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"Sahara" Too Hot for "Fever Pitch"
The Red Sox finally got over the Curse of the Bambino. Now they have to deal with Sahara.
The tall tale of a dashing treasure hunter (Matthew McConaughey), his goofy sidekick (Steve Zahn) and love interest (Penélope Cruz) overcame cool reviews to scorch last week's top flick, Sin City, as well as the baseball-based romantic comedy Fever Pitch.
Sahara tallied $18.1 million from Friday to Sunday, according to final studio figures released Monday
The PG-13 adaptation of the Clive Cussler novel, helmed by Breck "Son of Michael" Eisner, averaged $5,729 at 3,154 sites. Although the haul wasn't blockbuster-sized, it did keep the new management at troubled Paramount happy. The opening was higher than prerelease tracking data indicated and the studio said the film's "solid" showing in the heartland is an indication that business may hold up.
Sin City, meanwhile, dropped 51 percent from its opening week, taking in $14.2 million in second place. The R-rated Dimension spin on the graphic novel has grossed $50.8 million in two weeks.
The Fever Pitch pulled both male (43 percent) and female (58 percent) fans and earned generally good reviews, but failed to ignite the box office, debuting in third place with $12.4 million. Loosely adapted from the Nick Hornby novel about British soccer fanaticism and directed by the Farrelly brothers, the film teams Jimmy Fallon as a teacher obsessed with the Red Sox and Drew Barrymore as his reluctant gal-pal.
"It may have alienated guys with too much romance, and it may have alienated women with too much baseball," Exhibitor Relations boss Paul Dergarabedian told the Associated Press. It also may have alienated New Yorkers, whose Yankees lost to the Sox last fall. Whatever, the PG-13 Fox release averaged $3,796 at 3,267 sites.
Fox's distribution chief Bruce Snyder sounded a more optimistic note, saying that Barrymore's romantic comedies have "legs." He cited Never Been Kissed, which debuted in 1999 with just $11.4 million, but went on to earn a respectable $52.4 million domestically.
Finally, in limited release, Kung Fu Hustle hustled up crowded houses, averaging a spectacular $38,461 at just seven sites for an impressive $269,225 opening haul. Stephen Chow wrote, directed and stars in the R-rated spin on martial arts mayhem, released in North America by Sony.
Overall the top 12 movies earned $78.9 million, a 19 percent drop from this time last year, which was Easter weekend headlined by The Passion of the Christ, and a 19 percent drop from last weekend. Business has been down for seven straight weekends since a promising start to the year.
Here's a round-up of the top 10, based on figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations:
1. Sahara, $18.1 million
2. Sin City, $14.2 million
3. Fever Pitch, $12.4 million
4. Guess Who, $7 million
5. Beauty Shop, $6.8 million
6. Robots, $4.7 million
7. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, $4.2 million
8. The Pacifier, $3.1 million
9. The Ring Two, $2.9 million
10. The Upside of Anger, $2.5 million
(Originally published April 10, 2005 at 2:55 p.m. PT.)
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