Slow Box Office Weekend

By: Steve Biodrowski
Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2000
Source: Daily Variety

While New Line Cinema and Miramax duked it out for first place (Mirmax had claimed the #1 position with DOWN FOR YOU, but their estimates proved to be exaggerated, leaving New Line's NEW FRIDAY in the top spot on its sophomore weekend), there was little excitement for science fiction, fantasy, and horror films, although three resilient holdovers remained in the Top Ten: STUART LITTLE, THE GREEN MILE, and GALAXY QUEST ranked in the 4th, 5th, and 6th positions, respectively.

Below are the final figures for this weekened's genre releases. As always, amounts are given in millions of dollars, with the weekend take preceding the cumulative gross to date.

Stuart LIttle (4) 6.41/117.09
The Green Mile (5) 5.39/109.52
Galaxy Quest (6) 4.54/54.29
Toy Story 2 (11) 2.95/231.23
Supernova (12) 2.50/10.16
Fantasia 2000 (16) 2.04/13.79
Bicentennial Man (18) 1.55/54.40
The World Is Not Enough (22) .703/123.56
Sleepy Hollow (24) .547/96.66
American Beauty (26) .431/73.32
Being John Malkovich (30) .302/20.16
Pokemon: The First Movie (33) .251/85.12
The Sixth Sense (34) .247/277.71
The Bone Collector (35) .222/65.13
End of Days (37) .206/65.52
Dogma (39) .156/29.93
Titus (40) .145/.461
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (48) .065/430.98
T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (54) .046/27.44
The Third Miracle (55) .041/.155
Fight Club (56) .037/36.86