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OT: Pixar's Animated 'Ratatouille' No. 1 at Weekend Box Office With $47.2M; 4th 'Die Hard' 2nd
Whether you own a company, work for a company, or associate with a company -
sometimes going to a movie is good for the soul.
Disney has put a rodent on top of the box office, though not the studio's
venerable mascot, Mickey Mouse.
"Ratatouille," an animated comedy about a gourmet rat that gets a chance to
cook in a French restaurant, debuted as the No. 1 weekend movie with $47.2
million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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20th Century Fox's action thriller "Live Free or Die Hard," Bruce Willis's
return as unstoppable cop John McClane, opened in second-place with $33.15
million. Since opening Wednesday, the movie has grossed $48.2 million.
In narrower release, Michael Moore's health care documentary "Sicko,"
released by the Weinstein Co. and Lionsgate, took in $4.5 million in its
nationwide debut to finish at No. 9. The movie opened in one New York City
theater a week earlier.
Focus Features' family drama "Evening," with an all-star cast that includes
Meryl Streep, Vanessa Redgrave, Glenn Close and Claire Danes, opened at No.
10 with $3.5 million.
The previous weekend's No. 1 movie, Universal's "Evan Almighty," fell to No.
3 with $15.1 million, raising its 10-day total to $60.6 million. The movie's
sharp 52 percent fall from opening weekend dims the studio's prospects for
recouping the enormous $175 million production budget for the film.
While "Ratatouille" easily dominated the weekend, it had the smallest debut
among releases by Disney's Pixar Animation unit since 1998's "A Bug's Life,"
which opened with $33.3 million. The other five Pixar films since then,
among them "Toy Story 2," "Finding Nemo" and last year's "Cars," had opening
weekends between $57.4 million and $70.5 million.
Chuck Viane, Disney's head of distribution, said "Ratatouille" was up
against more competition than past Pixar flicks. With sparkling reviews for
"Ratatouille," Disney is counting on the staying power at theaters that
other Pixar films have had.
"Our whole idea was to set ourselves up for what we call the 10-day
opening," Viane said of the upcoming Fourth of July week. "We look at this
as one extended playtime. We're in this for the long haul. We're glad we're
No. 1, but we're not trying to make this just a weekend wonder."
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