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A GGIELFE Page 5 • Tusday, April 6, 1999 Vtatrix breaks post Titanic box office slump y lands no. 1 LOS ANGELES (AP) — The futuristic TheMa- fx stored the year’s biggest opening weekend thtj box office with $27.8 million, resurrecting ian[i Reeves’ career as an action star and fuel- g Warner Bros.’ comeback, final figures lowed Monday. I Using dazzling special effects to tell a story lalli itics said did not always make sense but Mil eat to look at, The Matrix had the highest prilfdebut for a film, topping last year’s Lost in jace ($20.2 million), and became the biggest ^■r weekend opener. |TL film helped pull the movie industry out its post-Tffamc funk, propelling the box office ionl\ its second weekend this year with a high- ' overall gross than the year before, when the Hng ship film was sailing strong. The top Ims were up 6 percent last weekend from a year ;o. 77v Matrix easily beat the closest movies, 3th debuts, with the teen-oriented 10 Things I . ate About You finishing second with $8.3 mil- . ^Bnd the Steve Martin-Goldie Hawn comedy Various Article The Out-Of-Towners finishing third with UpK 3-2 nillion. > ( {)ur j i It also provided a lift to Reeves, whose career • ‘®een foundering since he appeared opposite Records Sandra Bullock in the action movie Speed in 1994. Though considered by some an unlikely choice for the film. Reeves trained for weeks for the demanding martial arts and stunts in The Matrix and impressed the directors with his grasp of the film’s confusing story. “He was right for it. He was willing to make a psychotic decision which was to learn all those stunts,” said the film’s producer, Joel Silver. This is Warner Bros.’ second hit of the year, following the mob comedy Analyze This, which had $6.3 million for fourth place, reversing the fortunes of a studio that languished for more than a year with just one big movie, Silver’s Lethal Weapon 4 last summer. Still enjoying a warm Oscar glow, best-picture winner S/rafcespeare in Loue had $3.1 million for seventh and foreign-language winner Life is Beautiful had $2.7 million for ninth. Here are the top 10 movies at North Ameri can theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by studio, gross, number of theater locations, aver age receipts per location, total gross and num ber of weeks in release, as compiled by Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. and ACNielsen EDI Inc.: 1. The Matrix, Warner Bros., $27.8 million, 2,849 locations, $9,754 average, $37.4 million, one week. 2. 10 Things I Hate About You, Disney, $8.3 million, 2,271 locations, $3,668 average, $11.5 million, one week. 3. The Out-of-Towners, Paramount, $8.2 mil lion, 2,102 locations, $3,913 average, $8.2 mil lion, one week. 4. Analyze This, Warner Bros., $6.3 million, 2,335 locations, $2,712 average, $78.5 million, five weeks. 5. Forces of Nature, DreamWorks, $6.2 mil lion, 2,278 locations, $2,722 average, $36.5 mil lion, three weeks. 6. EDtv, Universal, $4.4 million, 2,631 loca tions, $1,690 average, $15.4 million, two weeks. 7. Shakespeare in Love, Miramax, $3.1 mil lion, 1,735 locations, $1,795 average, $84.1 mil lion, 17 weeks. 8. Doug’s 1st Movie, Disney, $3.07 million, 2,268 locations, $1,354 average, $9.3 million, two weeks. 9. Life is Beautiful, Miramax, $2.7 million, 1,130 locations, $2,362 average, $44.7 million, 24 weeks. 10. The Mod Squad, MGM/UA, $2.6 million, 2,290 locations, $1,122 average, $10.4 million, two weeks. America may id rnhismo, bun | f er guess that women feate folding UpM: spotlights wo® jcuses on wo erto Rico, theil . 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Classes start THIS WEEKEND for the MAY or JUNE G * THE PRINCETON REVIEW (409) 696-90911 or visit us at www.review.com Mtie^riiicetojiJtoviflwisjio^^ Miller litE PRESENT 3rd ANNUAL FIGHX NIGHT Tickets: $ 8 in advance at Disc-go-round, Rothers, or Greek Boutique Aggie Bucks accepted at Rothers and Disc-go-round $ 10 at the door, doors open at 7:30 Fights start at 8:30 Wednesday, APRIL 7TH AT RODEO 2000 Proceeds Benefiting the Parkinson’s Foundation Annual Fay Lecture Series in Analytical Psychology The Archetypal Imagination Dr. James Hollis Friday, April 9 Opening Reception: 5-6:30 p.m. Introduction by TAMU President Dr. Ray Bowen Introduction to Lecture Series by Dr. Hollis Banquet & Entertainment (6:30-9 p.m.) All Friday functions held at: Texas A&M University, Clayton Williams, Jr. Alumni Center Saturday, April 10 Lecture 1: Religious Imaginings: Diving Morphologies, 9-10:30 a.m. Lecture 2: Literary Imaginings: Envisioned Logos, 11-12:30 p.m. Lecture 3: Incarnational Imaginings: The Painter’s Eye on Eternity, 2-3:30 p.m. Lecture 4: Therapeutic Imaginings: Psychotherapy & Soul, 4-5:30 p.m. All lectures held at Texas A&M University, Memorial Student Center-Room 206 TICKETS at MSC Box Office: Students & Sr. Citizens: s 4 per lecture s 12 four lectures Adults: s 7 per lecture s 24 four lectures Tickets for Opening Reception & Banquet also may be purchased at the MSC Box Office 845-1234 For additional information on the Fay Lectures call: 845-0477
