...theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled by Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. and ACNielsen EDI. 1. ''The Whole Nine Yards,'' Warner Bros., $15.9 million, 2,910 locations...
...the competition. ''Light, escapist fare rules the day right now,'' said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc., which tracks movie attendance. ''But the top five's got a real mix of genres. The industry's...
...big boys to knock Julia Roberts out, and Jones and Jackson did it,'' said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations, which tracks movie ticket sales. ''Rules of Engagement'' was the fourth of five recent Tommy Lee Jones movies...
...It's an action film, and it has this feel of being an event picture,'' said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations Inc., which tracks ticket sales. Universal dominated the weekend, with two other movies in the top 10...
...theaters. ''It's a nice prelude to Memorial Day,'' said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations. ''The momentum generated by all this moviegoing just keeps building and creates more moviegoing.'' ''Dinosaur...
...summer could beat last summer till I saw how strong this weekend was,'' said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations, which tracks the box office. Through Monday, movies had grossed $2.68 billion domestically this year, up...
...by action master Jerry Bruckheimer. ''Bad reviews don't matter,'' said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations, which tracks the box office. ''People are looking for escape in the summer. The movie's trailers promised...
...is off slightly from last year, when revenues hit a record $3 billion, said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations, which tracks movie-ticket sales. Given a weak crop of films opening before Labor Day, Hollywood seems to...
...this weekend, however, box office receipts for the year were slightly ahead of 1999, said Paul Dergarabedian of Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc., a box office tracking firm. Despite the lower receipts, this has been the second most successful...
...225.5 million and finish the year with revenues at an all-time high, said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations, which tracks ticket sales. "Going into Thanksgiving, I've never seen this depth of potential blockbusters...
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