TOP 10: For this end there's a $50 million dollar opening weekend

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Sunday, November 09, 2003

Over the weekend the final installment in the Wachowski brothers sci-fi franchise, THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS, took in just over $50 million dollars according to studio estimates. In the five days since the movie's release REVOLUTIONS has earned $85 M and is performing worse than its predecessor, THE MATRIX RELOADED. Still, the creators of nearly every other movie would kill to have a "disappointing" $50 M opening weekend, wouldn't they? REVOLUTIONS will likely not make the same bank that RELOADED did (which was just a hair under $280 M domestic) but it will still be a profitable venture for all involved.

New Line Cinema's ELF had a great opening, grossing $32 M and proving that former SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE comedian Will Ferrell can open a picture. In its second week of release, Disney's BROTHER BEAR is performing fantastic; this kind of result may be enough to convince Disney suits to not give up on traditional animated movies just yet. SCARY MOVIE 3 dropped from pole position to number four overall with the $100 M line within sight.

The week's other new release, the romantic holiday comedy LOVE ACTUALLY, only netted $6.6 M but may pick up steam as the Christmas season draws closer. KILL BILL VOLUME 1 fell out of the top ten and is at the eleventh spot with $64.8 M overall.

Here are the estimated box office receipts of the top ten films from November 7 to November 9, their weekend gross and the film's total domestic gross to date:

1. THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS $50,155,000 $85,470,000
2. ELF $32,100,000 $32,100,000
3. BROTHER BEAR $18,600,000 $44,100,000
4. SCARY MOVIE 3 $11,105,000 $93,351,000
5. RADIO $7,400,000 $36,300,000
6. LOVE ACTUALLY $6,612,000 $6,612,000
7. MYSTIC RIVER $4,825,000 $40,474,000
8. RUNAWAY JURY $4,800,000 $40,125,000
9. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE $4,800,000 $73,222,000
10. SCHOOL OF ROCK $3,150,000 $73,595,000


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