files/pictures/picture-35.jpgThe big snow ball of Paramount's SNOW DAY picked up momentum and rolled in
to #2 at the U.S. box office. In its second week in theatres, the kid-pic,
with special effects by Curious Pictures, grossed US$8.34 million bringing
its gross to $43.1 million. USA Films' ALIENS-like PITCH BLACK, with
primary visual effects by Double Negative Ltd. and The Chandler Group,
finished at #5 grossing $7.14 million raising its total gross to $22.9
million. THE TIGGER MOVIE finished the weekend in sixth place, making $6.31
million, bouncing its cume to $30.6 million. In a second week in widened
release, DreamWorks' AMERICAN BEAUTY came in at #9 grossing $4.61 million,
bringing its total to $87.5 million. The recently Oscar nominated, THE
GREEN MILE, with primary visual effects by ILM, Rhythm & Hues, POP and
Matte World Digital, slipped to #13 making $1.95 million and bringing its
total gross to $131.1 million. Down 38% after the Presidents' Day holiday
weekend, FANTASIA/2000 finished in fourteenth place grossing $1.60 million
and bringing its cume to $26.8 million. The recent Oscar nom for best
picture ignited a new flame under THE SIXTH SENSE, with visual effects by
DreamQuest, raising the flick to #15. The Buena Vista film added another
$1.55 million to its now $283.9 million total. STUART LITTLE and GALAXY
QUEST finished 18th and 19th respectively. The furry hero's pic, with
primary visual effects by Sony Pictures Imageworks, additional animation by
CFX and Rhythm & Hues, and miniatures by Thunderstone, grossed $1.08
million bringing its cume to $136.3 million, while the STAR TREK-spoof,
with primary visual effects by ILM and additional effects by Light Matters,
grossed $740,000 bringing its cume to $69 million. Now the 18th highest
grossing film in U.S. history, TOY STORY 2 finished at #21, with a gross of
$500,000 and a cume of $ 240.6 million. The only other special effects film
in the top thirty was MAGNOLIA, with visual effects by ILM, at #28. The
film that recently won best picture at the Berlin Film Festival grossed
$220,000 at U.S. theatres bringing its cume to $21.6 million. Box office
figures obtained on Lyco's ShowBIZ Data Base.
Check out Rick DeMott's review of
THE
TIGGER MOVIE in the March issue of Animation World Magazine.
