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October 13, 2003 -- "Kill
Bill" made a killing over the weekend: The gory Quentin Tarantino flick took in
$22.7 million to become No. 1 at the box office.
The bloody homage to 1970s kung-fu films, starring Uma Thurman as a sexy assassin who nonchalantly hacks off limbs and heads in her quest for revenge, was Tarantino's best opening ever. His last two flicks, "Pulp Fiction" and "Jackie Brown," debuted with about $9.3 million apiece. The red-hot opening is good news for Miramax, because "Kill Bill" is being released in two parts. The second installment is due Feb. 20, and the combined budget for both was only $55 million. Exit polls indicated 90 percent of audience members on the first weekend wants to see "Kill Bill: Vol. 2," said Rick Sands, Miramax chief operating officer. "The gamble paid off," he said. "We think it was a smart decision to split the movie." Last weekend's topper, "School of Rock," starring Jack Black as a teacher who turns schoolkids into rockers, slipped to No. 2, with $15.4 million. Its 10-day total is $39.6 million.
The other big new release, the Coen brothers' quirky romantic comedy "Intolerable Cruelty," with George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones, opened in third place, with $13.1 million, slightly less than expected. The family movie "Good Boy!" from MGM - about talking dogs from outer space - opened at No. 4, with $13 million. At No. 5, Denzel Washington's PG-13 thriller "Out of Time," also from MGM, raked in $8.6 million in its second weekend, for a 10-day total of $28.7 million.
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