June 4th, 2002

The Sum Of All Fears

The Sum Of All Episode 2's fears? Knocking the "Star Wars" sequel out of first place, The Sum Of All Fears, the latest entry in the Jack Ryan film franchise with Ben Affleck as a younger Ryan, bowed in first place with an impressive 31.2 million. The film will be a nice smash for Paramount probably, but it seems that Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones, which went down a spot with 21 million, won't be the year's biggest grossing film. The film has made 232 million so far, which is amazing, but I have a feeling it will have trouble passing 300 million, and that is pretty disappointing and surprising for a "Star Wars" flick. I guess fan reaction has been a bit harsh...

In third and still sticking is Spider-Man with a great 14.3 million. In a few days it will be the fifth top grossing film of all time. New this week is Undercover Brother with a strong start with 12 million, and in fifth was Dreamworks' animated Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron with 11.3 million.

Insomnia went down a bit witgh 9.9 million, as well as Enough and About A Boy, each with 6.8 and 4.1 million. Rounding out the top ten was Unfaithful with 2.9 million and The New Guy with 1.4 million.

Next week... Chris Rock and Anthony Hopkins in "Bad Company" and "The Divine Secrets of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood." Here come the big June releases...

-Zach B.