EVIL RESIDING AT NO. 1 AT BOX OFFICE

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EVIL RESIDING AT NO. 1 AT BOX OFFICE
Tuesday, September 14 2004

Resident Evil: Apocalypse proved to be downright apocalyptic for the box office over the weekend as the video-game-based film performed far better than analysts had expected and caused most of the other films to perform far worse. Apocalypse, from Sony's Screen Gems, took in $23 million, followed by New Line's Cellular which accounted for a solid, if unspectacular $10.1 million. None of the other films managed to earn even $5 million, making the weekend the lowest-grossing "frame" (to use the Variety term) of the year.

The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date):
1. Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Screen Gems, $23,036,273, (New); 2. Cellular, New Line, $10,100,571, (New); 3. Without a Paddle, Paramount, $4,512,552, 4 Wks. ($45,518,563); 4. Hero, Miramax, $4,420,702, 3 Wks. ($41,652,507); 5. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, Disney, $2,932,938, 5 Wks. ($89,259,246); 6. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, Screen Gems, $2,807,475, 3 Wks. ($27,578,480); 7. Paparazzi, 20th Century Fox, $2,771,056, 2 Wks. ($12,005,971); 8. Collateral, DreamWorks, $2,718,073, 6 Wks. ($92,691,776); 9. Vanity Fair, Focus Features, $2,613,777, 2 Wks. ($11,096,102); 10. Napoleon Dynamite, Fox Searchlight, $2,516,879, 14 Wks. ($30,294,397).