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ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 5.02 - MAY 2000
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Films
AWN Animated Box Office Report. March 24-26. With live-action film Erin Brockovich staying firm at #1, the new special effects enhanced action flick, Romeo Must Die, finished at #2 in the U.S. box office. In its first week in release, the new Jet Li film brought home US$18.01 million. Opening in theatres Wednesday, March 22, the Warner Bros.’ martial arts pic has made a total of $24.6 million. The teen terror pic, Final Destination, stayed dead still at third, grossing $7.22 million. The New Line flick has made a total of $20.4 million in two weekends of release. Mission To Mars, with primary special effects by ILM and Dream Quest Images, makes its slow descent down the box office charts landing at #4. The Buena Vista release grossed another $5.72 million, bringing its cume to $49.2 million. On the weekend that it brought home the Oscar for best picture, American Beauty brought home another $4.02 million in ticket sales. The DreamWorks tale has made $108.5 million thus far in the States. The newest journey into Satanic mischief from Roman Polanski fell to 11th over the weekend. The Ninth Gate, with primary special effects by Sony Imageworks and Mikros Image, grossed $1.93 million, bringing its total to $15.6 million. With about a month to go until it is released in theatres around the U.S., the Imax epic Fantasia/2000 finished the weekend at #12 making $1.33 million and bringing its cume to $35.9 million. This weekend marked Sixth Sense’s rise to the tenth spot of all time at the U.S. box office. The Buena Vista film, with visual effects by DreamQuest, made another $1.28 million bringing its grand total to $290.3 million. Other special effects laden or animation films finishing in the top thirty were: Snow Day at #14, with a gross of $950,000 and a cume of $57.8 million; The Tigger Movie at #15, with a gross of $880,000 and a cume of $43 million; Pitch Black at #18, with a gross of $610,000 and a cume of $37.6 million; The Green Mile at #22, with a gross of $460,000 and a cume of $135.1 million; Stuart Little at #23, with a gross of $400,000 and a cume of $138.8 million; Sleepy Hollow at #28, with a gross of $240,000 and a cume of $100.3 million; and Toy Story 2 at #30, with a gross of $220,000 and a cume of $242.2 million. Box office reports obtained on Lyco’s ShowBIZ data base. . . .
March 31-April 2. With live-action film Erin Brockovich firmly planted at #1, DreamWorks’ The Road To El Dorado ended up finishing in second place at the U.S. box office. The newest toon featuring Elton John songs grossed US$12.85 million. The special effects enhanced action flick, Romeo Must Die, slipped to #4. The Jet Li film, with primary special effects by Manex Visual Effects, brought home $9.38 million bringing its cume to $38.8 million. Coming off its best picture win at the Oscars, American Beauty finished in 6th place grossing another $5.41 million, raising its cume to $116.7 million. The teen terror pic, Final Destination, nose dived to #7, grossing $5.36 million, floating its total take to $28.3 million. Mission To Mars, with primary special effects by ILM and Dream Quest Images, sinks four places to finish at #8.
The Buena Vista release grossed another $3.32 million, bringing its cume to $54.5 million. The Imax epic Fantasia/2000 finished the weekend at #14 making $1.26 million and bringing its cume to $38.1 million. Now the tenth highest grossing film in U.S. history, The Sixth Sense finished this past weekend at #17 grossing $900,000. The Buena Vista film, with visual effects by DreamQuest, has made a grand total of $291.7 million. Other special effects laden or animation films finishing in the top thirty were: The Ninth Gate at #18, with a gross of $800,000 and a cume of $17.2 million; The Tigger Movie at #19, with a gross of $390,000 and a cume of $43.8 million; Snow Day at #20, with a gross of $380,000 and a cume of $58.6 million; The Green Mile at #21, with a gross of $320,000 and a cume of $135.5 million; Stuart Little at #22, with a gross of $310,000 and a cume of $139.2 million; Toy Story 2 at #23, with a gross of $260,000 and a cume of $242.6 million; Pitch Black at #25, with a gross of $260,000 and a cume of $38.1 million; and Sleepy Hollow at #30, with a gross of $170,000 and a cume of $100.6 million. Box office reports obtained on Lyco’s ShowBIZ database. . . .April 7-8. In its second week in theatres, The Road To El Dorado has swerved to #3 at the U.S. box office. With new military drama Rules Of Engagement and Erin Brockovich finishing one and two respectively, El Dorado settled down one spot making US$9.09 million and raising its total pile of gold to $25.1 million. Romeo Must Die dive bombed from fourth to seventh. The Jet Li action flick, with primary special effects by Manex Visual Effects, kicked in another $4.55 million to its cume of $45.8 million. Final Destination descended into ninth place. The New Line film grossed $3.84 million bringing its total cash count to $33.9 million. On the weekend which saw American Beauty take home top honors at the British Academy Awards, the DreamWorks’ darling made another $3.35 million bringing its total purse to $121.6 million. Mission To Mars, with primary special effects by ILM and Dream Quest Images, fell out of the top ten to land at #12. The Buena Vista release grossed another $1.56 million, bringing its cume to $57 million. With two weeks left in its special Imax engagement, Fantasia/2000 finished the weekend at #13 making $1.3 million and bringing its cume to $40.2 million. Other special effects laden or animation films finishing in the top thirty were: The Sixth Sense at #20, with a gross of $510,000 and a cume of $292.5 million; The Ninth Gate at #22, with a gross of $280,000 and a cume of $17.8 million; Toy Story 2 at #23, with a gross of $230,000 and a cume of $242.9 million; Stuart Little at #25, with a gross of $220,000 and a cume of $139.5 million; The Tigger Movie at #28, with a gross of $170,000 and a cume of $44.1 million; and Snow Day at #29, with a gross of $150,000 and a cume of $58.9 million. Box office reports obtained on Lyco’s ShowBIZ database. . . .April 14-16. With strictly live-action taking the top U.S. box office gold, The Road To El Dorado finished at #5. The DreamWorks’ disappointment made another US$6.16 million bringing its total treasure count to $33.04 million. Leveling out its descent, Final Destination finished in ninth for the second straight week. The New Line flick grossed another $3.05 million bringing its total cume to $38.21 million. Romeo Must Die, with primary special effects by Manex Visual Effects, plummeted to 12th with a gross of $2.67 and bringing its cume of $49.73 million. American Beauty started its fade from the chart, falling to #14. The DreamWorks’ award-winner made another $1.97 million bringing its total take home to $124.7 million. Fantasia/2000 finished the weekend at #15 making $1.49 million and bringing its cume to $42.47 million. Mission To Mars, with primary special effects by ILM and Dream Quest Images, crash-landed at #17. The Buena Vista sci-fi flick grossed another $673,661, bringing its cume to $58.08 million. Now firmly planted in 16th place of all time at the U.S. box office, Toy Story 2 took home another $331,858 bringing its grand total to $243.3 million. Other special effects laden or animation films finishing in the top fifty were: The Green Mile at #23, with a gross of $279,531 and a cume of $136.1 million; The Sixth Sense at #24, with a gross of $272,251 and a cume of $292.9 million; Galaxy Quest at #25, with a gross of $227,719 and a cume of $70.98 million; The Ninth Gate at #29, with a gross of $180,331 and a cume of $18.06 million; Stuart Little at #31, with a gross of $157,697 and a cume of $139.7 million; The Tigger Movie at #33, with a gross of $101,561 and a cume of $44.26 million; Snow Day at #35, with a gross of $86,913 and a cume of $58.96 million; Sleepy Hollow at #38, with a gross of $80,023 and a cume of $100.9 million; T-Rex: Back To The Cretaceous at #45, with a gross of $67, 845 and a cume of $28.29 million; Pitch Black at #49, with a gross of $45,687 and a cume of $38.38 million; and Alien Adventure at #50, with a gross of $38,410 and a cume of $417,413. Box office reports obtained in The Hollywood Reporter. |
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