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Denzel Out-Garners Jennifer
That Man on Fire was a shade too hot for the 13 Going on 30 babe.
According to final studio figures released Monday, Denzel Washington's revenge drama tallied $22.8 million, just enough to edge out Jennifer Garner's age-bending comedy, which finished the weekend with $21.1 million.
Fox's R-rated Man on Fire, in which Denzel starts upping the body count when precocious tyke Dakota Fanning is kidnapped, is the latest in the string of payback flicks currently making the rounds in the megaplex (see Kill Bill: Volume 2, The Punisher, Walking Tall).
In the per-screen average contest, Man on Fire was a much clearer victor, with $7,637 per site at 2,978 theaters. The film, which reportedly cost $70 million, opened in two theaters on Wednesday and took in about $40,000 before going wide Friday.
Opening on Friday at 3,438 sites, Sony's PG-13 13 Going on 30, showcasing the popular Alias beauty in a production that cost only about half as much as Man on Fire, averaged $6,124.
Among those buying tickets for the top 12 movies, 27 percent chose anger and action, while 25 percent picked feel-good love and laughter.
According to Fox, the combined appeal of Washington and a little girl made Man on Fire's audience 55 percent female, unusual for a violent action story, as was the stat that 68 percent of the audience was over 25. Garner, up until now essentially a TV star, also appeals to both genders, although there was a stronger tip towards women and youth as 65 percent of the audience was female and 55 percent under 25.
Industry types figured that Garner's appeal helped to sell a film that was essentially a new twist on Big's story of a kid trapped inside an adult's body.
For Washington, the opening continues to prove his headline power. It's not just another number-one debut, but Man on Fire topped his previous best, Training Day, which hit screens in October 2001 with $22.5 million and then won him the Best Actor Oscar.
Combined business for the top 12 movies was only $83.8 million, up 12 percent from this time last year, but down 2 percent from last weekend when Kill Bill: Volume 2 murdered the competition. Uma Thurman's high-style rampage dropped 59 percent to third place this weekend, taking in $10.4 million to bring the Quentin Tarantino opus to $43 million.
Also dropping a steep 55 percent to fourth place was last weekend's second-place film, The Punisher. The comic-book adaptation earned $6.3 million to bring its two-week total to $24.2 million.
Here's a rundown of the top 10 films, according to Exhibitor Relations:
1. Man on Fire, $22.8 million
2. 13 Going on 30, $21.1 million
3. Kill Bill: Volume 2, $10.4 million
4. The Punisher, $6.3 million
5. Home on the Range, $3.6 million
6. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed , $3.4 million
7. Hellboy, $3.11 million
8. Johnson Family Vacation, $3.09 million
9. Ella Enchanted, $2.97 million
10. Walking Tall, $2.93 million
(Originally published April 25, 2004 at 1:10 p.m. PT.)
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