'Ice Age' Tops Weekend Box Office ('We Were Soldiers' slips to #5)

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Weekend Box Office Estimates (U.S.) Mar 15 - 17 weekend	View Last Week's Actuals

This Wk	Last Wk	Title	Dist.	Weekend Gross	Cumulative Gross	Rlse Wks	# of Theaters
1	-	Ice Age	FOX	$47,850,000	$47,850,000	1	3316
2	-	Resident Evil	SONY	$18,200,000	$18,200,000	1	2528
3	-	Showtime	WB	$15,360,000	$15,360,000	1	2917
4	1	The Time Machine	D'WORKS	$10,900,000	$40,100,000	2	2958
5	2	We Were Soldiers	PARA	$8,800,000	$53,638,000	3	3143
6	3	All About the Benjamins	NL	$4,850,000	$17,435,000	2	1519
7	4	40 Days and 40 Nights	M'MAX	$4,600,000	$30,100,000	3	2312
8	5	John Q	NL	$3,725,000	$64,480,000	5	2019
9	8	A Beautiful Mind	UNIV	$3,400,000	$149,200,000	13	1533
10	6	Return to Never Land	BV	$2,300,000	$45,300,000	5	1895
11	10	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	NL	$2,124,000	$294,325,000	13	1101
12	7	Dragonfly	UNIV	$2,100,000	$28,200,000	4	1790

Weekend Box Office Actuals (U.S.) Mar 8 - 10 weekend	Archived Charts:

This Wk	Last Wk	Title	Dist.	Weekend Gross	Cumulative Gross	Rlse Wks	# of Theaters
1	-	The Time Machine	D'WORKS	$22,610,437	$22,610,437	1	2944
2	1	We Were Soldiers	PARA	$14,208,525	$40,552,286	2	3143
3	-	All About the Benjamins	NL	$10,007,291	$10,007,291	1	1505
4	2	40 Days and 40 Nights	M'MAX	$7,033,952	$22,825,390	2	2399
5	3	John Q	NL	$5,924,783	$59,016,204	4	2382
6	4	Return to Never Land	BV	$4,459,520	$41,503,840	4	2498
7	5	Dragonfly	UNIV	$4,023,320	$24,844,780	3	2431
8	8	A Beautiful Mind	UNIV	$3,872,880	$144,274,651	12	1793
9	7	Big Fat Liar	UIIV	$3,484,315	$43,306,710	5	2074
10	10	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	NL	$2,683,317	$291,149,457	12	1210
11	9	Crossroads	PARA	$2,442,226	$34,325,800	4	2173
12	6	Queen of the Damned	WB	$2,355,421	$27,947,250	3	2150
13	16	Gosford Park	USA	$1,688,318	$33,387,034	11	918
14	17	Monster's Ball	LIONS	$1,663,494	$15,457,817	11	696
15	11	The Count of Monte Cristo	BV	$1,614,387	$50,395,344	7	1003
16	12	Snow Dogs	BV	$1,448,312	$77,413,283	8	1364
17	18	In the Bedroom	M'MAX	$1,409,007	$30,710,084	16	995
18	13	Black Hawk Down	SONY	$1,344,595	$106,745,304	11	1141
19	19	I Am Sam	NL	$1,241,286	$37,337,038	11	801
20	14	Super Troopers	FOX/SEARCH	$1,014,377	$17,454,184	4	1113
21	32	Monsoon Wedding	USA	$772,141	$1,160,058	3	76
22	15	Collateral Damage	WB	$717,327	$38,926,787	5	915
23	22	Beauty and the Beast	BV	$635,952	$20,153,675	10	68
24	23	Amelie	M'MAX	$620,292	$28,790,935	19	254
25	24	Iris	M'MAX	$526,224	$2,435,918	13	136
26	21	A Walk to Remember	WB	$451,221	$39,975,162	7	514
27	26	The Royal Tenenbaums	BV	$402,105	$50,733,728	13	279
28	28	Italian for Beginners	M'MAX	$349,894	$2,070,498	8	79
29	20	Hart's War	MGM	$349,531	$18,631,938	4	950
30	41	Kung Pow: Enter the Fist	FOX	$309,652	$15,516,667	7	190
31	30	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	WB	$249,184	$315,311,411	17	228
32	29	Lantana	LIONS	$243,262	$3,577,339	13	108
33	25	The Mothman Prophecies	SONY/GEMS	$208,874	$35,161,030	7	273
34	27	Rollerball	MGM	$193,106	$18,525,653	5	309
35	38	Last Orders	SPC	$182,857	$547,495	4	42
36	31	Orange County	PARA	$144,719	$40,796,268	9	256
37	36	Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius	PARA	$132,420	$80,168,030	12	280
38	37	Monsters, Inc.	BV	$122,065	$252,557,794	19	164
39	35	Ocean's Eleven	WB	$114,252	$182,023,645	14	102
40	34	Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte des loups)	UNI/FOCUS	$113,095	$10,693,863	9	116
41	39	Vanilla Sky	PARA	$88,071	$99,590,479	13	308
42	53	The Other Side of Heaven	EXCEL	$86,424	$1,650,841	13	38
43	44	The Son's Room (La Stanza del Figlio)	M'MAX	$53,095	$676,382	7	19
44	40	Behind Enemy Lines	FOX	$52,562	$58,767,833	15	121
45	47	Mulholland Drive	UNIV	$49,150	$7,015,283	22	42
46	33	State Property	LIONS	$45,597	$1,985,651	8	62
47	42	The Shipping News	M'MAX	$44,270	$11,405,825	12	79
48	-	Festival In Cannes	PARA CLSCS	$41,006	$41,006	1	6
49	43	Storytelling	FL	$39,538	$850,758	7	24
50	-	Scotland, PA	LOT 47	$39,341	$228,361	5	25
51	54	THE SINGLES WARD	HALE	$38,375	$290,315	4	16
52	45	Shallow Hal	FOX	$37,877	$70,761,483	18	73
53	46	The Majestic	WB	$31,954	$27,796,042	12	75
54	-	The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition	COWBOY	$29,671	$2,174,576	21	25
55	50	Metropolis	SONY/TS	$29,329	$539,066	7	14
56	48	Black Knight	FOX	$29,255	$33,367,623	16	61
57	73	Donnie Darko	NEW MRKT	$20,684	$489,690	20	9
58	60	RAM DASS	Z'GEIST	$19,822	$53,156	1	3
59	51	Joe Somebody	FOX	$18,240	$22,743,374	12	59
60	49	No Man's Land	MGM	$17,070	$737,896	14	14
61	56	Moulin Rouge	FOX	$15,651	$57,276,980	16	11
62	62	Borstal Boy	STRAND	$15,476	$31,312	1	7
63	68	The Devil's Backbone (El Espinazo del Diablo)	SPC	$14,872	$702,012	16	14
64	52	Pinero	M'MAX	$14,590	$302,325	7	17
65	58	Pepe Le Moko	RIALTO	$13,880	$36,441	1	1
66	55	Mean Machine	PARA CLASC	$13,110	$73,446	3	16
67	72	Cyberworld	IMAX	$12,142	$10,676,081	75	3
68	61	Big Bad Love	IFC FILMS	$11,983	$33,812	3	5
69	83	Tuvalu	INDICAN	$11,252	$265,368	4	4
70	-	Happenstance	LOT 47	$10,954	$174,647	19	5
71	-	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	SPC	$9,992	$17,290,531	218	2
72	-	The Independent	ARROW	$8,078	$160,243	15	6
73	64	Galapagos	IMAX	$8,017	$12,393,191	121	3
74	57	Dark Blue World	SPC	$7,829	$172,925	11	13
75	75	Under the Sun	SHADOW	$7,707	$296,554	27	3
76	-	Fat Girl	COWBOY	$7,518	$630,714	21	4
77	-	Trouble Every Day	LOT 47	$7,512	$34,163	2	1
78	65	Waking Life	FOX SEARCH	$6,324	$2,837,800	21	11
79	-	The Fluffer	1ST RUN	$5,787	$367,509	17	3
80	71	CHINA: The Panda Adventure	IMAX	$5,674	$1,988,129	22	5
81	59	Beijing Bicycle	SPC	$5,579	$118,241	7	7
82	63	Chop Suey	Z'GEIST	$5,505	$161,890	23	5
83	-	The Wetonkawa Flash	INDICAN	$5,030	$5,030	1	1
84	66	The Cherry Orchard	KINO	$4,878	$33,971	3	4
85	67	Taliesin Jones	IMPACT	$4,666	$59,608	6	3
86	78	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX	$4,551	$38,183,729	177	3
87	-	Focus	PARA CLS	$3,368	$713,693	21	4
88	-	Mark Twain's America	SPC	$2,837	$2,169,247	165	1
89	-	Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man	SPC	$2,803	$13,103,294	99	2
90	-	Across the Sea of Time Imax 3D	SPC	$2,588	$15,831,180	320	2
91	70	What Time is it There?	WELL	$2,570	$123,234	9	2
92	-	Lola	WELL	$2,550	$44,232	17	2
93	69	The Business of Strangers	IFC FILMS	$2,220	$992,387	14	5
94	-	SHAYE & KIKI	INDICAN	$2,032	$12,182	7	1
95	82	Burnt Money (Plata Quemada)	STRAND	$1,507	$221,509	21	1
96	85	Little Otik (Otesanek)	Z'GEIST	$1,418	$94,260	12	2
97	79	Shiri	IDP/FIRE	$1,407	$90,790	5	2
98	74	Va Savoir (Who Knows?)	SPC	$1,383	$896,303	24	2
99	87	The Circle	WELL	$1,242	$670,104	48	1
100	-	Under the Sand (Sous le Sable)	WELL	$1,210	$1,450,106	45	1
101	88	An American Rhapsody	PARA CLS	$1,081	$844,030	31	2
102	-	The Adventures of Felix (Drole de Felix)	WELL	$1,020	$362,572	39	1
103	76	Monty Python and the Holy Grail	RAINBOW	$1,018	$1,653,098	39	2
104	86	Haunted Castle	N WAVE	$1,010	$3,337,929	53	1
105	89	Encounter in the Third Dimension	N WAVE	$895	$6,161,569	159	1
106	-	Wings of Courage	SPC	$821	$15,024,107	352	1
107	81	Island of the Sharks	IMAX	$671	$10,647,192	151	2
108	91	Alien Adventure	N WAVE	$530	$3,928,973	85	1
109	-	Our Lady of the Assassins	PARA CL	$158	$523,990	27	2

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ALL RANKINGS AS OF 03/14/2002

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Top Movies
1.	Ice Age
2.	Resident Evil
3.	The Time Machine
4.	40 Days and 40 Nights
5.	Showtime
6.	Blade II
7.	We Were Soldiers
8.	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
9.	National Lampoon's Van Wilder
10.	Panic Room

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1.	Britney Spears
2.	Nicole Kidman
3.	Kelly Hu
4.	Josh Hartnett
5.	The Rock
6.	Milla Jovovich
7.	Vin Diesel
8.	Tara Reid
9.	Brad Pitt
10.	Aaliyah

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[oldvike]

Damn, Ice Age basically made as much in one weekend as We Were Soldiers made in 3 weeks. Kind of disheartening to me that a cartoon story about a bunch of rats with fangs does this much better than a true American classic like We Were Soldiers.

Oh well, in 10 years people will be forgetting Ice Age and remembering We Were Soldiers. So I guess it's not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things.

[oldvike]

ping

[Hildy]

Saw SHOWTIME this weekend. Enjoyable, but totally forgettable. Good rental.

[oldvike]

I'll probably wait and rent that movie like you suggest.

[RandallFlagg]

Anyone see Resident Evil yet?

[Snow Bunny]

I agree oldvike, people will forget Ice Age by the time they get home .hahaa....But We Were Soldiers....that one stays inside a person.

This last Friday FallGuy and I saw Showtime too Hildy. It was very funny,but nothing to tell 10 people to see. A great one to rent though.

[creeping death]

I did. You almost have to had played the games to understand what was going on. It was OK as far as suspense goes, but a little confusing as far as the main character's history goes.

[RandallFlagg]

WOO-HOO!! I've got ALL the games. But, I'll wait for DVD...Don't like crowds or theaters.

[another cricket]

You have to consider the fact that people are taking kids to see "Ice Age." Childrens movies do well,
*Mommy I wana go see Ice Age.*
*Mommy I wana go see Ice Age.*
*Mommy I wana go see Ice Age.*
*Mommy I wana go see Ice Age.*
although I can't imagine why.;~)
WWS is a great movie but I would never dream of taking a kid under 15 or 16 to see it.

[IronJack]

America dumbed down. Bread and circuses, my man. Bread and circuses.

I want to know why "Our Lady of the Assassins" only grossed $158. And when is the sequel due out?

[creeping death]

I'm with you there. I only go to one or two movies a year, if that. I wanted to see this one because I'm a huge fan of the games. I probably won't be back in a theater until the next Star Wars comes out.

[RandallFlagg]

Damn! We're twins! Last movie I saw in a theatre was Episode One.

[Praetorian]

I want to know why "Our Lady of the Assassins" only grossed $158. And when is the sequel due out?

Probably because it was only in two theaters. Even then, it didn't seem to do too well. As for a sequel, don't hold your breath.

[IronJack]

As for a sequel, don't hold your breath.

Awwwwwwwwwww ... If the sequel was as good as the original, maybe it could have broken $200. And made its way into THREE theaters!

[creeping death]

I think the last one I saw was the Patriot. That one was worth the money.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

NEVER FORGET

...Because of the True Life Heroes whose Heroism I witnessed long, long ago the Kids of America are still Free to -Puts their money down- for things like .."ICE AGE".. instead of things like .."Son of the Communist Minfesto."

...I have been very "Impressed" to "Learn" how this BoX Office Service can "Project" the Revenue a Movie has taken in over the Weekend early Friday Evening thru its "Projections."

...And it's these very Friday Night Projection Figures that get reported on the Nation's TV News Shows come Sunday Morning ..before the Weekend is even over. AMAZING.

...Such a "Business"...?

NEVER FORGET

[martin_fierro]

The Discovery Channel was absolutely FLOGGING promotions of Ice Age over the past week. My guess would be that I saw seven times as many ads for that flick over We Were Soldiers.

[CyberAnt]

"games"

What games are you talking about?

[Moonmad27]

Look on the bright side - Monty Python and the Holy Grail is back on the big screen (beating out Our Lady of the Assassins, too!).

[conservative cat]

You have to consider the fact that people are taking kids to see "Ice Age."

Yep- some of us can't get babysitters as easily as we can take the kids to see movies. We average about 75% kids movies at the theater. We can't see every "grown-up movie we'd like. We then wait to rent it, get it on pay per view, or buy it. I'm doomed to often be six months behind on any conversations of current film!