`HALLOWEEN' KILLS ITS COMPETITION.Byline: Dave McNary Daily News Staff Writer First-day grosses on ``Halloween: H2O,'' starring scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , showed a healthy moviegoer mov·ie·go·er n. One who goes to see movies. mov  ie·go ing adj. appetite for the resurgent re·sur·gent adj. 1. Experiencing or tending to bring about renewal or revival. 2. Sweeping or surging back again. Adj. 1. slasher slash·er n. One that slashes. adj. Characterized by gory violence: slasher movies. slasher Noun Austral & NZ genre. The sequel, in which Curtis reprises REPRISES. The deductions and payments out of lands, annuities, and the like, are called reprises, because they are taken back; when we speak of the clear yearly value of an estate, we say it is worth so much a year ultra reprises, besides all reprises. 2. her Laurie Strode character two decades after the original ``Halloween,'' dominated the nation's box office Wednesday with $5.1 million at 2,454 theaters. That topped DreamWorks' 13th day of ``Saving Private Ryan'' by $2 million, 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. Exhibitor Relations Co. The World War II drama, which led the box office for its first two weekends, now has made $83.3 million overall. The strong opening means ``Halloween: H2O,'' released by Walt Disney's Miramax arm, should go past the $30 million mark by the end of this weekend. Robert Bucksbaum of the Reel Source forecasting service has projected a $22 million Friday-Sunday take, topping the $17.5 million expected from Paramount's opening of the Nicolas Cage thriller ``Snake Eyes.'' Should the results match projections, they will validate Miramax's decision in June to move the low-cost film up from its original Aug. 28 opening to compete directly against the major summer releases while moviegoing remains at a peak. Typically, horror films suffer steep declines after their opening weekends, but Curtis' star power and the strong interest in stab-fest films among young-adult moviegoers may keep the seventh version of ``Halloween'' near the top of the box office through August. During the past two years, a trio of beauty-vs.-psychopath projects - Miramax's ``Scream'' and ``Scream 2'' and Sony's ``I Know What You Did Last Summer'' - generated close to $300 million at the domestic box office, leading to massive studio profits. Sony will take another whack whack - According to arch-hacker James Gosling, to "...modify a program with no idea whatsoever how it works." (See whacker.) It is actually possible to do this in nontrivial circumstances if the change is small and well-defined and you are very good at glarking things from context. at the genre in November with ``I Still Know What You Did Last Summer,'' and Miramax executives have said a ``Scream 3'' project is under consideration. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) Jamie Lee Curtis `Halloween: H2O' debut strong |
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