WEEKEND REPORT :: October 11-12, 2003 :: "Bill" kills

1.  Kill Bill ($22.7Million)
2.  School of Rock ($15.4 Million)
3.  Intolerable Cruelty ($13.1 Million)
4.  Good Boy! ($13.0 Million)
5.  Out of Time ($8.6 Million)
6.  House of the Dead ($5.5 Million)
7.  The Rundown ($5.3 Million)
9.  Secondhand Lions ($3.3 Million)
10.  Lost in Translation ($2.9 Million)

Quentin Tarantino’s grindhouse tribute Kill Bill slashed through the competition this weekend, and scoring the biggest opening of Tarantino’s career. Jackie Brown (1997) and Pulp Fiction (1994) each opened at approximately $9.3 million. Exit polls were very strong, with 90% of audiences reporting that they were eager to see Volume 2 which will hit theaters in February. The combined cost for both films is approximately $55 million. I’m sure there was some celebrating by Miramax execs over the weekend.

Jack Black grabbed the #2 slot with his School of Rock slipping only 20% to bring in $15.4 million. School continues to enjoy very positive word-of-mouth.

George Clooney and Cathera Zeta Jones’ Intolerable Cruelty opened in third place with $13.1 million.

Building momentum for it’s wide release next week is the Clint Eastwood directed Mystic River. it opened in 13 theaters and grossed an amazing $45,500 per venue.

NEXT WEEK: Mystic River, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Runaway Jury.