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12 October 1999 | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

Although the latest Harrison Ford drama, Random Hearts (1999), finished in second place at the box office over the weekend with $13 million (against $13.5 million for the first-place Double Jeopardy (1999)), the result was being viewed as another major disappointment for Sony Pictures. Today's Los Angeles Times estimates that the $64-million romance/thriller will earn only $35 million. The washout is the third loser in a row for Sony, following Jakob the Liar (1999), which has earned only $4.5 million after three weeks, and Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, The (1999), which has earned $6.2 million after two weeks. The only other newcomer on the current box-office list was Paramount's Superstar (1999), which earned $8.9 million, about what was expected for the $14 million comedy. American Beauty (1999), which expanded to 1, 226 screens, continued to produce the best per-screen average, $7, 753 versus $2, 913 for the first-place Jeopardy. <The top-ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. Double Jeopardy (1999), Paramount, $13, 541, 285, ($65833516); 2. Random Hearts (1999), Sony, $13, 012, 585, (New); 3. Three Kings (1999), Warner Bros., $12, 004, 295, ($32, 714, 711); 4. American Beauty (1999), DreamWorks, $9, 505, 313, ($31, 120, 695); 5. Superstar (1999), Paramount, $8, 912, 743, (New); 6. Sixth Sense, The (1999), Buena Vista $6, 123, 967, ($242, 7101, 95); 7. Blue Streak (1999), Sony, $5, 717, 945, ($55, 183, 779); 8. Drive Me Crazy (1999), 20th Century Fox, $3, 980, 182, ($11, 824, 005); 9. Elmo In Grouchland, Sony, $2, 251, 614, ($6, 228, 046); 10. For Love of the Game (1999), Universal, $2, 148, 230, ($31, 524, 405.) »

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5 October 1999 | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

Analysts were predicting Monday that Paramount's Double Jeopardy (1999) could have a shot at earning $80 million to $100 million by the time its domestic run ends -- after the film surprised them by earning $17.02 million over the weekend. Most analysts had predicted that the film to beat was Warner Bros.' debuting Three Kings (1999), which performed strongly enough for this time of year, taking in $15.8 million and wound up in second place. Another new film, Drive Me Crazy (1999) did so-so business with $6.8 million, but two other openers, Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, The (1999) and Mystery, Alaska (1999) both tanked. The top-ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. Double Jeopardy (1999), Paramount, $17, 018, 808, ($47, 232, 092); 2. Three Kings (1999), Warner Bros., $15, 847, 636, (New); 3. American Beauty (1999), DreamWorks, $8, 188, 587, ($18, 395, 497); 4. Blue Streak (1999), Sony, $8, 008, 574, ($47, 745, 248); 5. Sixth Sense, The (1999), Buena Vista $7, 025, 098, ($234, 547, 781); 6. Drive Me Crazy (1999), 20th Century Fox, $6, 846, 112, (New); 7. For Love of the Game (1999), Universal, $3, 548, 930, ($28, 408, 595); 8. Elmo in Grouchland, Sony, $3, 255, 033, (New); 9. Mystery, Alaska (1999), Buena Vista $3, 102, 191, (New); 10. Stigmata (1999), MGM/UA, $2, 360, 738, ($44, 300, 500). »

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1 October 1999 | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

The folks at Jim Henson's Creature Shop, who flunked out earlier this year with Muppets in Space (1998), appear to have a winner with Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, The (1999). Jami Bernard, in the New York Daily News, finds the film "gentle, funny and full of the lessons one expects from the scions of the late Jim Henson." But, she cautions, the film is tailored to the very youngest moviegoers, "those who may not even be up to the rigors of shoelace-tying." »

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