January
5 , 2001
BOX
OFFICE EXTRA
Nothing much to
say
Chocolat's expansion is probably not enough
to take it into the Top Ten. I may well be overestimating
Traffic's success in expansion
. we'll see.
WEEKEND
GUESSTIMATES
1. Cast Away - 2948 venues off 25 percent - $23 million
2. Traffic - 1510 venues - expanding - $13.1 million
3. What Women Want - 3052 venues - off 38 percent -
$12.9 million
4. Miss Congeniality - 2668 venues off 30 percent
- $10.2 million
5. The Family Man - 2410 venues - off 35 percent -
$8.3 million
6. The Emperor's New Groove - 2774 venues - off 30
percent - $7.9 million
7. Vertical Limit - 2602 venues - off 35 percent -
$4 million
8. The Grinch - 2560 venues - off 50 percent - $3.6
million
9. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - 173 venues - off
7 percent - $3 million
10. Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000 - 2204 venues
- off 50 percent - $2.7 million
INDIE
RELEASES
Chocolat - 260 venues
Billy Elliot - 250 venues
Quills - 220 venues
O'Brother, Where Art Thou? - 165 venues
You Can Count On Me - 149 venues
Best In Show - 105 venues
State and Main - 77 venues
A Hard Day's Night - 63 venues
Requiem for a Dream - 63 venues
Malena - 35 venues
Before Night Falls - 8 venues
The House of Mirth - 7 venues
Shadow of the Vampire - 6 venues
An Everlasting Piece - 5 venues
Nowhere To Hide - 3 venues
Sunshine - 2 venues
The Girl on the Bridge - 2 venues