TOP 10: MEAN GIRLS, big box office

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Monday, May 03, 2004

Teen angst is back! Paramount's MEAN GIRLS clawed its way to the top of the pile this past weekend taking in an estimated $25 million bucks and making Lindsay Lohan's star just a little more brighter. The movie made its budget back ($17 M) plus more, a nice showing for a film just before the summer fireworks kick off.

MAN ON FIRE held tight to the second spot with $15 M and 13 GOING ON 30 came in third with an estimated $10 M. New Line's romantic comedy LAWS OF ATTRACTION debuted in fourth spot with $7 M followed by Lions Gate's GODSEND and DreamWorks' ENVY. Meanwhile, Quentin Tarantino's KILL BILL VOL. 2 continues to grab its share of mad cash with another $5.8 M added to its total. Both THE PUNISHER and SCOOBY-DOO 2 seem poised to disappear from next week's top 10. And if you're keeping track of all the comic book flicks currently out, HELLBOY is in twelfth position with $1.75 M new dollars (for a total of $57.4 M.)

Here are the estimated box office receipts of the top ten films from May 1 through to May 3, with their weekend gross and the movie's total domestic gross to date:

1. MEAN GIRLS $25,000,000 $25,000,000
2. MAN ON FIRE $15,200,000 $44,483,000
3. 13 GOING ON 30 $10,425,000 $35,184,000
4. LAWS OF ATTRACTION $7,000,000 $7,000,000
5. GODSEND $6,900,000 $6,900,000
6. ENVY $6,100,000 $6,100,000
7. KILL BILL VOL. 2 $5,800,000 $52,605,000
8. THE PUNISHER $3,400,000 $29,642,000
9. HOME ON THE RANGE $2,200,000 $45,512,000
10. SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED $2,155,000 $79,538,000


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