`CARS' RETAINS LEAD SPOT `NACHO,' `TOKYO DRIFT' DEBUT STRONG.Byline: GREG HERNANDEZ Staff Writer Outpacing the competition to keep its No. 1 spot over the weekend, ``Cars'' became the 50th film distributed by Walt Disney Studios The name Walt Disney Studios may refer to:
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The Sandra sandra (sänˑ·dr  ),adj Bullock-Keanu Reeves romantic drama ``The Lake House'' also bowed respectably, but ``Garfield: The Tail of Two Kitties'' wasn't the cat's meow for enough moviegoers to even crack the top five. ``When four new movies open against you, you know it's going to be a competitive weekend,'' Chuck Viane, president of Disney's Buena Vista Distribution
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc. is the motion picture and television feature distribution company owned by The Walt Disney Company. division, said Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. . ``We are the family choice out there right now for all ages, whether you are 5 or 85.'' ``Cars'' had a $60 million opening last weekend, which while tremendous for most films, was about $10 million short of expectations. But the movie has managed to make up some ground on weekdays, grossing another $24 million heading into its second weekend. The robust ticket sales for the top three films led the movie industry to its fifth consecutive weekend -- and 12 out of the last 13 -- in which revenues topped the same weekend last year, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. box office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations Co. Paramount Pictures' ``Nacho'' easily exceeded both studio and industry predictions with its debut of $27.5 million. The comedy drew an audience that was 53 percent male and 55 percent under 25. It should prove quite profitable for the studio since it had a production budget of just $35 million. ``I thought we gave `Cars' a pretty good run for its money,'' said Don Harris, Paramount's executive vice president and sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → . ``Nobody had us anywhere near the number we're at, and we're thrilled thrill v. thrilled, thrill·ing, thrills v.tr. 1. To cause to feel a sudden intense sensation; excite greatly. 2. To give great pleasure to; delight. See Synonyms at enrapture. . The biggest previous Jack Black comedy was `School of Rock' at $19 million, and we were just hoping for something in that range.'' Universal Pictures' ``Furious'' crossed the finish line in third place with estimated ticket sales of $24.1 million domestically, and opened in first place in five of the eight foreign territories where it bowed, including the United Kingdom and Australia. The audience for ``Furious'' was 58 percent male and 60 percent under 25. ``It exceeded industry expectations with solid numbers and great exit polls,'' said Nikki Rocco, Universal's president of distribution. ``There's solid word of mouth, and all of this bodes very well for solid legs in the coming weeks.'' While the guys gravitated to ``Furious'' and ``Nacho,'' women clearly preferred ``Lake House,'' the Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) .' romantic drama that reunites ``Speed'' stars Sandra Bullock bullock a mature castrated male cattle destined for meat production or draft. and Keanu Reeves. ``House'' opened with an estimated $13.7 million in ticket sales, good enough for fourth place, with the audience 73 percent female. Warner distribution head Dan Fellman noted that ``The Notebook,'' a romance film that took in more than $80 million two summers ago, had a similar opening of $13.4 million. It was a mixed weekend for 20th Century Fox, which celebrated the continued success of ``X-Men: The Last Stand,'' which added $7.15 million in ticket sales for a total of $215.5 million domestically to become the highest grossing ``X-Men'' film in the trilogy A company founded in 1979 by Gene Amdahl to commercialize wafer scale integration and build supercomputers. It raised a quarter of a billion dollars, the largest startup funding in history, but could not create its 2.5" superchip. . greg.hernandez(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3758 TOP MOVIES Estimated ticket sales were for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. 1. ``Cars,'' $31.2 million. 2. ``Nacho Libre,'' $27.5 million. 3. ``The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift,'' $24.1 million. 4. ``The Lake House,'' $13.7 million. 5. ``The Break-Up,'' $9.5 million. 6. ``Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties,'' $7.2 million. 7. ``X-Men: The Last Stand,'' $7.15 million. 8. ``The Omen,'' $5.35 million. 9. ``The Da Vinci da Vinci Surgery A surgical robot for performing certain surgeries–eg, mitral valve repair and laparoscopic procedures–eg, cholecystectomy and gastric ulcer repair. See Laparoscopic surgery, Robotics, Surgical robot. Code,'' $5 million. 10. ``Over the Hedge,'' $4.05 million. CAPTION(S): box Box: TOP MOVIES (see text) |
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