February 17th, 2004

(Nearly) 50 First Million

As expected, Adam Sandler took the 4-day President's Day holiday by storm with his latest romantic comedy, 50 First Dates. Reviews were mixed, but audiences apparently really wanted to check out the re-teaming of Sandler with this "Wedding Singer" co-star, Drew Barrymore. The film brought in a very strong 45.1 million, and should be the first film of 2004 to cross the 100 million dollar mark.

Holding strong too over the long weekend was the hockey film Miracle, adding another 17 million to its total score. Right behind it was Barbershop 2: Back In Business with another 16.5 million. Pretty far off into the distance was You Got Served with another 6 million, while The Butterfly Effect and Catch That Kid trailed with 5.9 and 5.8 million, respectively.

Along Came Polly crossed 80 million dollars thanks to its 5.4 million haul, while The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King took in another 5 million. Rounding out the top ten was Mystic River with 4 million and Cold Mountain with 3.9 million.

-Zach B.