FILM: BOX OFFICE
UK films
THIS LAST WEEKS GROSS
WEEK WEEK IN CHART TO 1 AUGUST
1 (-) Austin Powers 2 (12) New pounds 6,005,087
Groovy, baby!
2 (1) Star Wars: Episode 1 (U) 3 pounds 9,512,295
Disappointing prequel to the famous trilogy
3 (2) The Mummy (12) 6 pounds 14,831,670
`Raiders of the Lost Ark' meets `Evil Dead II'. Only worse.
4 (3) Notting Hill (15) 11 pounds 25,937,638
Ms Celebrity meets Mr Ordinary
5 (4) The Matrix (15) 8 pounds 15,772,288
Starring some special effects and a man called Keanu
6 (5) Entrapment (15) 5 pounds 4,990,881
Somewhat flat Connery and Zeta-Jones crime caper
7 (5) 10 Things I Hate About You (12) 4 pounds 2,194,944
American teen version of `The Taming of the Shrew'
8 (7) Cruel Intentions (15) 7 pounds 3,893,080
American teen version of `Les Liaisons Dangeureuses'
9 (8) Mulan (U) 5 pounds 9,321,607
Recent Disney re-released for the summer
10 (-) Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin (PG) New pounds 21,087
Bollywood musical with Mahima Chowdhary
US films
THIS LAST WEEKS GROSS
WEEK WEEK IN CHART TO 1 AUGUST
1 (-) Runaway Bride New $35,055,556
Woman ditches string of men at altar
2 (-) The Blair Witch Project New $36,140,299
Hand-held horror movie UK release:29 Oct
3 (-) Deep Blue Sea New $25,164,533
Unofficial `Jaws' sequel UK release: 22 Oct
4 (1) The Haunting 2 $63,966,505
Hill House comes alive UK release: 24 Sept
5 (2) Inspector Gadget 2 $47,851,589
Film version of the classic 1980s cartoon
6 (3) American Pie 2 $45,522,645
High-school boys try to lose their virginity before the prom
7 (4) Eyes Wide Shut 3 $48,652,355
Cruise, Kidman and Kubrick
8 (5) Big Daddy 6 $152,661,284
More toilet humour from Adam Sandler UK release 1 Oct
9 Star Wars: Episode 1 11 $408.597,032 The return of George Lucas
10 (-) Tarzan 5 $142,973,292 Disney's latest animation UK release: 22 Oct
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