'BIG FISH' WHOPPER IN TICKET SALES FILM HOOKS CROWN FROM 'KING'.Byline: Greg Hernandez Staff Writer In a photo finish Sunday, the Tim Burton drama ``Big Fish'' appeared to have knocked ``The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' from its box office throne after a heady head·y adj. head·i·er, head·i·est 1. a. Intoxicating or stupefying: heady liqueur. b. three-week reign. Sony Pictures Entertainment estimated Sunday that ``Fish'' grossed $14.5 million over the weekend. New Line Cinema estimated that ``King'' grossed $14.1 million. The numbers and rankings could change when final box office figures are released today. ``It's a testament to the strength of 'Lord of the Rings' that in its fourth weekend, it's still in contention for No. 1,'' observed box office analyst Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations Co. Even if it lost its box office crown, it was still a historic weekend for ``King,'' which on Friday became the second-fastest movie to pass the $300 million mark in domestic grosses. The third chapter in the fantasy 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. took just 24 days to reach the impressive milestone, only two days slower than all-time leader ``Spider-Man.'' ``Obviously, we are thrilled that it passed $300 million,'' said David Tuckerman, New Line's president of theatrical distribution. ``Each ('Rings') picture has performed better than the last.'' For Sony, the solid performance for ``Fish'' was a triumph since it is a unique movie considered difficult to categorize cat·e·go·rize tr.v. cat·e·go·rized, cat·e·go·riz·ing, cat·e·go·riz·es To put into a category or categories; classify. cat or market. Starting as a limited release last month it was successful in creating strong word of mouth by the time the film expanded into more than 2,400 locations this weekend. ``Everyone at the studio loved this movie,'' said Rory Bruer, Sony's president of domestic distribution. ``It required some special care and going slow. It certainly seems to have worked for us with audiences embracing the film. Tim Burton delivered such a visually stunning movie with a really strong emotional core.'' Meanwhile, the family comedy ``Cheaper by the Dozen'' from 20th Century Fox has proven to be a bona fide [Latin, In good faith.] Honest; genuine; actual; authentic; acting without the intention of defrauding. A bona fide purchaser is one who purchases property for a valuable consideration that is inducement for entering into a contract and without suspicion of being smash, crossing the $100 million mark in just three weekends. The film took in an estimated $12 million to finish in third place and now has an overall gross of $101.3 million. The Diane Keaton-Jack Nicholson romantic comedy ``Something's Gotta got·ta Informal Contraction of got to: I gotta go home. Give'' is marching steadily toward the $100 million mark in domestic grosses. Greg Hernandez, (818) 713-3758 greg.hernandez(at)dailynews.com TOP 10 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, 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. Inc. Final figures will be released today. 1. ``Big Fish,'' $14.5 million. 2. ``The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,'' $14.1 million. 3. ``Cheaper by the Dozen,'' $12 million. 4. ``Something's Gotta Give,'' $8.2 million. 5. ``Cold Mountain,'' $7.9 million. 6. ``My Baby's Daddy,'' $7.8 million. 7. ``Chasing Liberty,'' $6 million. 8. ``Paycheck,'' $5.2 million. 9. ``The Last Samurai samurai (sä'm  rī`), knights of feudal Japan, retainers of the daimyo. This aristocratic warrior class arose during the 12th-century wars between the Taira and Minamoto clans and was ,'' $4.53 million.
10. ``Mona Lisa Mona Lisa La Gioconda, da Vinci’s enchanting portrait. [Ital. Art: Wallechinsky, 190] See : Beauty, Lasting Mona Lisa enigmatic smile beguiles and bewilders. [Ital. Smile,'' $4.5 million. CAPTION(S): box Box: TOP 10 MOVIES (see text) |
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