Lilo beats out Minority Report - Friday Box Office

[Killtacular]

From R.A.AM:

(position/title/distributor/screens/daily gross/average/total gross)

1 LILO AND STITCH BUENA VISTA 3,191 $12,306,500 3,857 12,306,500
2 MINORITY REPORT 20TH CENTURY FOX 3,001 $11,345,500 3,781 11,345,500
3 SCOOBY-DOO WARNER BROS. 3,447 $7,782,000 2,258 83,616,000
4 BOURNE IDENTITY, THE UNIVERSAL 2,643 $4,732,500 1,791 44,039,500
5 SUM OF ALL FEARS, THE PARAMOUNT 3,037 $2,322,000 765 91,915,000
6 DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA YA SISTERHOOD WARNER BROS. 2,310 $2,008,500 869 42,689,500
7 JUWANNA MAN WARNER BROS. 1,325 $1,960,500 1,480 1,960,500
8 WINDTALKERS MGM/UA 2,898 $1,907,000 658 21,956,000
9 STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES 20TH CENTURY FOX 2,107 $1,385,000 657 276,083,000
10 SPIDER-MAN SONY 2,278 $1,324,000 581 387,154,000

It'll be a close race for Saturday and Sunday, but this is definitely a good sign for Disney and animation fans.

[randomguy]

Wow. I'm kind of conflicted inside. Minority Report is a sci fi throwback to the days of film noir and is a compelling and refreshing piece of work that proves science fiction can be intelligent. Hollywood desperately needs it. Lilo and Stitch is a Ghibli-like throwback to creativity, old-fashioned cel animation, and awesome characters and humor. Hollywood desperately needs it.

So I'm not sure which one I want to be more successful. They both deserve it, if nothing else.

[Cogliostro]

I knew it Go Stitch...

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

It is good. No matter how good Spielberg-o's film is, 2d animation needed someone to prove that it is still a profitable art form and good storytelling can still come out of something that hasn't been textured and styled by the latest compu-art tools (though some of the animation *is* digital here...)

The animation industry needs Lilo to be successful. For Spielberg, it's just another couple of dollars he can stuff into his overflowing pockets.

[Mad Monkey 7]

Minority Report won by a little bit more money. Curses. Oh well, Stich did very well any way and he almost won the box office by a few more dollars.

[RogueMartian]

Minority Report is at second, and that's fine by me. Lilo and Stitch is a chance to prove that 2D animation is still profitable and desired by the public.

[Killtacular]

The news on the front page are box office ESTIMATES.

And FOX gave out those estimates. So there's a fair chance that they're just bullcrapping. They overestimated AOTC's opening weekend by as much as 6 million dollars.

A more accurate source at Box Office Mojo has revealed that Lilo got $34.6 million and Minority $34.2 million, thus Lilo still being the winner.

[Mad Monkey 7]

Go Stitch!