Hot off-screen and on
So are movie audiences drawn to films where the actors really are having a thing? We can test that theory again today when “The Break-Up” with Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston opens. Here’s a look at the top five movies in which the couple on-screen was also a recent couple off-screen – (first figure is total domestic gross, second is opening weekend, in millions unless otherwise noted):
1. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
$186.3 (Brad Pitt/ Angelina Jolie)
$50.3, 2005
2. There’s Something About Mary
$176.5 (Cameron Diaz/Matt Dillon)
$13.7, 1998
3. Scooby-Doo
$153.3 (Sarah Michelle Gellar/Freddie Prinze Jr.)
$54.2, 2002
4. Good Will Hunting
$138.4, (Matt Damon/ Minnie Driver)
$272,912, 1997
5. Traffic
$124.1 (Michael Douglas/Catherine Zeta-Jones)
$184,725, 2000
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Here are last week’s gross revenues in millions of dollars at North American theaters for the top 15 films, followed by total amount grossed and number of weeks in release in parentheses.
1
X-Men: The Last Stand
$122.8 (one week)
2
The Da Vinci Code
$42.4
$144.9 (two weeks)
3
Over the Hedge
$35.3
$84.4 (two weeks)
4
Mission: Impossible III
$8.9
$116.2 (four weeks)
5
Poseidon
$7.1
$46.7 (three weeks)
6
RV
$5.4
$57.3 (five weeks)
7
See No Evil
$3.4
$9.4 (two weeks)
8
Just My Luck
$2.5
$14.1 (three weeks)
9
United 93
$1.1
$29.9 (five weeks)
10
Ice Age: The Meltdown
$1
$190.7 (nine weeks)
11
An American Haunting
$909,568
$14.9 (four weeks)
12
Akeelah and the Bee
$902,487
$17.1 (five weeks)
13
Fanaa
$878,938 (one week)
14
Keeping Up With the Steins
$708,972
$2 (three weeks)
15
The Sentinel
$635,378
$35.2 (six weeks)
