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"You move on "That's a pretty good showing when sequels have been underwhelming this summer," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations Co "Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over," $20 3 million to debut at No The third film in the raunchy "American Pie" sex comedies, "American Wedding" collected $34 10 1 million 3 5 The comedy about a gangster who falls in love with a lesbian rival during a kidnapping earned $3 8 million, for a total of $320 million, and tied for seventh place with "Gigli The top 12 movies earned $133 million, down 6 percent from the same weekend last year, when "Signs" was the top movie with $60 Here are the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at North American theaters, according to Exhibitor Relations Co Final figures will be released Monday 'American Wedding' Tops Box Office Aug 3, 4:58 PM EST If the weekend's top movie â€â€? "American Wedding" â€â€? glowed like a happy newlywed, then you could say the critically reviled "Gigli" stumbled like an ugly bridesmaid 1 million "Bad Boys II," $12 The movie opened with about $11 million less than 2001's "American Pie 2" but about $15 million more than the 1999 original (tie) "Gigli," $3 (tie) "Finding Nemo," $3 1 million 7 The film did well despite mixed reviews and the loss of some cast members from the previous two films â€â€? Shannon Elizabeth, Mena Suvari, Chris Klein and Tara Reid 8 million Other movies have gotten ravaged by critics and have opened up at least OK 2 million "This is not a shock," said Tom Sherak, a partner in Revolution Studios, which produced "Gigli" for Sony Pictures Entertainment He said constant gossip and tabloid and TV coverage of Affleck and Lopez's real-life romance may have created a backlash against the picture "I've seen a lot worse movies," Sherak said Most movies lose about 40 percent 8 million 4 7 million "They'll continue to be big stars, and chances are they will not work together again â€â€? and they shouldn't, by the way," Sherak said 6 "Seabiscuit," $17 It earned $3 9 3 2 Look, the picture cost $54 million Inc "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines," $2 8 million 9 million "American Wedding," $34 " Meanwhile, the horseracing drama "Seabiscuit" expanded its run by 434 theaters, coming in fourth with $17 1 3 million "Lara Croft: Tomb raider â€â€? The Cradle of Life," $11 It was more than that," he said "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," $19 1, according to studio estimates Sunday "Hey, is it the best movie ever made? Ehh, I don't think so So everyone is going to get hurt a bit The Ben Affleck-Jennifer Lopez movie "Gigli" debuted dismally following weeks of toxic buzz and near-unanimous critical revulsion It lost only 16 percent of its audience in its second weekend 7 "American Wedding" stars Jason Biggs and Alyson Hannigan as oddball sweethearts Jim and Michelle, whose marriage festivities are ruined by the antics of loudmouth Stifler, played by Seann William Scott Weekend revenues this summer generally have trailed those of last year " Ticket sales for the year's highest-grossing movie, "Finding Nemo," fell by only 13 percent in its 10th week 5 million Although Affleck and Lopez already have completed another movie together â€â€? writer-director Kevin Smith's "Jersey Girl" â€â€? the foul reception of "Gigli" may end the couple's working relationship 5 million, for a total of $49 million "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," $3 "Dance" will close one week after "Taboo," the Boy George musical produced by Rosie O'Donnell, which had announced last month that it will fold Feb 15 after only 84 performances "Gypsy," starring Bernadette Peters, and "Never Gonna Dance," a homage to the 1936 Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers film "Swing Time," will both close before the end of the month, done in by declining box-office receipts and frigid weather " Broadway was particularly hard hit last week when a big snowstorm hit New York Tuesday Jan 4 to mostly mixed reviews 1, it grossed $360,035, about $140,000 below its weekly break-even point For the week ending Feb " The revival of "Gypsy," which features Peters as the domineering mother of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, folds Feb 28 at the Shubert Theatre after 347 performances, while "Never Gonna Dance" calls it quits Feb There were a few bright spots "Gypsy," which reportedly has recouped only about 40 percent of its investment, opened last April to generally positive notices "The wet and cold weather has not helped anything in New York, whether it is the restaurants, the retailers or the theater 8 "The Lion King" "Mamma Mia!" and "Hairspray" slipped a bit, but all three managed to reach more than 80 percent capacity For the week ending Feb The weather particularly staggered several veteran musicals, with "42nd Street," "Rent," "Beauty and Beast" and "Aida," all playing to less than 50 percent capacity for the week ending Feb 1 "The Producers," with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick headlining, sold out, doing its customary $1 million-plus business In a statement, the producers of "Never Gonna Dance" said the show "has not been able to build an audience and survive the devastating industrywide impact of the current record-breaking cold weather Broadway's Chilly Season Claims Two Shows Feb 2, 5:31 PM EST New York's chilly winter season has claimed two big Broadway musicals and hurt several long-running shows "Never Gonna Dance" has a new book by Jeffrey Hatcher and features the music of Jerome Kern, including such standards as "The Way You Look Tonight," "A Fine Romance" and the title song 27, the evening before a two-performance day "The winter is always a difficult time for shows that don't come out of the Christmas season quite as strongly as they would like," Jed Bernstein, head of the League of American Theatres and Producers, said Monday 1, the musical grossed $242,002, filling only 41 percent of the seats at the Broadhurst Theatre The show, which stars Noah Racey and Nancy Lemenager in what are the Astaire and Rogers roles, has struggled at the box office ever since opening Dec Martin and Coldplay guitarist Jonny Buckland hoisted four giant green letters spelling "HOPE" on a beach near Cancun's convention center, where ministers from 146 World Trade Organization countries are trying to come up with a global deal to liberalize trade Coldplay Gives Fair Trade Message to WTO Sep 10, 6:53 AM EST British rock group Coldplay is campaigning to give poor countries better access to global trade, but don't expect their activism to show up in their music anytime soon " â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? On the Net: http://www "Free trade is a great idea " Martin said he has tried to write songs with a fair-trade message, but the results haven't been pretty com http://www org "It's very hard to find things that rhyme with North American Free Trade Agreement," lead singer Chris Martin, sweating in black clothes and sunglasses on a Cancun beach, said Tuesday "Our priority is to write good songs," Martin said, "because if we didn't we wouldn't get invited to meetings like this maketradefair Coldplay is participating in a campaign called Make Trade Fair, which has collected more than 3 million signatures from around the world urging the WTO to make their rules benefit poor nations as well as rich ones It's just that we in the West do anything but stick to it "We'd like to raise awareness about the idea of more fair trade around the world," Martin said Martin, who is dating Gwyneth Paltrow, and Buckland delivered the petition to WTO Director General Supachai Panitchpakdi wto com http://www coldplay |
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