CRUISE'S ANTICS FAIL TO REPULSE HIS FANS.Byline: Greg Hernandez Staff Writer Tom Cruise's headline-making behavior of late - the quickie engagement to Katie Holmes Katherine Noelle "Katie" Holmes [1] [2] (born December 18 1978) is an American actress who first achieved fame for her role as Joey Potter on The WB television teen drama Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2003. , the sofa jumping on ``Oprah,'' the face-off with Matt Lauer Matthew Todd Lauer (December 30, 1957)[1] is an American television personality, best known as a co-host of NBC's The Today Show (since 1994)[1] after being a news anchor in New York [2] over psychiatric drugs - isn't the end of the world as far as his box office clout is concerned. There was some concern that ``War of the Worlds,'' directed by Steven Spielberg Noun 1. Steven Spielberg - United States filmmaker (born in 1947) Spielberg and released by Paramount Pictures, was getting overshadowed by the glut of Cruise media coverage unrelated to the film. But ``War'' took just six days to cross the $100 million mark in domestic box office grosses and had the second-biggest Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. debut ever. ``I don't think it had an effect,'' said Rob Friedman, vice chairman of the Paramount Pictures Motion Pictures Group. ``Tom's audience turned out the way you'd expect them, too. His audience has always been supportive; only this time, it's grown.'' 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. final weekend figures released Tuesday by Paramount, ``War'' took in $77 million over the four-day weekend and has earned $112.7 million since its release last Wednesday. But some wonder whether some potential fans did stay away. ``I certainly would not rule out the fact that some people may have been turned off by his shenanigans shenanigans Noun, pl Informal 1. mischief or nonsense 2. trickery or deception [origin unknown] ,'' said Gitech Pandya, editor of BoxOfficeGuru.com. ``('War') was always going to open at No. 1 and do over $100 million over six days. But would it have done $125 million? It's really hard to say.'' Regardless, ``War'' set several personal bests for Cruise: biggest weekend opening, biggest opening-day gross, and highest single-day gross. ``It shows you the caliber of his star power that he still has everybody talking about him, regardless if it's negative or positive,'' said Brandon Gray, president of Box Office Mojo Box Office Mojo is a website that tracks box office revenue in a systematic way. Brandon Gray started the site in August 1998 and claims to now receive over one million monthly visitors. . ``Ultimately, moviegoers don't care
"Don't Care" is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) single by American death metal band Obituary. about that if the movie itself is appealing. 'War of the Worlds' was one of the few broadly appealing thrill rides of the summer, and moviegoers clearly deemed him an acceptable personality.'' The actor's impressive roster of movies to gross $100 million or more domestically has now reached a heady 13, including six in a row. They consist of: ``War of the Worlds,'' ``Collateral,'' ``The Last Samurai,'' ``Minority Report,'' ``Vanilla Sky,'' ``Mission: Impossible II,'' ``Jerry Maguire,'' ``Mission Impossible,'' ``An Interview With a Vampire,'' ``A Few Good Men,'' ``The Firm,'' ``Born on the Fourth of July'' and ``Top Gun.'' Cruise's next picture, which he begins filming this month, will be ``Mission: Impossible III,'' another tent-pole action movie to be distributed by Paramount Pictures. Greg Hernandez, (818) 713-3758 greg.hernandez(at)dailynews.com |
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