‘World’ Still Rules the Weekend

The dinosaurs of Steven Spielberg’s “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” continued to devour the competition, taking in $34.1 million in the movie’s second weekend of release, for a total of $141.5 million--the fastest rise of any movie ever.

Although ticket sales declined 62% from the opening weekend, John Krier, who heads the box-office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations, said the drop-off is not an apt comparison since the film debuted over the four-day Memorial Day holiday weekend, when children are out of school and families traditionally flock to the movies.

* It may go unnoticed in all the publicity about “Lost World,” but Dimension Film’s thriller “Scream” has quietly passed the $100-million mark in ticket sales, cementing its reputation as one of the year’s sleepers. The film was released Dec. 20.

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Weekend Box Office

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3-Day Weekend Gross/ Screens/ Movie (Studio) Total (millions) Average 1. “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” $34.1 3,282 (Universal) $141.5 $10,395 2. “Addicted to Love” $6.2 2,019 (Warner Bros.) $20.1 $3,089 3. “Gone Fishin’ ” $5.8 1,841 (Disney/Hollywood) $5.8 $3,142 4. “Trial and Error” $4.9 2,298 (New Line) $4.9 $2,134 5. “The Fifth Element” $4.0 2,500 (Sony/Columbia) $51.5 $1,613 6. “Breakdown” $3.2 2,348 (Paramount) $42.8 $1,364 7. “Austin Powers” $3.2 2,118 (New Line) $39.3 $1,499 8. “Liar Liar” $1.62 1,320 (Universal) $166.7 $1,225 9. “Fathers’ Day” $1.60 2,151 (Warner Bros.) $26.0 $746 10.”’Til There Was You” $1.3 753 (Paramount) $1.3 $1,747 *’Scream” $780,199 796 (Dimension) $100.2 $980

Weeks in Movie (Studio) Release 1. “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” 2 (Universal) 2. “Addicted to Love” 2 (Warner Bros.) 3. “Gone Fishin’ ” 1 (Disney/Hollywood) 4. “Trial and Error” 1 (New Line) 5. “The Fifth Element” 4 (Sony/Columbia) 6. “Breakdown” 5 (Paramount) 7. “Austin Powers” 5 (New Line) 8. “Liar Liar” 11 (Universal) 9. “Fathers’ Day” 4 (Warner Bros.) 10.”’Til There Was You” 1 (Paramount) *’Scream” 24 (Dimension)

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