EXPLORING

A SUB GENRE

Underwater thrillers tend to have sturdy legs, but none has exceeded

$100 million domestically since “The Hunt for Red October”

in 1990. Today, Paramount/Intermedia’s “K-19: The Widowmaker”

dives in.
  Opening* 

            Final cume* 
U-571 (’00) 

20

77
Deep Blue Sea

(’99) 

19 74

Sphere (’98) 

17

37

Crimson Tide (’95) 

19

91
The&nbspHunt&nbspfor&nbspRed&nbspOctober (’90) 

17

122
  *in

millions of $

BOWING
Movie Title Engagements
Stuart Little

2 (Sony)

 3,255

K-19: The Widowmaker (Par)
2,828
Eight Legged

Freaks (WB)*

 2,530
Tadpole (Miramax)
6
What to

Do in Case…

(Sony Rep) NY, LA

 3
Ayurveda:

Art of Being

(Kino Intl.) NY

 1
Langrishe,

Go Down

(Castle Hill)* NY

 1
EXPANDING
Road to Perdition

(Dreamworks)

 1,797-2,159
*Bowed Wed.  

YEAR TO DATE*
(in

billions of $)
4.1

’01

(thru July 15)

4.9

+19%

’02

(thru July 14)

1. Stuart Little 2

2. K-19

3. Road to Perdition

4. 8 Legged Freaks

5. Men in Black II

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RELEASE

DATES AND CHANGES
As

of July 18
Pic
New date
Old date
BUENA VISTA
Moonlight Mile Sept. 13 Sept. 20
The

25th Hour

 Jan. 10, ’03  
FINE LINE
Ripley’s

Game

Apr. 4, ’03 Oct. 4
MIRAMAX
Undisputed Aug. 23 Oct. 18
Comedian Aug. 30  
They 4th qtr. Aug. 23
Shaolin Soccer 1st qtr. ’03 Aug. 30
NEW LINE
Simone Aug. 23 Aug. 16
Secondhand

Lions

Nov. ’03  
SONY
Adaptation Dec. 6 4th qtr.
Punch-Drunk Love Dec. 11 4th qtr.
Tooth Fairy:

The Ghost of…†

 Jan. 31 ’03 Dec. 6
The Chambermaid Dec. 13 Dec. 25
Basic Feb. 7 ’03 1st qtr. ’03
Tears of the

Sun†

 March 7 ’03 1st qtr. ’03
L
il’

Pimp

 March 14 ’03  
Two

Cops

 July 11 ’03  
Red

indicates new entry †also a title change *All dates

2002 unless noted
Source: ACNielsen EDI FilmSource
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