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To: Francois H. Gaston who wrote (2021)12/20/1998 3:09:00 PM
From: Wowzer  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 3261
 
ABL will come in close to $10 million for the weekend! It looks like POE is DOA with $14 to $15 million, expectations were closer to $20 million! ABL at a $100 million by Christmas, gotta love it!!

Sunday December 20 1:04 PM ET

Hanks, Ryan combo beats Moses cartoon at box office

(Will be led)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - ''You've Got Mail'', a romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks and Meg
Ryan, delivered a No. 1 debut at the weekend box office, easily beating the Moses cartoon ''The
Prince of Egypt''.

According to studio estimates issued Sunday, Warner Bros.' ''You've Got Mail'' opened with $18.7
million for the Friday-to-Sunday period in North America, while DreamWorks' ''The Prince of
Egypt'' debuted at No. 2 with $14.3 million.

Walt Disney Co.'s ''A Bug's Life'' slipped a notch to No. 3 with $9.5 million, bringing its total to
$95.9 million.

Last week's No. 1, ''Star Trek: Insurrection'', tumbled to fourth in its second weekend with $8.5
million, a 60 percent slide from its opening score. The Paramount sci-fi saga's 10-day total is $35.8
million.

Warner Bros.' ''Jack Frost'' fell two places to No. 5 with $5 million, for a 10-day total of $13.6
million. It fell just 29 percent from it opening score.

Warner Bros. is a unit of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX - news) Paramount Pictures is a unit of
Viacom Inc. (AMEX:VIA - news) DreamWorks LLC is privately held.

Earlier Stories

'Trek' tops, 'Bug' snug in 2nd, 'Psycho' slumps (December 14)
'Star Trek: Insurrection' crushes box office rivals (December 13)