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Bedazzling Third Win for "Meet the Parents"
For the third weekend in a row the Bob-and-Ben domestic squabble comedy was the nation's number-one movie. The estimated $16.3 million haul by the Robert De Niro-versus-Ben Stiller yukfest brings its total gross to $81 million.
The Universal farce's success continued despite the arrival of a couple of new movies aimed at general audiences.
Bedazzled, in which a seductive Elizabeth Hurley tempts a nerdy Brendan Fraser to have a devil of a good time, debuted in second place. This remake of the 1967 Faustian comedy (in which Raquel Welch supplied the curves) only teased up an estimated $13.7 million, despite opening on almost as many screens (2,567) as those still showing Meet the Parents (2,619).
In third place, with only $10.2 million from 2,130 screens, was Pay It Forward a sentimental drama starring Sixth Sense spook spotter Haley Joel Osment as match-maker for two Oscar winners, Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunt.
Also penetrating the top 10 was The Legend of Drunken Master, another Jackie Chan import. It kicked in with just $3.7 million from 1,342 screens, but that was enough for fifth place.
The PG-rated Remember the Titans, starring Denzel Washington, continued to do solid business. Like Meet the Parents it only lost 23 percent of its previous week's audience, although it dropped down from second to fourth. In four weeks, the Disney drama about a struggle for racial harmony on and off the football field has earned $77.4 million.
Despite its surprising R rating, the British ballet drama Billy Elliot starring the very talented young newcomer Jamie Bell, continued to score. In its second week, the Universal release had the highest per screen total, $13,237, to earn $503,000 at just 38 screens.
Also registering well per screen were two newcomers, both released by Miramax. The Yards, starring the cutting-edge trio of Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix and Charlize Theron, pulled in $6,500 per each of eight theaters. The Latin jazz documentary Calle 54 made $8,000 at one theater.
Exhibitor Relations estimates the weekend top 10 this way:
1. Meet the Parents, $16.3 million
2. Bedazzled, $13.7 million
3. Pay It Forward, $10.2 million
4. Remember the Titans, $10 million
5. The Legend of Drunken Master, $3.7 million
6. The Contender, $3.6 million
7. Lost Souls, $3.3 million
8. The Ladies Man, $2.9 million
8. The Exorcist, $2.9 million
10. Dr. T and the Women, $2.5 million
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