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Top 25 films of 1997 (Countdown will begin Sunday Nov. 26th at Noon EST 9AM PST)

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September 1997

Weekend #36: September 5th - 7th

http://www.boxofficeguru.com/090897.htm

 

Fire Down Below

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Thanks to a weak marketplace, Steven Seagal was able to claim the number one spot for the first time in over three years as Fire Down Below collected $6.1M over the post-Labor Day frame. His last film to debut at the top was during the weekend of February 18-21, 1994 when On Deadly Ground bumped Ace Ventura: Pet Detective out of the number one slot. Warner Bros. will be able to use the line "Number One Movie in America" in its advertisements for the rest of the week but it won't help their action picture become a hit. Although it is the box office leader, Fire posted the weakest #1 debut of any film this year and second lowest weekend gross for a #1 film in 1997 (Jerry Maguire led the weekend box office over the January 24-26 period with $5.5M in its seventh weekend of release). The last film to open at number one with a smaller amount was nearly a year ago when Maximum Risk, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, collected $5.6M over the September 13-15, 1996 frame.

Seagal's popularity is steadily declining, as evidenced by the paltry opening of Fire Down Below. His last three films have achieved an average 30.2% of their total gross over the opening weekend. At the same rate, Fire will eventually top off at $20M. However, if it follows the path of his last film The Glimmer Man, Fire will end up with less than $17M and become the lowest-grossing film of Seagal's career making less than the $18.9M that Above The Law collected in 1988. This is nothing but bad news for Seagal. The table below follows the box office performances of his films during this decade:

 

Latin Boys Go to Hell

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Weekend #37 - September 12th-14th

http://www.boxofficeguru.com/091597.htm

 

The Game

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BOX OFFICE GURU SNIPPET

Taking advantage of an open playing field, The Game powered its way to a muscular debut of $14.3M which makes it the second-biggest September opening ever after The First Wives Club's $18.9M debut last year. The $14.3M showing exceeded the opening weekend performance of director David Fincher's last film, 1995's Seven, which went on to gross $100M domestically and over $300M worldwide. For Michael Douglas, it was his biggest opening weekend since Basic Instinct which debuted to the sound of $15.1M over five years ago. And Polygram could not have asked for a better way to inaugurate their new film distribution arm. The Game benefited from a severe lack of competition as the other choices that audiences had were stale summer leftovers and the second session of the Steven Seagal flop Fire Down Below. This cleared the way for The Game, which itself was marketed superbly, to secure a massive amount of screens and command the attention of moviegoers.

Speaking with Bill Soady, president of distribution at Polygram Films, he stated that The Game played to the distributor's expectations. Polygram was "very satisfied" with the opening and it performed well in demographic groups across the board especially with young males. Of Polygram's maiden release Soady said "There is always pressure when releasing a film but we knew this was a great movie to start with." With good word-of-mouth, he expects The Game to continue to play strongly despite heavy competition in the weeks ahead.

 

 

Different for Girls (1996???)

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Bandwagon (1996???)

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1. Good Will Hunting

2. Princess Mononoke

3. Boogie Nights

4. Men in Black

5. L.A Confidential

6. The Sweet Hereafter

7. Starship Troopers

8. The Full Monty

9. Gattaca

10. Amistad

11. Anastasia

12. Cop Land

13. The Devil's Advocate

14. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

15. In the Company of Men

16. Face/Off

17. Lost Highway

18. Jackie Brown

19. Hercules

20. Air Force One

21. Titanic

22. Chasing Amy

23. The Fifth Element

24. The Lost World

25. Anaconda

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Just make sure that you send all your top 25 to both me and Tower by private message please. Any top 25 that is posted in here will not be counted towards the final score.

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