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Jim Carrey`s divine powers overcome Matrix
Los Angeles, May 26: The new Jim Carrey movie `Bruce Almighty` bounced `The Matrix Reloaded` from the top spot at the North American holiday box office, setting a record for a non-sequel comedy.
Los Angeles, May 26: The new Jim Carrey movie "Bruce Almighty" bounced "The Matrix Reloaded" from the top spot at the North American holiday box office, setting a record for a non-sequel comedy.
According to studio estimates issued on Sunday, "Bruce Almighty" earned $70.5 million for the first three days of the US Memorial Day holiday weekend. The Keanu Reeves sci-fi thriller "The Matrix Reloaded" slipped to a distant No. 2 with $37.2 million.
Data for other films was unavailable with most studios waiting until Monday to report four-day figures. Final grosses for the weekend will be released on Tuesday. "Bruce Almighty," an $81 million project released by Vivendi Universal SA's Universal Pictures, stars Carrey as a disenchanted TV newsman given divine powers by God himself, played by Morgan Freeman. Universal produced the film with privately held Spyglass Entertainment.
Carrey's previous best opening was the 2000 film, "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas," which also held the record for a non-sequel comedy with a three-day bow of $55.1 million. The best comedy opening overall is the 2002 comedy "Austin Powers in Goldmember" with $73.1 million.
Universal also predicted a four-day sum of $86.1 million, which would make "Bruce Almighty" the No. 2 opener for the four-day Memorial Day holiday following the $90.2 million launch for "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" in 1997.
Meanwhile, "The Matrix Reloaded" sped to $201.1 million after 11 days -- including evening screenings a day before it officially opened on May 15 -- becoming the second-fastest movie to reach a double century. The 2002 hit "Spider-Man" took nine days.
On Friday, the film's ninth day of release, it passed the lifetime total of its 1999 predecessor, "The Matrix," which ended up with $171 million. The films were released by Warner Bros. Pictures, a unit of AOL Time Warner Inc, which partnered on the series with Australia's Village Roadshow.
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Data for other films was unavailable with most studios waiting until Monday to report four-day figures. Final grosses for the weekend will be released on Tuesday. "Bruce Almighty," an $81 million project released by Vivendi Universal SA's Universal Pictures, stars Carrey as a disenchanted TV newsman given divine powers by God himself, played by Morgan Freeman. Universal produced the film with privately held Spyglass Entertainment.
Carrey's previous best opening was the 2000 film, "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas," which also held the record for a non-sequel comedy with a three-day bow of $55.1 million. The best comedy opening overall is the 2002 comedy "Austin Powers in Goldmember" with $73.1 million.
Universal also predicted a four-day sum of $86.1 million, which would make "Bruce Almighty" the No. 2 opener for the four-day Memorial Day holiday following the $90.2 million launch for "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" in 1997.
Meanwhile, "The Matrix Reloaded" sped to $201.1 million after 11 days -- including evening screenings a day before it officially opened on May 15 -- becoming the second-fastest movie to reach a double century. The 2002 hit "Spider-Man" took nine days.
On Friday, the film's ninth day of release, it passed the lifetime total of its 1999 predecessor, "The Matrix," which ended up with $171 million. The films were released by Warner Bros. Pictures, a unit of AOL Time Warner Inc, which partnered on the series with Australia's Village Roadshow.
Bureau Report