December 18th, 2001

Flying High In The Sky

Vanilla Sky, Cameron Crowe and Tom Crusie's latest, got off to a nice start at the box office. An English language remake of the 1997 Spanish thriller "Open Your Eyes," and despite some mixed critic reviews, I guess audiences can't resist Tom... or perhaps want to see the chemistry with him and that other Cruz. Making a nice 25 million, it should be all smiles all around for Paramount.

In second, Ocean's Eleven dropped a spot, but still took in a nice 22 million. Not Another Teen Movie opened with a decent 12.6, while Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is still going strong with 9.9 million.

Monsters INC. continued to fall with 4.9 million while Spy Game took in 2.4. Black Knight continued to phone with 2 million, while Shallow Hal made 1.4. Rounding it out, the foreign hit Amelie with $773, 164.

Next week... the Christmas movie season heats up majorly! Let the battle begin...

-Zach B.