March 5th, 2003

X Gonna Give It To Ya

You just can't keep an action movie down. Even though the reviews were less than stellar, the latest Warner Bros. Spring action film (following in the tradition of "Romeo Must Die" and "Exit Wounds" - hey, they're even all by the same director) Cradle 2 The Grave had an impressive opening of 16.5 million. Also holding up quite well (good word of mouth probably helps) was the college comedy Old School with a very strong 14 million. Daredevil has lost a bit of its luster as it slips down to third with 11.1 million, but should cross the 100 million mark within the month.

Also still performing well is How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days with 10.2 million. Chicago is also holding rather steady with 7.8 million, and it crossed the 100 million dollar mark this weekend. The Jungle Book 2 brought in 6.9 million while Shanghai Knights took home another 5 million as it edges out the gross of the original film.

Rounding out the top ten were The Life Of David Gale (4.5 million), Gods and Generals (2.9 million) and The Recruit (2.7 million). Yet as the spring batch of films open up, will Steve Martin and Queen Latifah be able to bring down the house on DMX and Jet Li next weekend? Stay tuned DVD fans...

-Zach B.