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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
^â– 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
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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.
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