Feature Films by LDS/Mormon Filmmakers and Actors
Weekend Box Office Report (U.S. Domestic Box Office Gross)
Weekend of November 10, 2000
Natl Film Title Weekend Gross
Rank LDS/Mormon Filmmaker/Star Total Gross Theaters Days
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26 Bring It On 174,220 281 80
Eliza Dushku (2nd billed star) 67,256,010
35 Nurse Betty 113,340 201 66
Neil LaBute (writer/director) 24,430,390
37 Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man 102,186 16 192
Reed Smoot (cinematographer) 7,908,793
40 Wonder Boys 87,505 15 96
LDS main character: "Hannah" 18,838,207
45 Galapagos 64,167 10 381
Reed Smoot (cinematographer) 8,214,381
85 Island of the Sharks 7,856 5 563
Alan Williams (composer) 8,869,269
110 Mark Twain's America 3D 1,642 1 864
Alan Williams (composer) 2,046,490
"Wonder Boys" was re-released this week, after many months of absence from theaters. It was re-released with the hopes that being in theaters would remind Academy voters of the film, to hopefuly garner Academy Award nominations. It was a gambit that paid off. The film eventually received 3 Academy Award nominations (Best Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Song), including one win (Best Song). The numbers for "Wonder Boys" in the "Days" column in the table above show the total number of days the film has actually been in theaters, and not the number of days since it was first released. (Thus, the period of time during which the film was NOT in theaters are not included in the "Days" figure.)