Weekend Box Office

December 5, 1999 23:53 PST - By Brandon Gray - Box Office News

Toy Story 2 grossed $27.8 million, a record for the frame and the fourth biggest weekend December has ever seen, behind Titanic's second weekend ($35.5 million), Scream 2's first ($32.9 million), and Titanic's first ($28.6 million). Its 52% drop was more than the original Toy Story's 31%, but was on par with A Bug's life's 48% and solid for being a sequel and for this frame. The total stands at an incredible $116.8 million after just 12 days of wide release, making it the 16th to cross the $100 million mark in this record-shattering year.

Meanwhile, The World is Not Enough fell 54% to $10.7 million, $90.4 million total. Though that's more than Goldeneye suffered in the same frame, World is still running 29% ahead of it. It's running slightly behind Tomorrow Never Dies, however that one was inflated by the Christmas holiday.

Meanwhile, End of Days tumbled 53% to $9.6 million for a disappointing $45.8 million total after 12 days. Sleepy Hollow fell 51% to $8.9 million for a bewitching $74.1 million total.

Dogma, after a precipitous 53% second week drop, has been holding up solidly. Over the holiday weekend, it was down 16%. This weekend, it grossed $2.1 million, down 38% when the norm is in the 50% range. The total stands at $24.4 million after 24 days.

On the other hand, Pokemon continued to have the most precipitous drop in the top ten, tumbling 67% to $2.3 million. Playing at 3,043 theaters, that amounts to an average of just $770.

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace made $1.3 million to start its one-week charity re-release. Playing at 832 theaters, it averaged $1,554, and its total rose to $429 million.

Some limited new releases racked up strong per theater averages as they started their bids for year-end awards. Neil Jordan's The End of the Affair scored $198,535 from 7 theaters for a $28,362 average. Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown debuted to $94,686 from 3 theaters averaging $31,562. Jane Campion's Holy Smoke grabbed $33,307 from two theaters. However, Anjelica Huston's Agnes Browne only managed $6,322 from two theaters.

Overall box office was down 50% from last weekend, but up 10% compared to the same period last year when A Bug's Life topped the chart with $17.2 million.