November 18th, 2003

Ho-Ho-Hit

In its second release of release, the family comedy Elf made the rare jump from second to first by grossing 26.3 million - making more this weekend than it did last weekend. Coming in a close second was the sea drama Master and Commander: The Far Side Of The World with a very impressive 25.1 million. The film has received a lot of strong reviews and awards buzz, so expect this high seas adventure to stay afloat in the weeks to come.

The news was very disappointing for The Matrix Revolutions, dropping to third with 16.4 million. Taking a sixty-six percent (!) dip, looks like Neo is facing something worse than Agent Smith: bad word of mouth. Holding steady in fourth was Disney's 2-D animated Brother Bear with 12 million and in a meager fifth the hyped Looney Tunes: Back In Action with 9.3 million.

Love Actually expanded theaters and brought in 8.6 million more while Scary Movie 3 passed the 100 million mark with 6.1 million this weekend. In eighth place was Radio with 4.8 million and with 4.6 was the documentary Tupac: Resureection. Rounding out the top ten was Mystic River with 3.2 million.

Can a certain Dr. Seuss favorite topple the box office next weekend? As always, stay tuned DVD fans!

-Zach B.