"Shrek" Wrecks Competition

Posted By: Song Bird
Date: Sunday, 20 May 2001, at 10:50 p.m.

"Shrek" Wrecks Competition
by Bridget Byrne
May 20, 2001, 12:40 PM PT

Call Shrek the not-so-jolly green giant of the box office.

DreamWorks' fractured fairy tale about a grumpy pea-green ogre closed the lid on The Mummy Returns' first place rule, storming into theaters wiht a whopping $42.1 million, according to weekend estimates.

The computer-animated flick, which does a good job of sending up Disney's cutesy 'toons, opened on 3,587 screens, second only to Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible 2, which opened in 3,653 theaters last Memorial Day weekend. Shrek averaged an amazing $11,700 per screen.

The broad opening enabled the G-rated DreamWorks cartoon to score the second best opening for an animated film ever, behind only Disney's Toy Story 2, which debuted with $57.3 million over the 1999 Thanksgiving weekend.

With most eyes trained on a giant slob, a chatter-box jackass and a feisty princess--voiced by Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz--few were left to ogle Jennifer Lopez.

J.Lo's latest, Angel Eyes, in which the diva babe plays a cop caught up in a strange love affair with a man who may be a ghost, could only manage a fourth place debut, with an estimated $9.5 million. The R-rated Warners release averaged about $4,000 per its 2,175 theaters.

A much more luscious $82,543 per screen was earned by Nicole Kidman's much anticipated musical Moulin Rouge. But it was only playing at two theaters.

The Mummy Returns dropped to second, but even with a 39 percent fall-off the action horror adventure still wrapped up $20.5 million to take its three-week gross to $146.5 million.

A Knight's Tale, dropped down 35 percent and one spot to third. The anachronistic rock 'n roll medieval adventure listed $10.7 million to bring its two week total to $32.2 million.

Final figures are due Monday, but this is how Exhibitor Relations tallied the top 10 so far:

1. Shrek, $42.1 million

2. The Mummy Returns, $20.5 million

3. A Knight's Tale, $10.7 million

4. Angel Eyes, $9.5 million

5. Bridget Jones's Diary, $3.8 million

6. Along Came a Spider, $2.4 million

7. Driven, $1.8 million

8. Blow, $1.35 million

9. Spy Kids, $1.3 million

10. Memento, $1.2 million

Messages In This Thread

"Shrek" Wrecks Competition
Song Bird -- Sunday, 20 May 2001, at 10:50 p.m.

Unclear if first Mickey Mouse sketches auctioned
Song Bird -- Sunday, 20 May 2001, at 10:54 p.m.

Auction fails to aid scrambling Cartoon Museum
Song Bird -- Sunday, 20 May 2001, at 11:01 p.m.

Re: Unclear if first Mickey Mouse sketches auctioned
Ginger -- Monday, 21 May 2001, at 7:30 a.m.

Re: "Shrek" Wrecks Competition
Author -- Monday, 21 May 2001, at 6:20 a.m.

Re: "Shrek" Wrecks Competition
Randa Lee -- Monday, 21 May 2001, at 2:53 p.m.

 

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