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Eye of the Beholder
tops slow weekend
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The
thriller Eye of The Beholder, starring
Ashley Judd, survived a dull Super
Bowl weekend for movie theaters to be
No. 1 with $6 million in its debut.
The previous weekend’s leader in
North American movie houses. Next Fri
day, dropped to second with $5.75 mil
lion. The film has made almost $40 mil
lion in three weeks.
The Hurricane was third at $5.7 mil
lion, according to final weekend figures
released Monday.
The top 12 films took in just $43.9
million Friday to Sunday, compared to
$58.6 million the previous weekend
and $56 million during the last week
end of January 1999, Exhibitor Rela
tions Co. Inc., which tracks movie
earnings said.
The top 10 movies at North Amer
ican theaters Friday through Sunday,
followed by distributing studio, gross,
number of theater locations, average
receipts per location, total gross and
number of weeks in release, as com
piled by Exhibitor Relations Go. Inc.
Box office
Top weekend movies
Weekend of Jan. 28-30, 2000
All dollar figures in millions
Gross to date, weeks in Weekend
release, number ot screens gross
O Eye of the Beholder $6.0
$6.0, one week, 1,751 screens
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Next Friday $5.8
$39.5, three weeks, 1,335 screens
The Hurricane $5.7
$30.9, five weeks, 2,135 screens
Stuart Little $4.8
$123.0, seven weeks, 3,041 screens |
The Green Mile $4.02
$115.2, eight weeks, 2,371 screens
Down to You $4.01
$13.0, two weeks, 1,977 screens
Galaxy Quest $3.4
$58.8, six weeks, 2,209 screens
d Girl, Interrupted $3.3
$21.2, six weeks, 1,935 screens
4^ The Talented Mr. Ripley $ 2 - 8
$72.2, six weeks, 2,142 screens
A Toy Story 2 $2.3
$234.3, eleven weeks, 1,796 screens
Source: Exhibitor Relations Co. AP
Singer Garth Brooks
visits dental charity
BROOKS
SAN ANTONIO (AP) —
Hundreds of dentists showed
their pearly whites when Garth
Brooks made a surprise appear
ance to announce his support of a
children’s charity.
Brooks told a meeting of
about 750 members of the Crown
Council, an alliance of North
American dentists, that his Touch
’em All Foundation would join in their Smiles for Life
Charity Campaign.
“We have 14 charities to start,” the country mu
sic singer told the group Saturday. “The money is for
children, and the areas we will use it for is medical,
education and inner-city projects since those needs
are so great.”
For the next three months, dentists participating in
the fund raising will provide discounted teeth whiten
ing procedures to their patients.
No progress made in race
relations says Cochran
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Johnnie Cochran
doubts whether civil rights icons like the Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr. or W.E.B. DuBois would say that race
relations in America have made significant progress.
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
“I’m afraid if they dropped in here right now, they
would be greatly disappointed," the formerO.J. Simp
son attorney said Saturday. Cochran told a group of
law students at the University of New Mexico that
racial profiling had created such terms as “jogging
while black” or “living while black” and needs to end.
Telvision sitcom influenced
career choice of Pauley
NEW YORK (AP) — Jane Pauley said she might
owe her career in television journalism to the "Man
Tyler Moore” show but not because Moore’s char
acter inspired her to work in TV news.
“Mary and the rest of the CBS Saturday-night
lineup delivered huge audiences to the 11 o’clock
broadcast when I was a weekend anchor in Indi
anapolis,” Pauley told the Feb. 5 issue of TV Guide.
But the Moore character of Mary Richards, a tele
vision news producer, influenced Pauley as well.
“Remember the big M on the wall of her studio
apartment? I put a big numeral 5 on mine when 1 got
my job on Channel 5 in Chicago,” Pauley said “It
was not a coincidence.”
Figure skater Cousins
retires after final show
BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Figure skater
Robin Cousins has glided into the sunset.
Cousins gave his final public performance Sunday
I uesday, Fd
in his hometown, saying the time had comeiV,
to retire from the ice.
The 1980 Olympic gold w inner performs r
last time with Holiday on Ice, the company he rr^
professional debut with 20 years ago.
Cousins said he would leave to work beb r
scenes as a producer.
“At some point, you have to say enc v
enough. Something has to give,” Cousins»
Cousins, 42, said his back and knees haves;* __
over the years. "1 am happy to be leaving,"k, ^
“There will be no comebacks.”
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NEW YORK (AP) The star of the offle,
comedy "Malcolm in the Middle” said he is i
mined not to end up in trouble with the law hi •
other child TV stars.
"1 know some kids who are on TV andc'
up in trouble, but I’m not gonna be hkcihaCh'
Muni/, 14, tells the Feb. 5 issue of TV Gudt
Much like the character he plays, franks,
get harassed by bullies until he started hoe^
mg in the sixth grade.
"Frankie used to gel picked on bec*K ,
size, said his mother. Denise, thoughheri. T
5 inches last summer.
“But he would always stand up for fa .
could always come up with something doe; 1
them up.”
Exclusive video deals help independent
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Director S. Lee
Taylor admits that “Social Intercourse,” his in
dependent film about a cybergeek looking for
love, has limited appeal.
But there it is, on video shelves alongside Hol
lywood’s top hits. Taylor could not be more
thrilled.
The film is one of the first 10 movies in Hol
lywood Video’s First Rites program, an effort
launched this month to showcase independent
films that generally have only been seen on the
festival circuit.
Hollywood Video picks up the movies as ex
clusive rentals available only at its stores. Block
buster, the nation’s largest video chain, has been
doing the same for the past year.
In an indie world where only a fraction of
films ever get seen outside festivals — and even
those that make it to theaters rarely pack in big
crowds — such direct-to-video deals offer film
makers a new shot at reaching a wide audience.
“I’m assuming I won’t garner a following
from this. I don’t think anyone’s going to be look
ing for the next Steve Taylor film,” Taylor said.
“But when you have someone really champi
oning your film like this, it makes a difference.”
Blockbuster, which bills itself as the biggest
independent film distributor, picked up seven
films tliat played at last year’s Sundance Film Fes
tival and expects to cut deals for 10 to 12 from this
year’s festival, which ends Sunday.
Hollywood Video also expects to go home
w ith new films from Sundance and is sponsoring
a contest during the festival, asking filmmakers
to drop off copies of their movies. At least one of
those films will be added to the retailer’s inde
pendent movie catalog.
Both video chains have been trolling other
film festivals looking for movies, and they receive
a steady stream of movie submissions by mail.
The companies say adding exclusive independent
titles gives consumers a wider selection and ex-
filmmakers gain audieno
posure to quality films that otherwise might nc\ -
er have been seen.
“We want to make sure our customers are
satisfied and keep coming back," said Dean
Wilson, Blockbuster executive vice president
for merchandising.
Blockbuster offered 70 exclusive titles last
year and plans on 120 more this s ear. Ihe deals
range from outright purchase of movies to short
term contracts where filmmakers receive a per
centage of rental fees in lieu of money upfront.
Hollywood Video cuts six-month exclusive
deals for its movies, offering filmmakers a share
of rental fees. After the initial jO titles, the com
pany plans to add six new movies cadi"
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films," said Jonae Kurfcnhach-Woodri
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theatrical releases, landing their mov* '
stores can bring them exposure and. >
helps get their next films going.
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