Weekend box office

“Finding Nemo” is the big story of the early summer movie season. To date, the animated Disney/Pixar underwater adventure has grossed $228.5 million. Now in its fourth week of release, the film grossed $21.1 million, a decline of only 26% from the previous weekend.

Summer movie revenues are running neck and neck with last year’s grosses. Ticket sales totaled $1.67 billion between May 2, when “X2: X-Men United” made its debut, through last Sunday, compared with $1.66 billion for the same period in 2002. Meanwhile, year-to-date box-office revenues stand at $4.2 billion, a 3.3% decline from last year’s $4.36 billion, and attendance is off 7% for the year, according to the box-office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations Co.

*--* MOVIE 3-DAY GROSS TOTAL (MILLIONS) VENUES AVERA WEEKS (STUDIO GE ) PER VENUE

1 Hulk $62.1 $62.1 3,660 $16,9 1 75 (Universal)

2 Finding $21.1 $228.5 3,404 $6,209 4 Nemo (Buena Vista)

3 2 Fast $11.1 $102.9 3,140 $3,535 3 2 Furious (Universal)

4 Bruce $9.8 $210.5 3,074 $3,190 5 Almight y (Universal)

5 The $7.2 $67.6 2,095 $3,420 4 Italian Job (Paramount)

6 Rugrats $6.9 $23.8 3,041 $2,283 2 Go Wild (Paramount)

7 Alex & $6.1 $6.1 2,310 $2,645 1 Emma (Warner Bros.)

8 Hollywo $5.9 $21.6 2,840 $2,088 2 od Homicid e (Sony)

9 Dumb $4.4 $20.0 2,609 $1,670 2 and Dumbere r (New Line)

10 The $3.9 $264.4 1,850 $2,131 6 Matrix Reloade d (Warner Bros.)

Source: Exhibitor Relations Co

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