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"Mr. Deeds" Comes Into Big Money
Bouncing out of the abyss of his 2000 dud Little Nicky and skirting generally negative reviews from critics, Sandler's retooling of the 1936 Frank Capra homily Mr. Deeds Goes to Town pulled in his regular fans--mainly the young males who had made his yuk comedies The Waterboy and Big Daddy big hits. All told, the film scored a per-screen average of $11,502 at 3,231 sites, according to final studio figures Monday.
Sandler's presence in his PG-13-rated Sony release, portraying a small town rube who suddenly inherits a tycoon's fortune, also snatched dollars from the coffers of last week's top hits.
Minority Report, the gloomy future adventure starring Tom Cruise and directed by Steven Spielberg, dropped 39 percent from its first-place debut. It ended up in second, earning $21.6 million to bring the expensive production's two-week total to $73.4 million.
Lilo & Stitch, edged out for the top slot last weekend by Minority Report, suffered a similar fate this week. Although Disney projected Lilo to gross $22.2 million and finish in second place when the box-office estimates came out Sunday, final figures show the 'toon tale of the Hawaiian tot and her pet E.T. to have taken in $21.5 million, allowing Minority Report to squeak by. And Minority Report also edged Lilo in the per-screen average race, taking in $7,194 in 3,301 theaters to the 'toon's $6,678 at 3,222 sites.
Still, Lilo has grossed more than Minority Report, taking in $77.1 million through Sunday.
Meanwhile, the weekend's other major release, the kiddie 'toon Hey, Arnold! The Movie, was more than a little disappointing with just $5.7 million in sixth place.
Targeted at the family audience, the big-screen version of the Nickelodeon TV 'toon offered no competition to the other kid crowd players. The PG-rated Paramount release, featuring the optimistic football-headed Arnold trying to save his 'hood from demolition by a greedy tycoon, attracted just $2,258 per screen at 2,527 sites.
But while Hey, Arnold! was a disappointment for Paramount, the studio's The Sum of All Fears passed the $100 million mark, the fifth film to do so this year. Now in seventh place, the Ben Affleck action vehicle earned $4.9 million in its fifth week of release and has now grossed $105.4 million.
In very limited release, Lions Gate's family dramedy Lovely & Amazing did amazing business, earning $91,910 in just eight theaters. And the R-rated MGM mismatched teen romance Pumpkin, starring Christina Ricci and Hank Harris, earned $30,514 at eight sites.
Overall, it was another up weekend from the same time last year--with about $132 million combined gross, the box office was up 12 percent compared to 2001 but down 12 percent from last weekend. Next weekend, both statistics are expected to be way up when Men in Black II zaps in for the July 4 holiday.
Final estimates of this weekend's top 10 are due Monday. For now, Exhibitor Relations tallies the estimates like this:
1. Mr. Deeds, $37.2 million
2. Minority Report, $21.6 million
3. Lilo & Stitch, $21.5 million
4. Scooby-Doo, $12.4 million
5. The Bourne Identity, $11.2 million
6. Hey Arnold! The Movie, $5.7 million
7. The Sum of All Fears, $4.9 million
8. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, $4.1 million
9. Star Wars: Episode II--Attack of the Clones, $3.7 million
10. Windtalkers, $3.5 million
(Originally published 6/30/02 at 2:15 p.m. PT.)
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