FilmBuff84
03-16-2005, 08:35 PM
Here's the Top 20 films sitting at the Australian Box Office for the weekend Thursday the 10th to Sunday the 13th of March 2005.
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Hitch is too cool
(1) (1) HITCH
(2) (Debut) BE COOL
(3) (2) CONSTANTINE
(4) (Debut) ARE WE THERE YET?
(5) (4) MILLION DOLLAR BABY
(6) (3) THE AVIATOR
(7) (5) BRIDE AND PREJUDICE
(8) (Debut) FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
(9) (7) SIDEWAYS
(10) (11) MY HOUSE IN UMBRIA
(11) (8) HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
(12) (Debut) ONG-BAK
(13) (10) MEET THE FOCKERS
(14) (12) HOTEL RWANDA
(15) (6) SPANGLISH
(16) (9) HIDE AND SEEK
(17) (14) THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR
(18) (13) RAY
(19) (Debut) RIDING GIANTS
(20) (15) CLOSER
Despite its star power and good advertising, BE COOL wasn't cool enough to knock the almighty Will Smith from the top spot. The John Travolta sequel cleared $1,230,339 (US $14,146,619) all up in a rather underwhelming week at the Box Office. Things are still looking good for Smith's HITCH which only dropped 34% in its second week, adding $2,326,215 to its bank, which now totals $6,950,021 (US $79,912,370), making it the 4th highest grossing film of the year, but with only $2 Million separating it and the #1 film, which is kiddie feature Racing Stripes with $8.48 Million, it should be a lock to surpass it. Keanu Reeves continues to do Gods work in CONSTANTINE, which lost 48% of ints interest over the weekend, but enough to keep it in the Top 3 with a 3 week intake of $6,135,109 (US $70,542,391). Ice Cube's venture into family fun placed him at #4 with ARE WE THERE YET? managing a blah $687,699 (US $7,907,264). Oscar winners MILLION DOLLAR BABY and THE AVIATOR are still in play, sitting with acceptable totals after rather forgettable openings. The Clint Eastwood winner has accumulated $5,559,769 (US $63,927,046) after 6 weeks, whilst the Martin Scorsece high flyer has bettered with $7,422,994 (US $85,350,683) after 5 weeks in release. Director Peter Berg and star Derek Luke coming down under for promotion, the slew of impressive reviews, and a good round of advertising, all looked to go by unnoticed as football drama FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS failed to make much of an impression with a debut at #8 carrying a disappointing $214,955 (US $2,471,584). Perhaps the school holidays coming up will help play in the films favour, but football themed films don't seem to have the most mass appeal at the Aussie Box Office with the likes of Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday opening with $1.02 Million and totalling $2.8 Million, and the more similarly themed Varsity Blues launching with $699K and finishing with $2.2 Million around the same time period in 1999. Continuing to surprise with its rise up the charts is MY HOUSE IN UMBRIA. The Maggie Smith feature, only off 3% from last week, rose into the Top 10 with a 3 week total of $607,577 (US $6,986,010). The drama is also on the lowest screen count of any film in the Top 20, 22 screens, and is clearing the second highest per screen avaerage behind Hitch. The Muay Thai Warrior ONG BAK kicked his way into the 12th position with a jump off of $109,812 (US $1,262,634). The family problems of SPANGLISH and Dakota's dangerous ways in HIDE AND SEEK saw heavy tumbles over the weekend, signalling their end in the Top 20. The Adam Sandler dramedy has a rather unstellar $2,647,100 (US $30,436,747) to go out with after 4 weeks, whilst the DeNiro accompanied thriller fares a little better with $4,416,542 (US $50,782,053) after 5 weeks. Already slapped with a DVD release for May, CLOSER spends its 7th, and most likely last, week in the charts at #20. The Julia Roberts/Jude Law drama has taken in $5,780,818 (US $66,468,700).
THIS WEEK (March 17th): Delta Goodrem is just a little too perfect; Things get spooky for Anna Paquin; Annette Bening gets in touch with her inner diva; and Mario Van Peebles takcles his dads labour of love.
Hating Alison Ashley
Darkness
Being Julia
Baadasssss
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IN THE WEEKS TO COME:
Robots (Repair for adventure)
The Ring Two (Fear comes full circle)
The Pacifier (Prepare for bottle)
Sahara (Adventure has a new destination)
Hostage (Would you sacrifice another family to save your own?)
The Interpreter (The truth needs no translation)
The Wedding Date (Love doesn't come cheap)
FLASHBACK: This time last year
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http://movies.go.com/images/movies/m/themissing_2003.jpghttp://movies.go.com/images/movies/l/lotr_returnoftheking_2003.jpg
Ashton flutters to the top
(1) THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
(2) THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
(3) THE MISSING
(4) LOTR: THE RETURN OF THE KING
(5) MONA LISA SMILE
Highest Debut - THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT - $1,341,902
Highest Gross - LOTR: THE RETURN OF THE KING - $48,148,256
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005JNPZ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
Hitch is too cool
(1) (1) HITCH
(2) (Debut) BE COOL
(3) (2) CONSTANTINE
(4) (Debut) ARE WE THERE YET?
(5) (4) MILLION DOLLAR BABY
(6) (3) THE AVIATOR
(7) (5) BRIDE AND PREJUDICE
(8) (Debut) FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
(9) (7) SIDEWAYS
(10) (11) MY HOUSE IN UMBRIA
(11) (8) HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
(12) (Debut) ONG-BAK
(13) (10) MEET THE FOCKERS
(14) (12) HOTEL RWANDA
(15) (6) SPANGLISH
(16) (9) HIDE AND SEEK
(17) (14) THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR
(18) (13) RAY
(19) (Debut) RIDING GIANTS
(20) (15) CLOSER
Despite its star power and good advertising, BE COOL wasn't cool enough to knock the almighty Will Smith from the top spot. The John Travolta sequel cleared $1,230,339 (US $14,146,619) all up in a rather underwhelming week at the Box Office. Things are still looking good for Smith's HITCH which only dropped 34% in its second week, adding $2,326,215 to its bank, which now totals $6,950,021 (US $79,912,370), making it the 4th highest grossing film of the year, but with only $2 Million separating it and the #1 film, which is kiddie feature Racing Stripes with $8.48 Million, it should be a lock to surpass it. Keanu Reeves continues to do Gods work in CONSTANTINE, which lost 48% of ints interest over the weekend, but enough to keep it in the Top 3 with a 3 week intake of $6,135,109 (US $70,542,391). Ice Cube's venture into family fun placed him at #4 with ARE WE THERE YET? managing a blah $687,699 (US $7,907,264). Oscar winners MILLION DOLLAR BABY and THE AVIATOR are still in play, sitting with acceptable totals after rather forgettable openings. The Clint Eastwood winner has accumulated $5,559,769 (US $63,927,046) after 6 weeks, whilst the Martin Scorsece high flyer has bettered with $7,422,994 (US $85,350,683) after 5 weeks in release. Director Peter Berg and star Derek Luke coming down under for promotion, the slew of impressive reviews, and a good round of advertising, all looked to go by unnoticed as football drama FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS failed to make much of an impression with a debut at #8 carrying a disappointing $214,955 (US $2,471,584). Perhaps the school holidays coming up will help play in the films favour, but football themed films don't seem to have the most mass appeal at the Aussie Box Office with the likes of Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday opening with $1.02 Million and totalling $2.8 Million, and the more similarly themed Varsity Blues launching with $699K and finishing with $2.2 Million around the same time period in 1999. Continuing to surprise with its rise up the charts is MY HOUSE IN UMBRIA. The Maggie Smith feature, only off 3% from last week, rose into the Top 10 with a 3 week total of $607,577 (US $6,986,010). The drama is also on the lowest screen count of any film in the Top 20, 22 screens, and is clearing the second highest per screen avaerage behind Hitch. The Muay Thai Warrior ONG BAK kicked his way into the 12th position with a jump off of $109,812 (US $1,262,634). The family problems of SPANGLISH and Dakota's dangerous ways in HIDE AND SEEK saw heavy tumbles over the weekend, signalling their end in the Top 20. The Adam Sandler dramedy has a rather unstellar $2,647,100 (US $30,436,747) to go out with after 4 weeks, whilst the DeNiro accompanied thriller fares a little better with $4,416,542 (US $50,782,053) after 5 weeks. Already slapped with a DVD release for May, CLOSER spends its 7th, and most likely last, week in the charts at #20. The Julia Roberts/Jude Law drama has taken in $5,780,818 (US $66,468,700).
THIS WEEK (March 17th): Delta Goodrem is just a little too perfect; Things get spooky for Anna Paquin; Annette Bening gets in touch with her inner diva; and Mario Van Peebles takcles his dads labour of love.
Hating Alison Ashley
Darkness
Being Julia
Baadasssss
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/UrToxic/hatingposter.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/UrToxic/posterdarkness.jpg
IN THE WEEKS TO COME:
Robots (Repair for adventure)
The Ring Two (Fear comes full circle)
The Pacifier (Prepare for bottle)
Sahara (Adventure has a new destination)
Hostage (Would you sacrifice another family to save your own?)
The Interpreter (The truth needs no translation)
The Wedding Date (Love doesn't come cheap)
FLASHBACK: This time last year
http://movies.go.com/images/movies/b/butterflyeffect_2003.jpghttp://movies.go.com/images/movies/p/passion_2004.jpg
http://movies.go.com/images/movies/m/themissing_2003.jpghttp://movies.go.com/images/movies/l/lotr_returnoftheking_2003.jpg
Ashton flutters to the top
(1) THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
(2) THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
(3) THE MISSING
(4) LOTR: THE RETURN OF THE KING
(5) MONA LISA SMILE
Highest Debut - THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT - $1,341,902
Highest Gross - LOTR: THE RETURN OF THE KING - $48,148,256