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March 10-12. With bad reviews a side Buena Vista’s Mission To Mars finished #1 at the U.S. box office. Serving as the closest thing to an event flick currently in U.S. theatres, Mission To Mars became the third highest March debut in U.S. history. The space spectacle, with primary special effects by ILM and Dream Quest Images, grossed US$22.9 million in its first weekend. Finishing in second place in its opening weekend was The Ninth Gate, with primary special effects by Sony Imageworks and Mikros Image. Teaming Roman Polanski and the Devil once again, the film released by Artisan grossed $6.6 million. Moving back up the U.S. box office charts, American Beauty finished the weekend at #5, grossing $3.66 million and bringing its cume to $98 million. With kid-flick My Dog Skip opening in wider release, Snow Day, with special effects by Curious Pictures, fell to ninth place grossing out parents and $3.19 million. The Paramount kid-pic has now grossed a total of $53 million. USA Films’ Pitch Black fell 5 places to #10. The sci-fi flick, with primary visual effects by Double Negative Ltd. and The Chandler Group, grossed $2.94 million bringing its total to $34.1 million. The Tigger Movie stayed steady at thirteenth place grossing $2.46 million and bringing its cume to $38.8 million. What Planet Are You From?, with primary special effects by Sony Imageworks, grossed $1.46 million in its second weekend in U.S. theatres raising its cume to $5.4 million. Continuing a steady money flow, Fantasia/2000 made another $1.46 million bringing its IMAX release total to $31.1 million. Other special effects laden or animation films finishing in the top thirty were: The Sixth Sense at #20, with a gross of $970,000 and a cume of $286.8 million; The Green Mile at #22, with a gross of $660,000 and a cume of $133.6 million; Sleepy Hollow at #23, with a gross of $560,000 and a cume of $99.2 million; Stuart Little at #24, with a gross of $520,000 and a cume of $137.5 million; Toy Story 2 at #28, with a gross of $280,000 and a cume of $241.4 million; and Galaxy Quest at #30, with a gross of $220,000 and a cume of $69.9 million. . . . With live-action film Erin Brockovich "busting" into first, Buena Vista’s Mission To Mars toppled to #2 at the U.S. box office. The space mish mesh, with primary special effects by ILM and Dream Quest Images, garnered another US$11.39 million blasting its total gross to $40.6 million. The new teen horror flick, Final Destination, crash landed at #3. The New Line fright fest grossed $10.02 million in its first week in theatres. Roman Polanski’s devilish new The Ninth Gate, with primary special effects by Sony Imageworks and Mikros Image, fell to fifth place grossing $3.53 million bringing its two week total to $12.5 million. Riding high on its Oscar buzz, American Beauty took its space at #7 grossing $3.16 million and raising its total paycheck to $103 million. Kids and parents went back to theatres this past weekend keeping Snow Day at #9 and springing The Tigger Movie back to #10. The holiday season left-over, Snow Day, with special effects by Curious Pictures, grossed another $2.21 million rolling its cume to a surprising $56.4 million. The caffinated cat from Disney added another $1.77 million to the honey jar, raising its cume to $41.6 million. The yo-yo throwing flamingos and flying whales of Fantasia/2000 saw a 6% gain in ticket sales over the weekend. The Imax spectacle grossed $1.55 million flying its total cash to $33.7 million. USA Films’ Pitch Black plummeted once again to #14. The sci-fi flick, with primary visual effects by Double Negative Ltd. and The Chandler Group, grossed $1.45 million bringing its total to $36.5 million. Also seizing a resurgence from Oscar fever, The Sixth Sense brought home another $1.28 million bringing its total gross to $288.5 million. The sleeper sensation from Buena Vista has now moved ahead of the sleeper sensation of 1990, Home Alone, to become the 11^th highest grossing film in U.S. box office history. With more chances of finding an Oscar in a dumpster than at the ceremony, The Green Mile moved up one spot to #21. Warner Bros.’ prison pic, with primary visual effects by ILM, Rhythm & Hues, POP and Matte World Digital, made $600,000 bringing its cume to $134.4 million. Other special effects laden or animation films finishing in the top thirty were: Stuart Little at #24, with a gross of $510,000 and a cume of $138.3 million; Sleepy Hollow at #27, with a gross of $400,000 and a cume of $99.9 million; Toy Story 2 at #29, with a gross of $310,000 and a cume of $241.9 million; and What Planet Are You From? at #30, with a gross of $240,000 and a cume of $6.2 million.

Toy Story 2: The Buzz In The UK. Opening the weekend of February 11, 2000 in the U.K., Toy Story 2 broke box office records. Playing on 495 screens, the sequel grossed US$12.8 million in its first three days. The feat even beat out behemoth-grossing Star Wars Episode 1, which made only $12.5 million in its first U.K. weekend. So far Buena Vista International, which is distributing the film outside the U.S., said that of February 11th the movie had already grossed $332 million worldwide. Playing on 3,334 screens outside the U.S. the weekend of February 11th, Toy Story 2 also garnered the biggest animated opening in Italy, grossing $2.1 million on 234 screens. In addition, on only 67 screens in Denmark, the Woody and Buzz vehicle made $500,000 setting the animation mark in that country. The next major release for the film, which recently won the Golden Globe Award for best comedy, is Japan on March 11, 2000.