One of the unfortunate side effects of the new hours and lapsing from my blogging, was that I missed two whole opening weekends, with enough movies to make me cheer, and equally enough to make me retch. As such, I'm just going to go over a few highlights.
First off, repeat after me... "You were right, and I was wrong". Although "The Fighting Temptations" appeared to be an aggresive opener, it quickly fell to the wayside, not even meeting the movie's budget in sales after three weeks. So I guess Friday night was an aberation, eh? Underworld still preformed admirably, making nearly double it's budget. Unfortunately, because the movie company wasn't allowed to aggressivly promote the film due to a lawsuit, it didn't quite reach buster status. Still though, expect at least one sequel. The three oscar quality films continue to keep pace, making money and showing audiences that they really are good. Unfortunately, due to current ban on Screener tapes, their chances of oscar(s) have just gotten slimmer
Meanwhile the Rock, continues to rock with "The Rundown", although I'm still betting it's score is all because of the villian that everyone loves to quote, and see dance (Christopher Walken). On the other hand, that computer game based piece of excretion, should be intombed in the "House of the Dead". Mind you, I love the computer game. I still plop quarters into it evertime I go to my favorite movie house, and usually wear my arm out, but this movie just bites. Speaking of bitting, "Intolerable Cruelty" is doing decently well for a movie I rated as poor, probably all because of the two sexy symbol stars, Zeta and Jones. I perdict a sharp drop off after this weekend. Meanwhile Denzel appears to have shrugged off of being the Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland for Halloween, as his movie "Out of Time" continues to plod along like a good little film.
Now Sparky, pay attention to that number 3 spot as it appears that "Good Boy" is living up to it's name and being a good treat for dog lovers and kids of whatever age. On the opposite hand, the movie for the adult kids just doesn't seem to want to roll over as Jack Black's "School of Rock" continues to allude my own predictions of failure.
Last but not least is the hands down winner for this last weekend, as "Kill Bill Vol. 1" soars past the competition. Unfortuantely, it would have done better had it not chopped itself in half and made us wait for Vol. 2. Some movies can "hack" having a two parter, some movies just can't get the bill. I guess that's all for this week, stay tuned friday for a look at a Legal-Thriller, a Horror, and two Oscars. Cheers
| Top Ten MOVIEs | WKG | YTD |
| 1. Kill Bill Vol. 1 | $22.1M | $22.1M |
| 2. School of Rock | $15.5M | $39.7M |
| 3. Good Boy | $13.1M | $13.1M |
| 4. Intolerable Cruelty | $12.5M | $12.4M |
| 5. Out of Time | $8.6M | $28.7M |
| 6. House of the Dead | $5.7M | $5.7M |
| 7. The Rundown | $5.2M | $40.3M |
| 8. Under the Tuscan Sun | $4.9M | $28.3M |
| 9. Secondhand Lions | $3.3M | $35.4M |
| 10. Lost in Translation | $2.8M | $18.1M |
| 11. Underworld | $2.3M | $48.8M |
| 12. The Fighting Temptations | $1.9M | $27.2M |