Weekend Box-Office: Harry Gets Out of 'Enemy Lines'

[James Harvey]

Well, with this wekeend likely being the last week Harry Potter will be #1, it beat it's nearest competition by a mere 5 mill, falling more than 50% from the weekend before. Behind Enemy Lines pulled in a respectable $19 mill and will likely linger in the top 10 for a little while. Here's a complete rundown, Glitter-free.

1. Harry Potter & The Sorceror's Stone - $24,050,000 ($220.1 mill)
2. Behind Enemy Lines - $19,200,000 ($19.2 mill)
3. Spy Game - $11,200,000 ($46.9 mill)
4. Monsters Inc. - $9,400,000 ($204.4 mill)
5. Black Knight - $5,700,000 ($23 mill)
6. Shallow Hal - $4,650,000 ($61.2 mill)
7. Out Cold - $2,900,000 ($10.5 mill)
8. Domestic Disturbance - $1,900,000 ($42.4 mill)
9. Amelie - $1,400,000 ($9.8 mill)
10. Heist - $1,225,000 ($22 mill)

With Ocean's 11 (another WB movie) opening next weekend, expect it to eclipse the kid wiz with an easy $25 - 30 million gross. And it looks like Monsters. Inc may not beat Shrek's gross as originally anticipated, but only weeks can tell...

[Failure]

Well it looks like HP wont be beating Titanic. What are the estimates for the fallout? Maybe between $350-400 mil?

[The Mad Hatter]

Hm? Amelie popped up at #9? Could it be that another foreign-language film could have mainstream success over here? Me, I'd just be happy if the dang thing came to the backwaters of Arkansas where I could see it.

[Jedi Knight]

Originally posted by Failure
Well it looks like HP wont be beating Titanic. What are the estimates for the fallout? Maybe between $350-400 mil?

Were people really predicting it would beat Titanic before it came out? I know people were saying it would beat TPM's gross ($430 mil), but I never thought it would.

Judging by it's current rate, I'd be surprised if it even came within $100 mil of TPM. My guess is around $300 mil (domestic) for HP. I have a feeling LOTR will be slightly less (although $300 mil is still an excellent gross for a movie).

[Maxie Zeus]

It's all about "legs": how long will it last at the box office? There is some chance that it may stabilize at a lower level, and could catch up to TPM if it chugs along weekend after weekend taking in $10 - $15 million. With the holidays coming up, don't underestimate the power of little kids clamoring to see it again and again and again. . .

[Bird Boy]

the only two movies that I think are really capable of beating Titanic are the LOTR movies or the last 2 Star Wars movies...

-BB