BOOGEYMAN is the latest scary movie to take the box office derby, this time for the weekend of Super Bowl XXXIX ended Feb. 6, 2005. The ScreenGems thriller slashed its way to $19M, killing Universals second place finisher, THE WEDDING DATE, which bowed with $11.1M. Sonys ARE WE THERE YET? followed in third place with $10.6M and $51.2M. Foxs HIDE AND SEEK, last weeks winner, dropped to the fourth spot in its second week with $8.9M and $35.7M. Clint Eastwoods Oscar contender, MILLION DOLLAR BABY, slipped to fifth place with $8.7M and a cume of $34.4M for Warner Bros. Martin Scorseses Oscar favorite, THE AVIATOR (with vfx from Sony Pictures Imageworks and CaféFX), held the sixth spot for Miramax, bringing in $5.4M and $75.8M to date. Universals MEET THE FOCKERS settled for seventh with $4.8M and an enviable $265.1M. SIDEWAYS, the other Oscar contender still in the top 10, held the eighth position with $4.6M and $46.6M to become Fox Searchlights all-time grosser. Warner Bros. RACING STRIPES (with vfx from Digital Dimension and Hybride) finished in ninth with $4.28M and $40.3M. Paramounts COACH CARTER wound up in 10th place after scoring $4.23M and a cume of $59.3M. Box office information obtained from boxofficemojo.com.
Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
