`TOY STORY' STILL TOPS AT BOX OFFICE.Byline: Dave McNary Staff Writer Woody Woody Slang to describe when the market has a strong and quick upward movement. Notes: For example, you'll hear "the market has a woody," when the market is performing well... seriously, we don't make this stuff up. and Buzz Lightyear continued to rule at the nation's multiplexes as ``Toy Story 2'' dominated a typically moderate post-Thanksgiving weekend with an estimated $28.3 million at 3,238 theaters during the Friday-Sunday period, studio sources said Sunday. The performance by ``Toy Story 2,'' which fell 47 percent from the previous weekend, kept the box office healthy during what is often a laggardly time frame with Americans focused on shopping and Hanukkah. The Disney-Pixar sequel posted the fourth-highest December weekend total after the opening of ``Scream 2'' and the first two weekends of ``Titanic Titanic (tītăn`ĭk), British liner that sank on the night of Apr. 14–15, 1912, after crashing into an iceberg in the N Atlantic S of Newfoundland. More than 1,500 lives were lost. .'' ``These are very good numbers and we're ecstatic ec·stat·ic adj. 1. Marked by or expressing ecstasy. 2. Being in a state of ecstasy; joyful or enraptured. [French extatique, from Greek ekstatikos, from ,'' said Disney distribution executive Rod Rodriguez, noting that the sequel smashed the record of $20.2 million by the original ``Toy Story'' for best gross for the first weekend in December. On Saturday, ``Toy Story 2'' became the 198th movie to crack the $100 million barrier and its total as of the end of the weekend had topped $117 million. The animated sensation appears to be on track to finish its domestic run above the $191.8 million mark set by the original ``Toy Story'' in 1995, making it the 31st highest total of all time. ``Toy Story 2'' nearly matched the combined grosses of the next three films, all which suffered similar declines. MGM's third weekend of ``The World Is Not Enough'' fell 54 percent in second place with $10.6 million at 3,163 theaters, followed by Universal's second weekend of ``End of Days'' with a 52 percent decline to $9.7 million at 2,599 sites and Paramount's third weekend of ``Sleepy sleepy characterized by sleep. sleepy foal disease see shigellosis. sleepy staggers see hepatic encephalopathy. Hollow'' with a 51 percent slide to $9 million at 3,069 screens. ``World'' has topped $90 million and could eclipse the record $125.8 million of ``Tomorrow Never Dies'' as the top grosser among James Bond movies. Despite the absence of nationwide openings, the holdovers held enough power to push the total box office to $80 million - half of last weekend's record-setting $160 million total but also about 10 percent higher than the same weekend last year. ``Even though it's prime movie-going season, it just doesn't pay to open a new movie this weekend,'' said Robert Bucksbaum, president of the Reel Source tracking service. ``Everyone wants to see the movies they missed over Thanksgiving Thanksgiving annual U.S. holiday celebrating harvest and yearly blessings; originated with Pilgrims (1621). [Am. Culture: EB, IX: 922] See : America Thanksgiving national holiday with luxurious dinner as chief ritual. [Am. Pop. or they have other things on their minds.'' Final results for the Friday-Sunday period will be released today. TOP MOVIES Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. theaters. 1. ``Toy Story 2,'' $28.3 million. 2. ``The World Is Not Enough,'' $10.6 million. 3. ``End of Days,'' $9.7 million. 4. ``Sleepy Hollow Sleepy Hollow out-of-the-way, old-world village on Hudson. [Am. Lit.: “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” in Benét, 575] See : Isolation ,'' $9 million. 5. ``The Bone Collector,'' $3.1 million. 6. ``Pokemon: The First Movie,'' $2.21 million. 7. ``Dogma DOGMA, civil law. This word is used in the first chapter, first section, of the second Novel, and signifies an ordinance of the senate. See also Dig. 27, 1, 6. ,'' $2.15 million. 8. ``The Insider,'' $1.4 million. 9. ``Anywhere But Here,'' $1.39 million. 10. ``Being John Malkovich John Gavin Malkovich (born December 91953) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, producer and director. Biography Early life Malkovich was born in Christopher, Illinois, of Croatian descent on his father's side and of Scottish and German ancestry on his ,'' $1.31 million. CAPTION(S): box Box: Top movies (see text) |
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