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05-30-2004, 09:20 PM
The Weekend Box Office
TOP 10: SHREK sequel overcomes bad weather
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW still opens strong
Dateline: Sunday, May 30, 2004
By: PATRICK SAURIOL
By: News Editor
Source: ShowBiz, Box Office Mojo
DreamWorks' SHREK 2 retained the top perch at the box office this weekend, with studio estimates forecasting a $73.1 million dollar gross for the CGI sequel. That's a dip of about one-third from the movie's gross last weekend, a very impressive feat considering that SHREK's main competition was THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, one of the summer's big event films. TOMORROW opened well, grossing about $70 M over its first three days at around 800 screens less than SHREK 2.
As it stands today, SHREK 2 has netted approximately $238 M dollars in its first 11 days. That's enough to make it the second fastest-grossing film to achieve $200 M (SPIDER-MAN was first in nine days.)
Warner Bros.' TROY sank to third overall, down 52% from the previous week's earnings. New pics RAISING HELEN and SOUL PLANE debuted in fourth and fifth spot, respectively. VAN HELSING continues to sink down the charts, losing another 50% in earnings in its fourth week of release, and both MEAN GIRLS and MAN ON FIRE cracked the $70 M gross barrier. In tenth position, the documentary SUPER SIZE ME is still doing well against the mainstream competition, adding almost $1 M more to its total earnings.
Here are the estimated box office receipts of the top ten films from May 28 through to May 30, with their weekend gross and the movie's total domestic gross to date:
1. SHREK 2 $73,100,000 $238,800,000
2. THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW $70,000,000 $70,000,000
3. TROY $11,461,000 $106,110,000
4. RAISING HELEN $11,224,000 $11,224,000
5. SOUL PLANE $5,700,000 $5,700,000
6. VAN HELSING $4,857,000 $108,835,000
7. MEAN GIRLS $4,850,000 $72,127,000
8. MAN ON FIRE $1,825,000 $72,707,000
9. 13 GOING ON 30 $1,027,000 $54,136,000
10. SUPER SIZE ME $994,000 $4,527,000
TOP 10: SHREK sequel overcomes bad weather
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW still opens strong
Dateline: Sunday, May 30, 2004
By: PATRICK SAURIOL
By: News Editor
Source: ShowBiz, Box Office Mojo
DreamWorks' SHREK 2 retained the top perch at the box office this weekend, with studio estimates forecasting a $73.1 million dollar gross for the CGI sequel. That's a dip of about one-third from the movie's gross last weekend, a very impressive feat considering that SHREK's main competition was THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, one of the summer's big event films. TOMORROW opened well, grossing about $70 M over its first three days at around 800 screens less than SHREK 2.
As it stands today, SHREK 2 has netted approximately $238 M dollars in its first 11 days. That's enough to make it the second fastest-grossing film to achieve $200 M (SPIDER-MAN was first in nine days.)
Warner Bros.' TROY sank to third overall, down 52% from the previous week's earnings. New pics RAISING HELEN and SOUL PLANE debuted in fourth and fifth spot, respectively. VAN HELSING continues to sink down the charts, losing another 50% in earnings in its fourth week of release, and both MEAN GIRLS and MAN ON FIRE cracked the $70 M gross barrier. In tenth position, the documentary SUPER SIZE ME is still doing well against the mainstream competition, adding almost $1 M more to its total earnings.
Here are the estimated box office receipts of the top ten films from May 28 through to May 30, with their weekend gross and the movie's total domestic gross to date:
1. SHREK 2 $73,100,000 $238,800,000
2. THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW $70,000,000 $70,000,000
3. TROY $11,461,000 $106,110,000
4. RAISING HELEN $11,224,000 $11,224,000
5. SOUL PLANE $5,700,000 $5,700,000
6. VAN HELSING $4,857,000 $108,835,000
7. MEAN GIRLS $4,850,000 $72,127,000
8. MAN ON FIRE $1,825,000 $72,707,000
9. 13 GOING ON 30 $1,027,000 $54,136,000
10. SUPER SIZE ME $994,000 $4,527,000