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The Scorpion King tops the box
office, Jason X premieres at No. 4
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Scorpion King
ruled the box office for a second straight weekend
with $17.6 million, but its reign is about to end
with the arrival of another hero that is part man,
part bug.
One of the most hotly awaited comic-book
adaptations ever, Spider-Man opens next weekend
and is expected to put an early spin on the summer
blockbuster season.
“This is one of the most anticipated movies of
the year,” said Paul Dergarabedian. president of
box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations. “It's a
total summer movie. It's exactly what people
want in summer.”
Scorpion King distributor Universal wisely
chose to slip its action flick into the lineup two
weeks ahead of Spider-Matt. Starring pro wrestler
The Rock in a spinoff of The Mummy franchise.
The Scorpion King debuted with $36.1 million last
weekend, a record for a film opening in April.
The movie has taken in $60.8 million in its first
10 days.
“We gave ourselves two full weeks with a lot of
visibility and no real competition out there” said
Nikki Rrx'co, head of distribution for Universal. “It
turns out to have been a very successful strategy.”
The thriller Changing Lanes held the No. 2
spot for the second straight weekend with $9 mil
lion. pushing its 17-day total to $44.6 million.
This weekend’s main new films had weak debuts.
The romantic comedy Life or Something Like
It. starring Angelina Jolie as a shallow TV jour
nalist coping with a street soothsayer’s prediction
that she is about to die, opened in third place with
$6.65 million.
Jason X. a sci-fi update of the Friday the
Urh horror franchise, premiered at No. 4 with
$6.5 million.
Playing in 2,606 theaters. Life or Something
Like h averaged an anemic $2,552 a cinema,
compared with $5,103 in 3,449 theaters for The
Scorpion King. Jason X averaged $3,461 in
1,878 theaters.
Box-office receipts for slasher films tend to
tumble steeply after opening weekend because
the hardcore horror crowd already has come and
gone. Life or Something Like It might hold up
better because its largely female audience gave it
good grades and competition is scarce for
movies about women, said Rick Myerson, gen
eral sales manager for 20th Century Fox, which
distributed the film.
The overall box-office rose for the Nth
straight weekend. The top 12 movies grossed
$69.8 million, up 27 percent from the same
weekend last year.
Domestic movie revenues are running 15
to 16 percent ahead of the pace last year,
when Hollywood had a record annual total of
$8.4 billion.
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“Sex” seaso,
shortened
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The star's preg
nancy means there
will be only eight
episodes next sea
son instead of the
usual 13.
Production on
the Emmy-win
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series was suspended
month when Parker a-
she was pregnant
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said it plans to profcj
episodes for its uper
son. Two of them arch
and the other six will
starting in early May.
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character, sex columns.
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on the show.
Parker is expecting a::
the fall with husband
Broderick. It will be :Y
child for the 37-year-ok:
and Broderick, 40.
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make music."
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lust for life," said J.C Oj
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Jimmy Buffett
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works on booi
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