The big snow ball of Paramount's SNOW DAY picked up momentum and rolled in
to #2 at the U.S. box office. In its second week in theatres, the kid-pic,
with special effects by Curious Pictures, grossed US$8.34 million bringing
its gross to $43.1 million. USA Films' ALIENS-like PITCH BLACK, with
primary visual effects by Double Negative Ltd. and The Chandler Group,
finished at #5 grossing $7.14 million raising its total gross to $22.9
million. THE TIGGER MOVIE finished the weekend in sixth place, making $6.31
million, bouncing its cume to $30.6 million. In a second week in widened
release, DreamWorks' AMERICAN BEAUTY came in at #9 grossing $4.61 million,
bringing its total to $87.5 million. The recently Oscar nominated, THE
GREEN MILE, with primary visual effects by ILM, Rhythm & Hues, POP and
Matte World Digital, slipped to #13 making $1.95 million and bringing its
total gross to $131.1 million. Down 38% after the Presidents' Day holiday
weekend, FANTASIA/2000 finished in fourteenth place grossing $1.60 million
and bringing its cume to $26.8 million. The recent Oscar nom for best
picture ignited a new flame under THE SIXTH SENSE, with visual effects by
DreamQuest, raising the flick to #15. The Buena Vista film added another
$1.55 million to its now $283.9 million total. STUART LITTLE and GALAXY
QUEST finished 18th and 19th respectively. The furry hero's pic, with
primary visual effects by Sony Pictures Imageworks, additional animation by
CFX and Rhythm & Hues, and miniatures by Thunderstone, grossed $1.08
million bringing its cume to $136.3 million, while the STAR TREK-spoof,
with primary visual effects by ILM and additional effects by Light Matters,
grossed $740,000 bringing its cume to $69 million. Now the 18th highest
grossing film in U.S. history, TOY STORY 2 finished at #21, with a gross of
$500,000 and a cume of $ 240.6 million. The only other special effects film
in the top thirty was MAGNOLIA, with visual effects by ILM, at #28. The
film that recently won best picture at the Berlin Film Festival grossed
$220,000 at U.S. theatres bringing its cume to $21.6 million. Box office
figures obtained on Lyco's ShowBIZ Data Base.
Check out Rick DeMott's review of
TIGGER MOVIE in the March issue of Animation World Magazine.
Rick DeMott
Animation World Network
Creator of Rick's Flicks Picks
