TARZAN is King
By dkilmer
Created 06/21/1999 - 00:00
TARZAN, the new Disney animated feature that is based on TARZAN OF THE APES
by Edgar Rice Burroughs, finished first in the weekend US boxoffice race,
taking in $34,361,342. This is the second highest opening for an animated
film after THE LION KING which opened with $40.9 million in June 1994. STAR
WARS EPISODE 1: THE PHANTOM MENACE, the digital effects driven action film
from Lucasfilm, finished fourth, grossing $18,859,021 to bring its total to
$328,072,869; Universal's THE MUMMY, with digital effects by ILM, finished
seventh while grossing $3,206,500 for a total of $142,006,580; Warner
Bros.' THE MATRIX, directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, finished ninth,
grossing $1,315,856 for a total of $163,869,151; Sony Pictures' THE
THIRTEENTH FLOOR, with digital effects by Centropolis Effects, finished
eleventh, grossing $380,181 for a total of $10,665,506; and finally Buena
Vista's DOUG'S 1ST MOVIE finished 35th, grossing $109,824 for a total of
$18,932,847.
