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"Barbershop" Shears "Greek"
A shave and a haircut's worth a lot more than two bits at the box office.
The Ice Cube-led ensemble comedy Barbershop clipped all comers over the weekend, finishing with a solid $20.6 million, according to final studio figures Monday.
The MGM release, about the goings-on at--natch--a haircuttery, averaged $12,852 per its 1,605 theaters, tops among films in wide circulation.
MGM was banking on Barbershop to help turn around its fortune following a string of big-budget bombs (Rollerball, Hart's War, Windtalkers) and build some momentum before the next Bond flick, Die Another Day, opens in November.
With Barbershop a cut above the rest of the movie slate, My Big Fat Greek Wedding again had to settle for second place. Still, the indie smash managed to tally $10.7 million, bringing its total to $110 million and making it the 15th movie of 2002 to pass $100 million. Wedding averaged $6,107 at 1,764 sites. Already a full-fledged phenomenon, the Nia Vardalos comedy is closing in on The Blair Witch Project's $140 million independent film record.
Checking in at number three was the Robin Williams thriller One Hour Photo with $8 million. Expanding to 1,212 sites after nearly month in relatively limited release, Photo finished with a $6,606 per-theater average.
The weekend's other major newcomer, Tom Green and Jason Lee's nominal comedy Stealing Harvard, stole $6 million from gullible moviegoers and opened in fifth place, behind last week's number one, Swimfan. Stealing Harvard, a PG-13 Sony release, screened in 2,366 theaters and averaged just $2,553 per.
On the art-house circuit, MGM's Igby Goes Down opened in 10 theaters in Los Angeles and New York and took in $307,000, or just over $30,000 per site--the best average of the week. The acerbic coming-of-age comedy, starring Kieran Culkin, Susan Sarandon, Jeff Goldblum and Claire Danes, will expand to wider release in the coming weeks and should also help the struggling studio right ship.
Despite the dearth of new releases, overall receipts were up for the first time since July. The top 12 movies took in $72.3 million, up 22 percent from last weekend and 39 percent from last year, when customers shied away from the megaplexes in the wake of September 11.
Here's a rundown of the top 10 movies, according to Exhibitor Relations:
1. Barbershop, $20.6 million
2. My Big Fat Greek Wedding, $10.7 million
3. One Hour Photo, $8 million
4. Swimfan, $6.1 million
5. Stealing Harvard, $6 million
6. Signs, $5.4 million
7. City by the Sea, $4.9 million
8. XXX, $3.3 million
9. Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, $2.7 million
10. Austin Powers in Goldmember, $1.9 million
(Originally published 9/15/02 at 6:35 p.m. PT.)
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