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"School of Rock" Rolls
School of Rock was at the head of the class this weekend.
Jack Black's star turn, as a metalhead turned rockin' substitute teacher, struck a tune with audiences, debuting with $19.6 million as the new number one movie, according to final studio tallies Monday.
Hailed by critics, Black's riotous comedy beat out Denzel Washington's latest star turn, as a police chief suspected of murder in the thriller Out of Time, which debuted in second place with $16.2 million.
School of Rock, a PG-13 Paramount release, opened in 2,614 sites and averaged $7,507 per screen. The studio said the comedy attracted a broad audience, evenly split between male and female and the over- and under-25 demographics. This made for good business, if not exactly record-setting; School registered the fifth-best ever October opening on a list topped by Red Dragon, the Hannibal-the-cannibal prequel that debuted with $36.5 million this time last year.
Out of Time, a PG-13 MGM release that many critics found flat, opened in 3,076 sites, where it averaged $5,527 per.
The new arrivals pushed last week's chart toppers down. The Rock's action caper The Rundown crumbled 48 percent, earning $9.7 million at 3,154 sites, two more than its debut week. The Universal release has now grossed $32.6 million. Meanwhile, Diane Lane's Under the Tuscan Sun dropped only 21 percent as it picked up 471 more screens to earn $7.7 million at 1,697 sites. The Disney drama has now grossed $20.7 million.
Lost in Translation continued to find an audience. Sofia Coppola's fish-out-water comedy starring Bill Murray as a disillusioned movie star expanded into 376 more theaters and climbed from 10th last week to seventh this weekend. The R-rated Focus Feature release was the only top 10 holdover to actually post a gain, up 13 percent to earn $4.2 million at 864 sites. It has grossed $14 million in four weeks of release.
In limited release, the top dollars this weekend were pulled in by Wonderland, the drug-and-murder Hollywood tale starring Val Kilmer as fallen big porn star John "Johnny Wad" Holmes. At just five sites, the R-rated Lions Gate release earned $91,798 from an $18,360 per-screen average. The Station Agent, Miramax's tale of unique friendships starring Peter Dinklage, Bobby Cannavale and Patricia Clarkson, was able to boast a slightly better average, with $19,262 per at three sites for a total of $57,785.
At nine sites, The Event wasn't much of one. Averaging just $3,898, the ThinkFilm release about an AIDS' victim's apparent assisted suicide, starring Olympia Dukakis, Sarah Polley, Parker Posey, Brent Carver and Don McKellar, earned $35,082.
Overall business was up a smidgen--1 percent--from last weekend, but down quite a bit--20 percent--from this time last year. Box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations reports the total weekend take for the top 12 movies was $80.6 million.
Here's a rundown of the top 10:
1. School of Rock, $19.6 million
2. Out of Time, $16.2 million
3. The Rundown, $9.7 million
4. Under the Tuscan Sun, $7.7 million
5. Secondhand Lions, $5.2 million
6. Underworld, $5.1 million
7. Lost in Translation, $4.2 million
8. The Fighting Temptations, $3.4 million
9. Once Upon a Time in Mexico, $2.6 million
10. Cold Creek Manor, $2.5 million
(Originally published October 5, 2003 at 2:05 p.m. PT.)
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