"Scream" Strands Leo's "Beach"

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"Scream" Strands Leo's "Beach"

Thu., Jan. 13, 2000 2:40 PM PST by Bridget Byrne

Scream 3 managed to send out enough sound waves to strand Leo on The Beach this weekend.

Despite business dropping off 53 percent from last week, Miramax's scare flick also buried Snow Day and tamed The Tigger Movie to remain the nation's No. 1 movie for a second week.

According to box-office estimates, the horror-comedy sequel earned an estimated $16.4 million and has now racked up a $57 million gross.

Meanwhile, Leonardo DiCaprio's The Beach did some un-Titanic-like business, premiering with an estimated $15 million. The movie was plagued by poor reviews and a not-so-cute, R-rated scenario unsuitable for the teenage girls still gaga over Leo. Fox's only consolation was that the paradise-gone-bad flick had a per-screen average of $5,892, the highest in the Top 10.

However, it wasn't much better than Paramount's kiddie comedy Snow Day, which debuted with a per-screen average of $5,556 to earn an estimated $14.8 million in third place.

In fourth was another new movie, the Winnie the Pooh sidekick cartoon The Tigger Movie, which earned Disney $9.2 million.

Several mainstays filled out the Top 10, including the wee-mouse movie Stuart Little, which has now grossed $132 million in nine weeks (enough to guarantee a sequel), and Ashley Judd's thriller Eye of the Beholder, which managed to hang in at 10th despite a huge drop-off from the previous week and, with just $2.1 million earned this weekend, a gross of only $15.1 million in three weeks.

Here is a rundown of the weekend's Top 10, according to estimates by Exhibitor Relations:

1. Scream 3, $16.4 million
2. The Beach, $15 million
3. Snow Day, $14.8 million
4. The Tigger Movie, $9.2 million
5. The Hurricane, $3.6 million
6. The Green Mile, $3 million
7. Next Friday, $2.8 million
8. Stuart Little, $2.7 million
9. Galaxy Quest, $2.2 million
10. Eye of the Beholder, $2.1 million