‘Bridget’ Carries a Slow Weekend

It was a relatively quiet weekend at the box office, but that was just fine with Miramax/Dimension, which saw two of their films ranked No. 1 and 2. The romantic comedy “Bridget Jones’s Diary” won the weekend by a photo finish with $10.2 million in ticket sales after Miramax had added 610 screens following the film’s debut.

“Spy Kids” continued its strong spring run, grossing $10.1 million, while the thriller “Along Came a Spider” made $8.8 million.

The Paul Hogan comedy sequel “Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles” made $7.7 million for fourth place, while the raunchy, R-rated Tom Green comedy “Freddy Got Fingered,” which was hammered by critics, grossed $7.1 million.

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Three-day gross/ Screens/ Weeks in Movie (Studio) Total (millions) Average Release 1. “Bridget Jones’s Diary” $10.2 2,221 2 (Miramax) $25.3 $4,585 2. “Spy Kids” $10.1 3,191 4 (Dimension) $86.5 $3,156 3. “Along Came a Spider” $8.8 2,543 3 (Paramount) $46.8 $3,442 4. “Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles” $7.7 2,123 1 (Paramount) $7.7 $3,634 5. “Freddy Got Fingered’ ’ $7.1 2,271 1 (Fox) $7.1 $3,126 6. “Blow” $5.9 2,103 3 (New Line) $35.2 $2,806 7. “Joe Dirt” $5.3 2,638 2 (Sony/Columbia) $19.1 $2,013 8. “Kingdom Come” $4.2 1,111 2 (Fox Searchlight) $16.1 $3,789 9. “Josie and the Pussycats” $2.9 2,558 2 (Universal) $11.5 $1,150 10.”Enemy at the Gates” $2.0 1,645 6 (Paramount) $46.4 $1,237 “The Claim” $94,082 23 1 (United Artists) $111,300* $4,091

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* Had two-week run in December

SOURCE: Exhibitor Relations Co.