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"House" Holds Down Top Spot
The House stayed packed.
For the second straight weekend Bringing Down the House dominated movie houses.
Despite the arrival of a clutch of newcomers, the odd-couple teaming of Steve Martin and Queen Latifah earned another $22.1 million. Dropping down only 29 percent, the hit comedy averaged $7,874 per site, pushing its two-week gross to a very royal $61.3 million, according to final studio tallies Monday. Good word of mouth and the Oscar prominence of the leads (he as host of the 75th Academy Awards, she as a Best Supporting Actress nominee for Chicago) are fueling interest, driving the Disney farce swiftly towards the coveted $100 million mark.
The closest anyone came to crashing the House party was Agent Cody Banks. Starring TV cuties, Frankie Muniz (Malcolm in the Middle) and Hilary Duff (Lizzie McGuire), the PG-rated MGM release predictably attracted a heavily 'tween crowd, earning $14.1 million. The pint-sized James Bond flick, which MGM is eyeing as a possible franchise, averaged $4,175 per screen at 3,369 sites.
Hard on Banks' heels was The Hunted, the R-rated chase movie in which persistent tough guy Tommy Lee Jones relentlessly tracks down mayhem-minded military maniac Benicio Del Toro. Debuting on fewer screens--2,516--the Paramount release could only capture a fairly $13.5 million, averaging $5,359 per.
The rat flick, meanwhile, barely got out of the trap. Willard, the remake of the creepy 1971 horror tale about a boy with rodent power, this time starring Crispin Glover in the role originated by Bruce Davison, could only scuttle in eighth. The PG-13 New Line release earned just $4 million from a $2,277 average at 1,761 sites.
However, the PG-13 Fox Searchlight soccer import Bend It Like Beckham, a huge hit in Britain, scored big time in limited release Stateside. The comedy about an Indian girl (Parminder K. Nagra) and her British chum (Keira Knightley) who dream of playing football in defiance of family culture and prejudice really packed the house, averaging $26,921 over the weekend at just six sites to kick up $191,791 since opening mid-week.
Overall, the top 12 films grossed just under $91 million, down a about 4 percent from last weekend, and 25 percent less than this time last year.
According to box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations, here's how the weekend top 10 stacked up:
1. Bringing Down the House, $22.1 million
2. Agent Cody Banks, $14.1 million
3. The Hunted, $13.5 million
4. Tears of the Sun, $8.7 million
5. Chicago, $7.1 million
6. Old School, $6.7 million
7. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, $4.7 million
8. Willard, $4 million
9. Daredevil, $3.03 million
10. Cradle 2 the Grave, $2.97 million
(Originally published March 16, 2003 at 1:55 p.m. PT.)
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