<i>The Cell</i> Sells At U.S. Cinemas
Weekend box office figures provide further indication that Jennifer Lopez's star is on the rise.
She leads the cast of The Cell, which was the No. 1 movie at U.S. theaters over the weekend. This, even as she gets ready to release two more pop albums and continues as one of the reigning divas in music video.
Here are the top 10 films, according to Hollywood.com:
- The Cell, $17.2 million
- The Original Kings of Comedy, $11.7 million
- Space Cowboys, $9.9 million
- The Replacements, $7.5 million
- What Lies Beneath, $7.1 million
- Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps, $6.4 million
- Hollow Man, $6.1 million
- Autumn in New York, $5.7 million
- Coyote Ugly, $5.0 million
- Bless the Child, $4.9 million
The other big film this weekend, The Original Kings of Comedy, is a showcase for four comedians. Its No. 2 placement is phenomenal, because it only opened on 800 screens, yet took in $11.7 million. By comparison, The Cell needed 2,400 screens to take in $17.2 million.
On the other hand, Godzilla 2000, another new movie, didn't even make the Top 10. It came in at No. 11, but Sony is not complaining. The company paid only $300,000 to release this movie, and so it already has made its money back. This Godzilla is not laden with state-of-the-art special effects; it really hearkens back to the old Godzilla movies.