The Haunting beats Gadget
By dkilmer
Created 07/26/1999 - 00:00
Newly released DreamWorks SKG's THE HAUNTING, with digital effects by ILM,
finished first in the U.S. weekend boxoffice race, grossing an estimated
$33 million. Also newly released, The Walt Disney Company's INSPECTOR
GADGET, with digital effects by DreamQuest, finished second, grossing an
estimated $22 million. Warner's WILD WILD WEST, with digital effects by
ILM, finished seventh, grossing an estimated $5.4 million for a total of
$104.2 million; Disney's TARZAN finished ninth, grossing $4.8 million for a
total of $152.4 million; and Lucasfilm's STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM
MENACE finished tenth, grossing $4.3 million for a total of $402.8 million
which makes it the third highest-grossing film of all-time.
