November 5th, 2002

First "Clause"

A Christmas movie the first day after Halloween? Has the world gone topsy turvy? Well, in this case it's a good thing. The sequel to the 1994 holiday hit, The Santa Clause 2, took in a pretty impressive 29 million over the weekend. This one should certainly perform pretty well in the coming weeks. But I guess you can't blame Disney right? They have a wizard to deal with in two weeks or so, and I bet for those who can't see him will flock to their sequel instead.

In second and quite impressive was The Ring with 18.1 million, but things weren't good for I Spy which debuted with poor reviews and a 12.8 opening take. Right behind it was Jackass: The Movie with 12.7 million and the horror film Ghost Ship, flooding in with 6.7 million.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding still took in 5.6 million more, while Sweet Home Alabama took in 4.6 million. Punch-Drunk Love made 4 million, while Red Dragon (which probably won't even make it to 100 million!) and Brown Sugar took the last two top ten spots with 2.7 and 1.7 million, respectively.

Next week, prepare for a white rapper beating the odds...

-Zach B.