Box Office

‘CHARLIE’ HORSE

What the halo happened? Though Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle looked like a can’t-miss blockbuster, the film’s tepid $37.6 million opening — way off the $55 — 60 million that some had predicted — will have Sony wondering what went wrong for weeks to come. (The chief suspect: the indifference of male moviegoers.) Also licking its wounds: Universal, which saw its hopes for a Hulk franchise disappear when the film’s second-week grosses dropped an all-too-credible 70 percent. At least one studio was smiling: Fox Searchlight’s low-budget, no-stars Brit import 28 Days Later stunned industry watchers with a bloody good fourth-place finish on just 1,260 screens.

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WEEKEND NUMBER WEEKEND WEEKS IN GROSS GROSS* OF SITES PER-SITE RELEASE TO DATE* AVERAGE

1 CHARLIE’S ANGELS: $37.6 3,459 $10,880 1 $37.6 FULL THROTTLE 2 THE HULK $18.8 3,674 $5,130 2 $100.6 3 FINDING NEMO $14.0 3,333 $4,191 5 $254.0 4 28 DAYS LATER $10.1 1,260 $7,986 1 $10.1 5 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS $6.2 2,817 $2,210 4 $114.0 6 BRUCE ALMIGHTY $6.2 2,651 $2,335 6 $221.3 7 THE ITALIAN JOB $5.5 2,021 $2,703 5 $76.8 8 RUGRATS GO WILD $3.6 3,008 $1,210 3 $31.0 9 HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE $3.1 2,425 $1,262 3 $27.3 10 ALEX & EMMA $2.6 2,310 $1,135 2 $11.5 11 THE MATRIX $2.6 1,488 $1,731 7 $269.0 RELOADED 12 DADDY DAY CARE $2.3 1,540 $1,495 8 $97.8 13 DUMB AND DUMBERER: $1.7 2,102 $792 3 $24.2 WHEN… 14 WHALE RIDER $1.0 163 $5,999 4 $2.3 15 X2: X-MEN UNITED $0.9 1,150 $811 9 $211.3 16 MAIN PREM KI $0.7 60 $11,215 1 $0.7 DIWANI HOON 17 FROM JUSTIN TO $0.6 1,969 $318 2 $4.6 KELLY 18 BEND IT LIKE $0.6 303 $1,871 16 $23.9 BECKHAM 19 HOLES $0.4 400 $1,049 11 $64.9 20 WINGED MIGRATION $0.3 79 $4,413 11 $4.1

SOURCE: NIELSEN EDI. WEEKEND OF JUNE 27-29 *WEEKEND-GROSS AND GROSS-TO-DATE FIGURES IN MILLIONS

INCLUDES SOME MULTISCREEN THEATERS AND PRINTS SHIPPED AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL SCREENS

REESE WITHERSPOON Track Record NUMBER OPENING DOMESTIC

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REESE WITHERSPOON Track Record NUMBER OPENING DOMESTIC OF SITES WEEKEND* GROSS*

9/27/02 SWEET HOME ALABAMA 3,293 $35.6 $127.2 7/31/01 LEGALLY BLONDE 2,620 $20.4 $96.5 10/23/98 PLEASANTVILLE 1,636 $8.9 $40.6 3/5/99 CRUEL INTENTIONS 2,312 $13.0 $38.3 4/12/96 FEAR 1,584 $6.3 $20.8 4/14/00 AMERICAN PSYCHO 1,236 $5.0 $15.1 4/23/99 ELECTION 6 $0.1 $14.9 3/12/93 A FAR OFF PLACE 1,610 $3.5 $12.9 5/22/02 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING 38 $0.4 $8.4 EARNEST 10/4/91 THE MAN IN THE MOON 24 $0.1 $2.9

SOURCE: EXHIBITOR RELATIONS CO., INC. *OPENING-WEEKEND-GROSS AND DOMESTIC-GROSS FIGURES IN MILLIONS