October 28th, 2003

"Scary" Stuff

Not surprisingly, Scary Movie 3 topped the box office over the weekend. Pretty surprisingly, it made 48.1 million dollars - setting a new opening weekend record for the month of October (besting last year's Hannibal prequel "Red Dragon"). This has surely revived the questionable franchise, as a "Scary Movie 4" is already in the works with Zucker helming once again.

Taking a steep drop, the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre took in 14.4 million, but should hold up next weekend. The new family drama Radio survived critical scathes and took in 13.3 million, while Runaway Jury only took a slight dip this weekend with 8.4 million.

In fifth was Clint Eastwood's Mystic River while The School Of Rock dropped to sixth with 6.5 million. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 brought in another 6.3, while Good Boy! may be the fall's sleeper family hit as it added another 5 million to its tally. Rounding out the top were Intolerable Cruelty with 3.6 million and Under The Tuscan Sun with 2.2 million.

-Zach B.