicting that "
Famous
" will have the better hold and finish second with $7-8 million while "
Exorcist
" falls one notch to third with $4-5 million.
DreamWorks and Columbia's R-rated comedy drama "
Almost Famous
," which was third last weekend with 1,193 runs, will widen to 1,635 theaters in its third week.
Written and directed by
Cameron Crowe
, "
Famous
" stars
Billy Crudup
,
Kate Hudson
and
Frances McDormand
.
Warner Bros.' reissue of its R-rated 1973 horror classic "
The Exorcist
" opened in second place last week at just 664 theaters. It will add nearly 500 runs to bring its second weekend total to 1,150 theaters. Directed by
William Friedkin
, "
Exorcist
" stars
Ellen Burstyn
,
Linda Blair
and
Max von Sydow
.
"
Urban Legends
," Columbia's R-rated horror sequel, should fall three under performs slightly and "
Legends
" holds up a bit better than expected, they could be slugging it out for the third spot.
Directed by John Ottman, "
Urban
" stars Jennifer Morrison.
Universal and Beacon Pictures' PG-13-rated comedy "
Bring It On
" should slide one slot to fifth place in its sixth week. Last weekend "
Bring
" did $4.3 million and was only off 16%. If it slides 18% now, it will do about $3.5 million.
"
Bring
" only cost Universal about $10 million. With its cume already over $56 million, it's on its way to a nicely-profitable $60 million or more in domestic theaters.
Directed by Peyton Reed, "
Bring
" stars
Kirsten Dunst
, Eliza Dusku,
Jesse Bradford
and Gabrielle Union.
Insiders aren't expecting beautiful business from "Beautiful," Destination Films' PG-13-rated comedy drama opening at about 650 theaters.
"I'll bet you it doesn't crack the Top Five," an insider predicts.
Directed by
Sally Field
, it stars
Minnie Driver
and
Joey Lauren Adams
.
Filling out lower rungs: "
Nurse Betty
," "
The Watcher
," "
Space Cowboys
," "
Bait
" and "
What Lies Beneath
."
This weekend will also see Sony's Screen Gems' limited release of its R-rated drama "
Girlfight
."
Directed by Karyn Kusama, "Girlfight" stars
Michelle Rodriguez
.
Sony Pictures Classics' romantic comedy "
The Broken Hearts Club
" opens exclusive engagements in New York and L.A. Directed by Greg Berlanti, "
Broken
" stars
Timothy Olyphant
and
Andrew Keegan
.
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