July 30th, 2002

Good as "Gold"

No surprise here, right? In first place was one of the summer's most anticipated sequels/films, that being the third instalment in the popular comedy series, Austin Powers in Goldmember. I saw the film and enjoyed it, but I say the second one is tops in my book. Nonetheless, New Line couldn't care my thoughts, seeing how the movie took in a whopping and recordbreaking 73.1 million. It'll probably make around or more than "The Spy Who Shagged Me."

In a very distant second was Road To Perdition with 11.1 million, while Stuart Little 2 held somewhat steady with 10.6 million. Men In Black II brought in another 8.3 million, while K-19: The Widowmaker is one hell of a dud with a mere 7.3 million. Disney's latest, the the twenty million The Country Bears didn't do so hot with 5.3 million, but the movie was cheap to produce. Mr. Deeds also brought in another 4.2 million.

Reign Of Fire took in 3.5, while Minority Report appeared back in the top ten with 3.1. And still going strong and going great after 15 weeks in release is My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the indie smash of 2002. Cracking tenth, it brought in a nice 3 mil at a mere 569 theaters.

Next week... prepare to see some "Signs"...

-Zach B.