November 25th, 2003

Good Kitty

While it did not reach a "Grinch"-like opening gross, the critically lambasted The Cat In The Hat brought in a strong 38.3 million over the weekend. While it seems doubtful the film will get close to 2000's "The Grinch" as far as grosses, it seems like another hit for Universal in this competitve holiday season.

Opening in a decent second was the thriller Gothika starring Halle Berry. Delayed from a late October release, the 19.2 opener is a good start. Also doing quite well and on the verge of making 100 million is the holiday charmer Elf with 18.7 million. Master and Commander: The Far Side Of The World is still doing well with a 15.2 take this weekend, while Love Actually should be a nice sleeper this season as it's brough in another 8.6 million.

The news is even worse for The Matrix Revolutions as it brought in only 7 miillion this weekend - there's no way this one will even cross 200 million. Brother Bear slid down to seven with 5.3 million while Looney Tunes: Back In Action is a bomb for Warner with only 4.2 this weekend. Rounding out the top ten was Scary Movie 3 with 3.1 million and with 2.6 million, Radio.

Can Eddie Murphy get rid of a cat over Thanksgiving? See ya next week DVD fans!

-Zach B.