January 29th, 2002

"A Walk To" Third

As January closes up shop and as Oscar® hopefuls have continued expanding, the new films are starting to roll out into cinemas. But in first again and holding strongly is the great war drama Black Hawk Down with 17 million. In second and also still doing well is Snow Dogs with 13 million. The newcomer teen tragedy/drama A Walk To Remember opened in third place despite poor reviews. It made a decent 12.1 million. Fourth place went to A Beautiful Mind with 11.5 million, and in fifth was the often delayed The Count Of Monte Cristo with 11.3 million. Not bad at all.

Another newcomer, The Mothman Prophecies, took in 11 million. Going into wide release, I Am Sam brought in a rather impressive 8.3 million, while the juggernaut known The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring dropped a little more, but still brought in 7.8 million. Somehow, newcomer comedy (and not screened for the critics) Kung Pow: Enter The Fist made 7 million (!) while Orange County took a big drop down the list, raking in only 4.4 million.

-Zach B.