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Willis Takes Labor Day Weekend
By Kev
Posted on September 8, 1999 9:12 am, in News Byproducts
Hollywood (NBp) - According to Invented Stats Inc., the top
grossing movies over the Labor Day holiday weekend were:
- The Six Cents $22.2 million - Bruce Willis stars as a man out
for revenge after being short changed at a convenience store.
Audiences have been going back repeatedly because of the surprise
ending (***warning, spoilers ahead***) in which Willis gets his
money back.
- The 13th Mario $10.3 million - Antonio Banderas stars as the
lovable Nintendo plumber in this followup to Super Mario Bros.
- Bowfinger $9.8 million - The latest in the popular James Bond
series pits Bond against a supervillain who has a miniature bow
built around his index finger and uses it to shoot tiny, poisoned
arrows. It goes without saying that he intends to take over the world.
- Runway Bride $8.9 million - Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant are
reunited for the first time since Notting Hill in June. They play
a pilot and steward, respectively, that get married over the
plane's intercom system during landing.
- Tom Clown's Affair $6.6 million - Tom Arnold plays a clown
who works at childrens' parties by day and tries, unsuccessfully,
to meet women at night.
- Mikey's Blue Eyes $5.8 million - Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts
are reunited for the first time since Runway Bride in July. Grant
plays Mikey, the kid from the 80's cereal commercials, who tries to
escape his fame.
- Grill Factor $5.5 million - In this sequel to The Big Chill,
a group of adults get together and grill up some steaks on Labor Day.
- Dramamine $5.2 million - Though The Blair Witch Project
grossed only $1.5 million this weekend, the popular motion sickness
medication grossed more than $5 million from people going to see
the shaky film.
- The Ruse $3.6 million - Critical favorite Albert Brooks tries
to pull one over on moviegoers by creating a commercial success.
- The Astronaut's Pipe $3 million - An astronaut discovers that
ventilation on the space craft is not very good after he starts smoking
his favorite pipe and the other astronauts complain.
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