US Box Office
With no big names attached to it, and only a remake stamp on it, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (opens here 22 Jan) slashed a $29.1 million slice of the box office. In its second week, Kill Bill Volume 1 managed to get some too, $12.5 million, almost down 50% from last week. Runaway Jury (opens here 11 Mar) has enough big names to take the top spot, but strangely lands a nr 3 spot with only $12.1 million. School of Rock finishes fourth with an admirable $11.3 million. Critically acclaimed Mystic River (opens here 23 Oct), helmed by Clint Eastwood, finishes the top 5 with $10.3 million, showing promise, as it opened in far less theatres than the others.