BONE falls short of estimates; HOUSE slides into 2nd

By: Steve Biodrowski
Date: Tuesday, November 09, 1999

The two top spots at the box office went to horror-related material this weekend. Although THE BONE COLLECTOR fell short of initial estimates that pegged its debut at $17.2-million, it still wound up in first place with a three-day total of $16.7-million. Meanwhile, HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, which had been pegged for a drop to third place, actually edged into second with $7.7-million (ahead of THE BACHELOR's $7.5-million).

On the exclusive release front, both BEING JOHN MALKOVICH and PRINCESS MONONOKE climbed up the box office charts after expanding into more theatres. MALKOVICH took in $1.85-million for the 14th spot (it was 17th last week), while PRINCESS MONONOKE moved from #33 to #24, with a weekend haul of $384,220. With both film still playing in only a handful of theatres nationwide, these are fairly impressive numbers.

Here are the this week's genre winners, followed by their weekend ranking, their three-day take, and their box office totals to date:

THE BONE COLLECTOR (1) $16.7-million/$16.7-million
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (2) $7.7.-million/$28-million
AMERICAN BEAUTY (7) $3.3-million/$59-million
THE SIXTH SENSE (8) $3.1-million/$264-million
FIGHT CLUB (10) $2.4-million/$32-million
BRINGING OUT THE DEAD (13) $1.9-million/$14.6-million
BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (14) $1.8-million/$2.9-million
THE OMEGA CODE (17) $1.1-million/$7.8-million
BATS (18) $802,000/$9.3-million
THE ADVENTURES OF ELMO IN GROUCHLAND (23) $525,000/$10.8-million

PRINCESS MONONOKE (24) $384,000/$593,000
INSPECTOR GADGET (27) $251,000/$95.6-million
T-REX: BACK TO THE CRETACEOUS (31) $188,000/$25.3-million
SIEGFRIED & ROY: THE MAGIC BOX (32) $147,000/$826,000
STIGMATA (33) $140,000/$49.5-million
DEEP BLUE SEA (37) $132,000/$73.3-million
THE 13TH WARRIOR (43) $89,000/$32.5-million
THE IRON GIANT (45) $78,000/$23-million
STIR OF ECHOES (46) $71,000/$20.4-million
TARZAN (47) $70,000/$170.5-million
AUSTIN POWERS 2 (49) $53,000/$206-million
THE ASTRONAUT'S WIFE (54) $38,000/$10.6-million
THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (60) $29,000/$140.5-million