`MIB' KEEPS THEATERS SAFE FROM THOSE OTHER ETS.Byline: Bloomberg News Service Sony Corp.'s ``Men in Black'' ranked No. 1 at the box office for the third weekend in a row, followed by Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Co.'s live-action jungle adventure ``George of the Jungle George of the Jungle bungling do-gooder. [TV: Terrace, I, 305–306] See : Ineptitude .'' ``Men in Black'' took in about $19 million during the weekend, for a total of $172.1 million. The sci-fi comedy stars Tommy Lee Jones For the musician, see . Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and director. Biography Early life Jones was born in San Saba, Texas, the son of Clyde C. and Will Smith as two black-clad agents who monitor the activities of aliens on Earth. Box offices around the country sold more tickets than the same weekend a year ago, when the start of the Olympic Games Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C. in Atlanta diverted many consumers from the movie screens to their televisions. ``It was a good weekend overall, which should highlight the fact that the product in general is playing stronger,'' said Art Rockwell, analyst at Yaeger Capital Markets in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . ``George of the Jungle'' a new release based on the cartoon hero, took in $16.3 million during the weekend and $22.7 million since its opening Wednesday. The film, starring Brendan Fraser, is about a jungle hero whose animal friends help him out of predicaments. ``That's pretty solid for a film that was questionable as to how it would perform,'' Rockwell said. `` `George' was pretty well promoted for a somewhat broader audience, for a teen-age audience, not just a kiddy one.'' ``George'' pushed ``Contact,'' a sci-fi picture about mankind's first contact with extraterrestrials, into the No. 3 spot, where it grossed $16.1 million for the weekend. The film, from Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) ., has generated $47.4 million in its first two weeks. ``Nothing to Lose'' debuted in fourth with $11.6 million. The comedy, released by Disney's Buena Vista, stars Martin Lawrence as a desperate carjacker and Tim Robbins as a disillusioned dis·il·lu·sion tr.v. dis·il·lu·sioned, dis·il·lu·sion·ing, dis·il·lu·sions To free or deprive of illusion. n. 1. The act of disenchanting. 2. The condition or fact of being disenchanted. yuppie. Viacom Inc.'s ``Face/Off,'' was No. 5 in its fourth week of release, bringing in about $9 million for a total of $86.4 million. That edges the Paramount film above its estimated $80 million in production costs. ``My Best Friend's Wedding'' earned $6.8 million in the No. 6 spot for a total of $95 million in five weeks. |
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