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"House" Party Continues
For the third straight weekend it was a House party at the box office.
Bringing Down the House remained the number the top flick at the nation's cineplexes. Disney's odd-couple comedy, starring Steve Martin (Oscar host) and Queen Latifah (Oscar nominee for Chicago), earned another $16.2 million to bring its total to $83.3 million and stood firm against a clutch of newcomers.
Almost able to get a foot in the door was Dreamcatcher, debuting in second place with $15 million, according to final studio figures Monday. The R-rated Warners thriller, based on a Stephen King story about slimy outer-space invaders' impact on a bunch of good buddies and a military alien fighter (Morgan Freeman), debuted in 2,945 sites for a per screen average of $5,103. That was just slightly lower than the $5,644 per site at 2,871 sites earned by the threepeating House. (Dreamcatcher was also helped by an accompanying new Matrix short, as Warners hopes to build momentum for the two sequels to the sci-fi hit due out later this year.)
Debuting in fourth place was View from the Top, a dizzy flight-attendant comedy, greeted with extreme reservations by many critics. The long-shelved PG-13 Miramax release, starring onetime Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow and Christina Applegate, with support from Candice Bergen and Mike Myers, flew in with just $7 million, averaging $2,795 at 2,508 sites.
Despite solid reviews and little competition for the wee crowd, Piglet's Big Movie could only squeak into seventh place. The G-rated Disney 'toon about the Pooh crowd snuffled up $6.1 million, averaging $2,926 per 2,084 sites.
Just managing to float into 10th place was Boat Trip. The R-rated Artisan comedy starring former Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. and Horatio Sanz as a couple of straight dudes who mistakenly take a gay cruise, could only wash up $3.8 million, averaging $2,226 per 1,714 screens.
Chicago was the only Best Picture Oscar contender still on the top 10 list. Miramax's razzle-dazzle musical, nominated in all for 13 Academy Awards, dropped down one slot this weekend to sixth place, earning another $6.2 million to bring its 13-week gross to $134 million.
With the war raging and people home surfing among the 24-7 Iraq coverage, the NCAA tournament and Sunday's Oscars, the top 12 movies grossed just under $83 million, down 9 percent from last weekend and 30 percent lower than this time last year.
Here are the top 10 films for the 13th weekend of the box-office year, as compiled by Exhibitor Relations from official studio tallies:
1. Bringing Down the House, $16.2 million
2. Dreamcatcher, $15 million
3. Agent Cody Banks, $9.2 million
4. View from the Top, $7 million
5. The Hunted, $6.5 million
6. Chicago, $6.2 million
7. Piglet's Big Movie, $6.1 million
8. Tears of the Sun, $4.4 million
9. Old School, $3.9 million
10. Boat Trip, $3.8 million
(Originally published March 23, 2003 at 11:35 a.m. PT.)
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