'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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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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[oldvike]

The Discovery Channel was absolutely FLOGGING promotions of Ice Age over the past week.

Speaking of the Discovery Channel, did you happen to catch the one hour special on the battle for Ia Drang on Friday night? It covered both LZ X-ray and LZ Albany. It had interviews from Hal Moore, Joe Galloway, Rick Rescorla and several others. Seeing as how Rescorla (sp?) was in the documentary, I'm assuming that it was made some time ago and was dusted off to coincide with the release of We Were Soldiers.

BTW Ronnie, what ever happened to Basil Plumley in real life? I haven't ever seen him interviewed like Moore or any of the others.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...ALOHA oldvike...

...Sgt/Major BASIL PLUMLEY stays pretty much to himself, including IA DRANG-1965 Alumni Reunions.

...Last November we had the man who portrays him in .."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. SAM ELLIOTT ..lovingly mingling with real Heroes and their Hero Families in D.C. with the Real Deal Hero at home.

...He and Mrs. PLUMLEY were at our Ft. Benning GA Special Screening for IA DRANG-1965 Vets dressed in Civies and dressed in Army Dress Blues at the Los Angeles Premiere in Westwood.

...The PLUMLEYS =

...Ordinary Americans/Extarordinary Heroes...

[oldvike]

Thanks Ronnie. I can't say as I blame Plumley for laying low. A couple vets here in my hometown are much the same way. Very humble people (and there's not a damn thing wrong with that).

My Dad was much the same way. He never, ever, talked about the war with me or my mother.

[LadyDoc]

I hate to say this, but I have no intention of seeing "we were soldiers" until it comes out on tape. I understand it is quite violent, and I dislike violent action films.

HOwever, Ice Age is funny. A good comedy is always welcome, especially in hard times. Both will be remembered: do you forget Charlie Chaplin because you saw the original Ben Hur? Or do you forget Wizard of Oz because you saw Gone with the Wind?

[ALOHA RONNIE]

.."WE WERE SOLDIERS" is "Quite Violent"...?

.."September 11th" was "Quite Violent" also.

...Both were REAL -&- IMMEDIATE 2-Many =

...Changed LIVES forever.

...Hiding Heads in "ICE" won't change this Reality.

...Better to LIVE IT than REPEAT IT...?

[VOA]

.."WE WERE SOLDIERS" is "Quite Violent"...?

When I recommend the film to people, I do tell them to expect a photo-realistic
look at what happens at the ground level of battle.
I admit I feel secure in that assesment, having heard (IIRC) Galloway say that
the movie is about 85% faithful to what happened.

And I tell folks, it's a great film. I have only heard hearty agreement.

[creeping death]

The Resident Evil game series for Playstation.

[plinker's2sense]

I saw Ice Age and Showtime this weekend. If you want laughs, Ice Age is hilarious!

[bootless]

May I put a plug in for "The Rookie", starring Dennis Quaid as pitcher Jim Morris, a West Texas high school science teacher who pursued his lifelong dream to pitch in the majors at the age of 35. I saw the sneak preview with my 10 year old son and his friend - we were all completely drawn into it. A G rating, but the movie doesn't make your teeth hurt. Good old fashioned American values, and pursuing a goal with lots of hard work and grit. I thought it was excellent.

When it releases on 3/29, go see it. It is a wonderful movie.

[BringingUpPatriots]

Yes, I have told people about the war scenes up front as well. I warn them (if they are the squeamish type) but I tell them that it's more than a "war movie". While I don't want to give the whole movie away to them, I do describe one or two of the scenes that show that it's a movie about family, fatherhood, brotherhood, love of country (and not just ANY country but OUR FREE country), bravery, respect and other basic moral values.....

My husband and I viewed it first and then we took our 15 and 13 1/2 year old. We warned them about the scenes too but they did benefit from seeing the film. They saw heroes and the sacrifices paid by those heroes and their families on that screen. It opened a lot of discussion for our 15 year old. He had a lot of questions and public school wasn't going to provide the answers. Fortunately, my husband is a history major (particularly military history)and could discuss the subject.

We just sat there to the end of the credits. I couldn't move. I have difficulty finding words that are fitting. Words seem to ring hollow in my description of it but I thank all the veterans of all the wars Americans have fought (or are fighting) to protect our freedoms. Thank you!!!

Somewhat still a lurker....