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'Finding Nemo' sets animated opening record

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'Finding Nemo' sets animated opening record

Sunday, June 1, 2003

Reuters

LOS ANGELES, California -- The underwater comedy-adventure "Finding Nemo" doused its rivals at the box office by selling $70.6 million worth of tickets in its first three days of release, setting a new opening record for an animated film, the company said Sunday.

The computer-animated fishy tale surpassed the $62.5 million release weekend of Disney/Pixar's "Monsters, Inc." in November 2001, Disney said.

The film sent Universal Pictures' Jim Carrey comedy "Bruce Almighty" down to the No. 2 slot with an estimated three-day haul of $35.6 million; the 10-day haul for "Bruce" surged to $135.7 million. Universal is a unit of Vivendi Universal SA.

The top 10 boasted two other newcomers. Paramount Pictures' "The Italian Job," a remake of the 1969 crime caper of the same name, opened at No. 3 with a strong $19.3 million. Paramount is a unit of Viacom Inc.

Twentieth Century Fox's "Wrong Turn," a low-budget teen thriller, grossed a modest $5 million, tied at No. 6 with the studio's "X2: X-Men United." Fox is a unit of News Corp.'s Fox Entertainment Group Inc.

"Finding Nemo," which Disney produced with Pixar Animation Studios Inc., revolves around a plucky clownfish in the Australian tropics who must reunite with his father (voiced by Albert Brooks). Ellen DeGeneres also added her voice to the film, which was directed and co-written by Andrew Stanton, a veteran of such Pixar hits as "Toy Story" and "A Bug's Life."

BOX OFFICE TOP 10

Following are the top 10 movies at the North American box office for the May 30-June 1 weekend weekend, according to studio estimates collected Sunday by Reuters. Final data will be issued Monday.

1. 'Finding Nemo,' $70.6 million
2. 'Bruce Almighty,' $35.6 million
3. 'The Italian Job,' $19.3 million
4. 'The Matrix Reloaded,' $15.0 million
5. 'Daddy Day Care,' $6.8 million
6. 'X2: X-Men United,' $5.0 million
6. 'Wrong Turn,' $5.0 million
8. 'The In-Laws,' $3.7 million
9. 'Down With Love,' $1.6 million
10. 'The Lizzie McGuire Movie,' $1.0 million
10. 'Bend It Like Beckham,' $1.0 million
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