Genre Films Fade From Top Ten

By: Steve Biodrowski
Date: Tuesday, February 29, 2000

There were few surprises when studios released final figures for this weekend's box office tally. The top four spots were occupied by non-genre films (THE WHOLE NINE YARDS, SNOW DAY, REINDEER GAMES, HANGING UP), with PITCH BLACK landing in the Number Five position. Also in the Top Ten were THE TIGGER MOVIE (#6), SCREAM 3 (#8), and AMERICAN BEAUTY (#9). Other genre films to earn over a million dollars during the three-day Friday-to-Saturday frame were THE GREEN MILE (#13), FANTASIA 2000 (#14), THE SIXTH SENSE (#15), and STUART LITTLE (#18).

Below are the figures for the science fiction, fantasy, and horror films to rank on the box office chart:

Pitch Black (5) 7.44/22.93
The Tigger Movie (6) 6.31/30.65
Scream 3 (8) 5.02/78.10
American Beauty (9) 4.61/87.53
The Green Mile (13) 1.95/131.14
Fantasia 2000 (14) 1.60/26.77
The Sixth Sense (15) 1.55/283.92
Stuart Little (18) 1.08/136.25
Galaxy Quest (19) .738/69.02
Toy Story 2 (21) .504/240.63
Magnolia (28) .224/21.57
Being John Malkovich (34) .159/21.98
The World Is Not Enough (37) .149/126.41
End of Days (40) .113/66.75
Sleepy Hollow (41) .113/98.46
The Bone Collector (42) .109/66.37
Supernova (45) .090/14.07
T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (56) .055/27.78
Titus (57) .053/1.22
Bicentennial Man (58) .052/57.45
The Third Miracle (60) .044/.442