FILM AUDIENCES YEARN FOR `ROMEO & JULIET'.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. ``William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet,'' a modern retelling re·tell·ing n. A new account or an adaptation of a story: a retelling of a Roman myth. of the tragic love story, debuted as the weekend's top film at the box office, industry sources said Sunday. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11 1974[1]) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor who garnered world wide fame for his role as Jack Dawson in Titanic. and Claire Danes, ``Romeo & Juliet'' was expected to end the weekend with estimated receipts of $11.6 million. A brash and gaudy version, it keeps the original language but updates everything else. ``Sleepers,'' the top film for the previous two weekends, slipped to No. 2 with an estimated take of $8.2 million. Other new movies in the top 10 were the Bill Murray
William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-winning American comedian and actor. elephant tale ``Larger Than Life'' in fourth place and the Postal Service dead-letter office comedy ``Dear God'' in eighth. The weekend's final figures will be released Monday. The estimated top 10: 1. ``William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet,'' $11.6 million. 2. ``Sleepers,'' $8.2 million. 3. ``High School High,'' $5.1 million. 4. ``Larger Than Life larg·er than life adj. Very impressive or imposing: "This is a person of surpassing integrity; a man of the utmost sincerity; somewhat larger than life" Joyce Carol Oates. ,'' $4.2 million. 5. ``The Ghost and the Darkness,'' $3.685 million. 6. ``The First Wives Club,'' $3.62 million. 7. ``Stephen King's Thinner,'' $3.6 million. 8-9. (tie) ``Dear God,'' ``The Associate,'' $3.2 million. 10. ``The Long Kiss Goodnight,'' $2.79 million. |
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