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Jeepers Creepers Scares Its Way To #1
Tuesday, September 4, 2001 9:11 PM EDT
The usually tepid Labor Day box office was dominated by the teen-targeted horror movie "Jeepers Creepers", which scared up a record $15.8 million over the four-day weekend, according to studio estimates Monday.
Those of you who follow the weekly box-office horse race undoubtedly realize that $15.8 million isn't exactly Jurassic Park territory. Labor Day is never a big movie weekend, usually reserved for castoffs. In fact, the previous recordholder was 1996's The Crow: City of Angels, which winged in with just $9.8 million.
Jeepers Creepers, a haunted road-trip thriller, crept into the top slot ahead of a crop of lingerers and leftovers. The other new entry, "O", opened in seventh place with an estimated $6.9 million.
The R-rated Lions Gate release that was long-delayed because of fears over its high-school shooting storyline attracted as slightly older audience than Jeepers Creepers, earning $4,812 per each of its 1,434 screens. MGM's R-rated Jeepers Creepers averaged $5,379 at 2,944 screens.
Established sequel hits "Rush Hour 2" and "American Pie 2" showed only minimum dropoff from the previous weekend. The Jackie Chan/Chris Tucker buddy caper held onto the second slot with only a 13 percent downturn, earning $11.8 million over four days to bring its five-week gross to $198.9 million. Last week's number one, Pie 2, fell 29 percent to third place with $11.6 million, bringing its four-week total to $125.6 million.
The sharpest drop came from "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back", which lost 50 percent of its debut numbers and dropped from third place to eighth with just $6.4 million.
Overall, the top 12 films grossed $94.7 million, up 25 percent from last year's Labor Day weekend, when Bring It On was the repeat number one. If estimates hold up when final figures are released Tuesday, it will be a new Labor Day record.
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