TOP 10: The Box Office Gets SERVED

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Sunday, February 01, 2004

The urban youth flick YOU GOT SERVED hip-hopped its way to the top of the box office this weekend, taking in an estimated $16 million in its first week of release. The Screen Gems movie stars Marques Houston and Omari Grandberry as a pair of pals who are out to try and win a street dance competition so they can open their own recording studio.

Last weekend's second place feature, the comedy ALONG CAME POLLY, maintained its perch at number two. After two weeks the Ben Stiller/Jennifer Aniston vehicle has netted a nice $66.7 M.

Also performing beyond expectations is THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT. This low budget, high concept science fiction drama has now cleared $30 M for New Line Cinema in just two weeks.

THE RETURN OF THE KING continues to gobble more coins as it marches towards $350 M domestically. Paramount's THE PERFECT SCORE opened in fifth spot with a so-so $5 M gross, but Warner Bros. new movie, THE BIG BOUNCE, failed to make a bounce at the box office. In its opening weekend this Owen Wilson comedy crime caper only took in $3.3 M. In short, THE BIG BOUNCE bombed.

Next week: Kurt Russell coaches the U.S. Mens hockey team to gold in MIRACLE, Ice Cube gets back to cutting locks in BARBERSHOP 2, and a trio of pre-teens plot to make a bank heist in CATCH THAT KID -- and there'll be no football on the tube.


Here are the estimated box office receipts of the top ten films from January 30 through to February 1, with their weekend gross and the movie's total domestic gross to date:

1. YOU GOT SERVED $16,000,000 $16,000,000
2. ALONG CAME POLLY $10,072,000 $66,764,000
3. THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT $9,950,000 $32,429,000
4. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING $5,275,000 $345,296,000
5. THE PERFECT SCORE $5,000,000 $5,000,000
6. BIG FISH $4,600,000 $55,382,000
7. COLD MOUNTAIN $4,532,000 $78,834,000
8. WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON! $4,500,000 $13,400,000
9. MYSTIC RIVER $4,405,000 $64,885,000
10. CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN $4,100,000 $127,848,000


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