Australian Box Office Top 20 (9)

[FilmBuff84]

Here's a look at the Australian Box Office Top 20 for the weekend 18th - 21st July 2002.

(1) (1) MEN IN BLACK II
(2) (Debut) ALI G INDAHOUSE
(3) (Debut) DIRTY DEEDS
(4) (6) BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM
(5) (3) SCOOBY DOO
(6) (2) BLADE II
(7) (4) SNOW DOGS
(8) (5) UNFAITHFUL
(9) (Debut) BAD COMPANY
(10) (9) BIG FAT LIAR
(11) (7) MINORITY REPORT
(12) (8) SPIDERMAN
(13) (11) LAST ORDERS
(14) (10) SPIRIT: STALLION OF CIMARRON
(15) (12) THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
(16) (16) SPACE STATION 3D
(17) (15) STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES
(18) (14) I AM SAM
(19) (17) GHOST WORLD
(20) (13) A WALK TO REMEMBER

I'm surprised to see MIB II still at the top after 3 weeks. I see I Am Sam, Earnest and Walk To Remember all dropping quickly. Blade 2 took a hefty, unfortunate drop as did Unfaithful and Snow Dogs, yay. Ali G and Dirty Deeds had impressive debuts, though i'm not surprised and Bad Company just scraped in and I gather this wasn't a film loved all aorund so it's probably a good thing.

I'll report back next week to see how the Cameron Diaz/Christina Applegate comedy THE SWEETEST THING and the horror flick ROAD KILL, which many of you know better as JOYRIDE, rate on the charts.

[Nate6]

Joy Ride is just coming to Australian cinemas now? We had it almost a year ago. It's a great movie, hope it does well. Why did they change the title?

[FilmBuff84]

Your guess is as good as mine, Nate6. Joyride was originally to come out i think in September of last year with it's normal title. Then it was pushed back to January. Then it was once agin stopped, renamed Road Kill and will be released this week. I don't know why they changed the name. I have wanted to see this movie for so long, it looks awesome. The Sweetest Thing should be cool too.

[Jedi]

I see MIIB doing splindid. So the Britich comedy "Bend It Like Beckham". Blade II has dropped as fast as it did everywhere. That was expected. I'm glad I AM SAM is almost leaving the top 20. Though Snow Dogs could remain there for another few weeks.
Big Fat Liar rose one step. This is really good. Meanwhile MR is dropping faster than it should. You're having some sort of "traffic jam" of new releases.

Joy Ride was releases with the title of "Roadkill" in UK too. Maybe to aviode the echos of the bomb it was with its original title. And it did quite good in the UK and made something like 2.5 million pound.

..and AOTC is still on the charts?? Go OBI.. GO! http://www.joblo.com/ubb/smile.gif
What are the new releases beside Road Kill next week?

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[FilmBuff84]

Next to Roadkill, the other new release is The Sweetest Thing starring Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate.

And Big Fat Liar dropped one, not rose one.

[urbanlegend23]

MIIB is still at the number 1 spot here as well. UNFAITHFUL dropped quickly in cinemas here. SPIDER-MAN is still kicking some good ass here, same with SCOOBY-DOO. I wish more people in Oz would see GHOST WORLD!

[Jedi]

Oh! Sorry for this mistake http://www.joblo.com/ubb/wink.gif i really wanted it to do better.
Anyways, I guess Sweetest Thing will do wayyy better that itdid in the US . I don't believe it's THAT bad. Cameron Diaz is really qute and can't be dull in any of her movies. http://www.joblo.com/ubb/smile.gif

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[FilmBuff84]

I saw The Sweetest Thing today, and loved it. The cinema was packed and it was it's first day and I think it will do very well for itself, at least top 5. Everyone in the cinema seemed to be enjoying themselves.

[Jedi]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by FilmBuff84:
I saw The Sweetest Thing today, and loved it. The cinema was packed and it was it's first day and I think it will do very well for itself, at least top 5. Everyone in the cinema seemed to be enjoying themselves.</font>

Yeah.. I saw its trailer attached to AOTC in my theatre (i saw this one for 6 times no less) and it looked very funny.
Cameron Diaz could be VERY irresistable, if you know what i mean http://www.joblo.com/ubb/wink.gif I was VERY disappointed on its US release. It didn't even maje $30 million.

[XCoRyX]

yeah as odd as it may be i wanted to check out the sweetest thing.im very surprised at how well ali g in da house did...thought it would bomb BIG TIME.

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