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Penn & Kidman "Interpret" an Impressive Box Office Weekend
by Scott Weinberg | April 25, 2005
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Not surprisingly, Sydney Pollack's "The Interpreter," starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn, took the #1 box office spot in its opening weekend. But while analysts predicted the flick would easily land in the top spot, the movie opened even stronger than expected. "The Interpreter" hauled in $22.8 million in over 2,700 theaters.In second place was "The Amityville Horror," which dropped about 40% in its sophomore weekend, but still snagged an extra $14 million. Paramount's "Sahara" is still chugging along, pulling in $9m in its third weekend, while the Ashton Kutcher comedy "A Lot Like Love" debuted in 4th place with just over $7.5m. Rounding out the top five is "Kung Fu Hustle," which expanded from seven screens to 2,500, and raked in a solid $7.2 million. Released with little fanfare and no press screenings was the Anthony Anderson comedy "King's Ransom," which debuted in tenth place with an anemic $2.2m. Next week marks the unofficial opening of the "summer" movie season, with two wide releases battling for supremacy: "XXX: State of the Union" and the long-awaited "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." For a closer look at the multiplex numbers, make a stop at the Rotten Tomatoes Box Office Page!

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The Senhman
The Senhman writes:
on Apr 25 2005 01:49 PM

I'm surprised Kung Fu Hustle didn't do better, but other than the Comedy Central thing a while ago, I didn't see Stephen Chow on any talk shows promoting it.

Maybe they opened it wide too soon. It was only on 7 theaters before this...


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ifeanyin
ifeanyin writes:
on Apr 25 2005 04:17 PM

[b]Great for The Interpreter[/b]
Nice to see Kidman and Penn, actors with talent, be commercially successful and with a good movie, too :).


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The Senhman
The Senhman writes:
on Apr 25 2005 05:09 PM

In reply to this comment (#821592)
Yeah, totally. Nice to see a Fresh movie on top too.

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daviy
daviy writes:
on Apr 25 2005 08:08 PM

[b]glad to see such a excellent film[/b]
Nice to see Kidman.her hairs has been long and beautiful.And I think Kung Fu Hustle will be better,because it is the film which not easy appear in china.


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skletonkee
skletonkee writes:
on Apr 26 2005 09:17 AM

[b]fresh[/b]
cool.. i enjoyed it. one would think the studio's would get the point that films dont have to pander to its audience...


but wait, Michael Bay is at it again.....He is going to remake the Birds.

hollywood burn!!


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