Hanks Manages to Edge Hanks

Movie audiences haven’t lost their hankering for Tom Hanks. “Toy Story 2,” which features Hanks’ voice as the cowboy toy character Woody, grossed $18.2 million to top the weekend box-office chart, barely beating out Hanks’ new live-action drama, “The Green Mile,” which sold $18 million in tickets.

The debut of “The Green Mile” was fairly modest by Hanks’ standards. “Saving Private Ryan” grossed $30.6 million on its opening weekend last year, while “Apollo 13” bowed with $25.4 million in 1995 and “Forrest Gump” opened with $24.5 million in 1994.

Weekend Box Office

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Three-day gross/ Screens/ Weeks in Movie (Studio) Total (millions) Average Release 1. “Toy Story 2” $18.2 3,257 4 (Disney/Pixar) $140.4 $5,603 2. “The Green Mile” $18.0 2,875 1 (Warner Bros.) $18.0 $6,267 3. “Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo” $12.2 2,151 1 (Disney/Touchstone) $12.2 $5,683 4. “The World Is Not Enough” $6.6 3,063 4 (MGM) $99.4 $2,010 5. “End of Days” $4.74 2,652 3 (Universal) $53.3 $1,790 6. ‘Sleepy Hollow” $4.72 3,065 4 (Paramount) $81.4 $1,539 7. “The Bone Collector” $1.7 2,031 6 (Universal) $60.8 $840 8. “Dogma” $1.19 1,162 5 (Lions Gate) $26.4 $1,022 9. “Pokemon: The First Movie” $1.18 2,426 5 (Warner Bros.) $82.4 $488 10. “Being John Malkovich” $962,925 630 7 (USA) $15.3 $1,528 *”The Cider House Rules” $110,098 8 1 (Miramax) $110,098 $13,762 *”Cradle Will Rock” $93,998 8 1 (Disney/Touchstone) $124,903 $11,750 *”Diamonds” $7,837 2 1 (Miramax) $7,837 $3,919 *”Miss Julie” $6,402 3 1 (MGM/UA) $6,402 $2,134

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SOURCE: Exhibitor Relations Co.