Weekend Box Office PreviewJuly 19, 2002

July 18, 2002 | 06:35PM PT

Variety Staff

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*

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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