U.S.TOP 10
Box - Office
Analysis The Wedding Singer also continued to sing at the second position, doing very well with the date crowd in the post-Valentine period. The third position also remained unchanged, with Barry Levinson’s Sphere losing a lot of momentum in terms of attendance. The film dropped by almost 50 per cent in its second week, largely due to poor word of mouth, collecting over $7 million. The strong opening was thanks to writer Michael Crichton’s equity, on whose novel the film is based, and a stellar cast that includes Sharon Stone, Dustin Hoffman and Samuel L. Jackson. The films nominated for this year’s Oscars also continued to do well, with Gus Van Sant’s Good Will Hunting remaining at the fourth position with a $7 million collection over the weekend. Miramax’s award campaign for the film seems to have worked and the film has earned a winning position of a very high calibre film. L.A. Confidential also remained in the Top Ten at the tenth position with over $2 million dollars over the weekend. Miramax’s Senseless and Sony’s Palmetto were the only two openers in the Top Ten, taking up the sixth and the eighth positions respectively. John Landis’ Blues Brothers 2000 and Chow Yun Fat’s The Replacement Killers were pushed out completely from the Top Ten, while Robert Duvall’s The Apostle took up the ninth position with a $2.5 million gross.
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