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"Mission" Capsizes "Poseidon"
Double trouble for Poseidon--first toppled by a rogue wave, then by Tom Cruise and indifferent moviegoers.
Mission: Impossible III held atop the box office over a dud Mother's Day weekend, when presumably more people were interested in taking mom to brunch than buying movie tickets.
Despite reports of Cruise's waning appeal, a lower-than-expected opening and a 48 percent decline in its second weekend, the spy sequel earned enough ($25 million from Friday to Sunday, per studio figures) to scuttle Poseidon, the all-star remake of the 1970s topsy-turvy boat tale, which opened in second place with $22.2 million.
Still, that was positively boffo compared to Lindsay Lohan's Just My Luck, which didn't have any. The romantic comedy only managed $5.7 million in its opening three days to finish a distant fourth behind the Robin Williams road trip comedy RV, which, in its third week, only dropped one slot to third place with $10 million.
But let's get back to M:I:III. The J.J. Abrams-directed flick averaged $6,161 at 4,059 theaters. After 10 days in theaters, Paramount's PG-13 franchise-extender has grossed $85.1 million.
The Wolfgang Petersen-helmed Poseidon, a PG-13 update of 1972's schlocky The Poseidon Adventure, this time starring Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum and Josh Lucas, was no Titanic. Generally given das boot by critics, it failed to hold much water with audiences either, averaging $6,232 at 3,555 sites.
But Warner Bros. is not yet declaring the $150 million-budgeted flick, one of its key summer entries, a disaster. "While we had hoped for a slightly stronger opening, it's a little premature to assess the financial viability of the movie," Dan Fellman, Warners' president of domestic distribution, told Reuters.
But with M:I:III hanging around and The Da Vinci Code and the critter 'toon Over the Hedge on the horizon for next weekend, it might prove difficult for Poseidon to stay afloat.
RV, on the other hand, isn't having such problems. The Sony film's weekend take was down just 14 percent, averaging $2,814 at 3,536 theaters, and its three-week gross is $43.3 million. Meanwhile, Fox's Just My Luck only managed $2,240 at 2,541 sites in is debut.
Another newcomer, Goal! The Dream Begins, also failed to score. Opening in 13th place, the PG-rated Buena Vista wannabe-able-to-Bend-It-Like-Beckham soccer drama, proved that World Cup fever clearly hasn't arrived, only kicking up $1.9 million from a $1,908 average at 1,007 locations.
In limited release, Miramax's PG-13-rated bar mitzvah comedy Keeping up with the Steins earned $654,000 at 138 locations. In really limited release, Sony Picture Classic's PG-13 documentary about the work of the famous architect Sketches of Frank Gehry, directed by Sydney Pollack, drew in a sturdy $17,000 from just two sites.
Hollywood could use a hug from mom after this weekend, in which the top 12 films grossed just $85 million, down 15 percent from last weekend and 10 percent from this time last year.
Here's a rundown of the top-grossing weekend films, based on final studio figures compiled by box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations:
1. Mission: Impossible III, $25 million
2. Poseidon, $22.2 million
3. RV, $10 million
4. Just My Luck, $5.7 million
5. An American Haunting, $3.6 million
6. United 93, $3.5 million
7. Stick It, $3.17 million
8. Ice Age: The Meltdown, $3.15 million
9. Akeelah and the Bee, $2.4 million
10. Hoot, $2.3 million
(Originally pushed May 14, 2005 at 2:20 p.m. PT.)
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