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Daily Variety Box Office Chart: Dec. 26-28

HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Following are final data for the top 60 movies at the North American box office during the Dec. 26-28 weekend. The columns should read: rank / rank last weekend / film title / weekend gross / percentage change / per-screen average / number of screens this weekend / number of screens last weekend / cumulative gross / days in release.

1 / 1 / Titanic / 35,455,673 / +24% / 13,078 / 2,711 / 2,674 / 88,425,009 / 10

2 / 2 / Tomorrow Never Dies / 20,480,931 / -19% / 7,296 /2,807 / 2,807 / 62,211,421 / 10

3 / -- / As Good As It Gets / 12,606,928 / -- / 8,020 / 1,572 / -- / 16,164,889 / 4

4 / 4 / Mouse Hunt / 9,702,770 / +60% / 4,428 / 2,191 / 2,152 / 21,505,569 / 10

5 / -- / Jackie Brown / 9,292,248 / -- / 6,783 / 1,370 / -- / 12,888,609 / 4

6 / 3 / Scream 2 / 9,085,992 / -35% / 3,403 / 2,670 / 2,638 / 71,100,014 / 17

7 / -- / An American Werewolf in Paris / 7,600,878 / -- / 4,399 / 1,728 / -- / 10,985,777 / 4

8 / 5 / Flubber / 5,407,445 / +26% / 2,693 / 2,008 / 2,612 / 73,056,808 / 33

9 / -- / The Postman / 5,260,324 / -- / 2,383 / 2,207 / -- / 6,814,391 / 4

10 / -- / Mr. Magoo / 5,233,631 / -- / 2,818 / 1,857 / -- / 6,471,459 / 4

11 / 8 / Amistad / 5,176,006 / +58% / 7,270 / 712 / 480 / 17,768,155 / 19

12 / 7 / For Richer or Poorer / 4,202,290 / +25% / 2,155 / 1,950 / 1,926 / 17,567,925 / 17

13 / 6 / Home Alone 3 / 3,858,599 / +11% / 1,743 / 2,214 / 2,261 / 15,978,384 / 17

14 / 9 / Anastasia / 2,159,889 / +30% / 1,291 / 1,673 / 1,873 / 48,360,644 / 45

15 / 23 / Good Will Hunting / 1,720,540 / +767% / 10,959 / 157 / 11 / 3,165,055 / 24

16 / 19 / Deconstructing Harry / 880,900 / +223% / 11,151 / 79 / 10 / 1,994,179 / 17

17 / 10 / John Grisham's The Rainmaker / 863,150 / -39% / 842 / 1,025 / 1,492 / 43,163,727 / 38

18 / 11 / Alien Resurrection / 543,068 / -58% / 882 / 616 / 1,588 / 45,191,836 / 33

19 / 13 / Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil / 540,526 / -27% / 972 / 556 / 1,016 / 22,769,192 / 38

20 / 14 / L.A. Confidential / 476,130 / -6% / 1,577 / 302 / 416 / 37,285,982 / 101

21 / 16 / Les Boys / 464,212 / +20% / 7,368 / 63 / 59 / 1,851,655 / 17

22 / 18 / Mortal Kombat Annihilation / 397,881 / +45% / 722 / 551 / 554 / 34,318,753 / 38

23 / 15 / Wings of the Dove / 378,292 / -7% / 2,113 / 179 / 219 / 7,945,529 / 52

24 / 12 / The Jackal / 352,245 / -58% / 885 / 398 / 1,176 / 52,425,855 / 45

25 / 57 / In & Out / 291,734 / 1,313% / 582 / 501 / 47 / 62,948,461 / 101

26 / 20 / The Full Monty / 242,322 / +5% / 2,036 / 119 / 201 / 34,834,247 / 138

27 / 24 / The Little Mermaid (reissue) / 226,707 / +24% / 349 / 649 / 945 / 108,859,916 / 45

28 / 40 / The Sweet Hereafter / 223,975 / +379% / 3,555 / 63 / 12 / 1,387,966 / 80

29 / 31 / The Man Who Knew Too Little / 209,769 / +90% / 490 / 428 / 268 / 13,429,947 / 45

30 / -- / Air Force One / 189,031 / -- / 324 / 584 / -- / 171,769,219 / 157

31 / 21 / Men in Black / 171,828 / -17% / 949 / 181 / 349 / 249,836,052 / 181

32 / 34 / Bean / 165,529 / +93% / 407 / 407 / 359 / 44,763,263 / 73

33 / 25 / The Ice Storm / 109,159 / -26% / 1,559 / 70 / 106 / 7,012,588 / 93

34 / 17 / The Devil's Advocate / 97,795 / -65% / 208 / 470 / 586 / 58,973,289 / 73

35 / -- / Wag the Dog / 92,079 / -- / 30,693 / 3 / -- / 124,217 / 4

36 / 29 / Fairy Tale: A True Story / 90,963 / -25% / 350 / 260 / 589 / 13,827,168 / 66

37 / 22 / I Know What You Did Last Summer / 90,047 / -56% / 600 / 150 / 421 / 70,248,248 / 73

38 / 54 / The Tango Lesson / 76,799 / +259% / 2,844 / 27 / 5 / 265,120 / 45

39 / -- / Ma Vie en Rose / 76,212 / -- / 5,444 / 14 / -- / 76,212 / 3

40 / 37 / Thrill Ride / 72,927 / +14% / 10,418 / 7 / 7 / 2,570,742 / 171

41 / -- / Kundun / 72,095 / -- / 36,048 / 2 / -- / 99,608 / 4

42 / 28 / Eve's Bayou / 70,658 / -45% / 1,178 / 60 / 164 / 13,305,622 / 52

43 / 27 / Boogie Nights / 68,293 / -48% / 1,366 / 50 / 151 / 23,653,065 / 78

44 / 36 / Soul Food / 66,654 / - / 483 / 138 / 141 / 43,198,792 / 94

45 / 45 / Across the Sea of Time / 66,176 / +139% / 16,544 / 43 / 12,758,418 / 803

46 / 26 / Mad City / 58,941 / -56% / 166 / 356 / 466 / 10,441,700 / 52

47 / 33 / My Best Friend's Wedding / 56,323 / -39% / 853 / 66 / 134 / 126,679,973 / 192

48 / 30 / RocketMan / 54,269 / -53% / 270 / 201 / 508 / 15,368,088 / 80

49 / -- / Afterglow / 50,052 / -- / 7,150 / 7 / -- / 50,052 / 3

50 / 42 / Washington Square / 47,109 / +21% / 1,346 / 35 / 31 / 1,627,110 / 85

51 / 52 / Matusalem II / 40,400 / +68% / 985 / 41 / 40 / 88,675 / 10

52 / 41 / Kiss the Girls / 38,536 / -13% / 1,042 / 37 / 103 / 59,669,073 / 87

53 / 32 / Starship Troopers / 32,720 / -70% / 264 / 124 / 265 / 54,188,197 / 52

54 / 38 / Red Corner / 29,033 / -52% / 306 / 95 / 237 / 22,177,335 / 59

55 / 58 / Marius et Jeannette / 24,754 / +41% / 6,189 / 4 / 5 / 142,749 / 24

56 / 39 / George of the Jungle / 23,989 / -55% / 343 / 70 / 198 / 105,224,566 / 166

57 / 51 / Bent / 21,960 / -12% / 1,830 / 12 / 12 / 372,341 / 33

58 / -- / The Winter Guest / 21,305 / -- / 7,102 / 3 / -- /34,776 / 5

59 / 47 / Shall We Dance? / 18,013 / -31% / 1,287 / 14 / 33 / 9,517,621 / 171

60 / 60 / Fast, Cheap & Out of Control / 17,421 / +22% / 1,161 / 15 / 12 / 760,472 / 87

Reuters/Variety




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