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11 October 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Many of the sets and plasticine characters used for the filming of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit turned out to be the only survivors of Monday's fire at a Bristol, England warehouse that destroyed the rest of Aardman Animation's sets, props, storyboards, and characters, the company said today (Monday). The Were-Rabbit artifacts, it disclosed, were saved because they were being exhibited elsewhere in England (including the Imperial War Museum) to promote the movie. Director Nick Park said that he had been carrying the Wallace & Gromit characters from the latest film in his suitcase. He told the London Sun: "They have been going with me on a world tour. I keep them safe in a special suitcase. They were with me at my house when the fire happened. ... I rang up the office this morning to find out how the film had done in the US. I was told the great news that it was Number One and then they said there was some bad news as well." In reporting on the aftermath of the fire the London Times observed today: "Not since Ben Hur's chariot went up in smoke when Cecil B DeMille's original wooden studio caught fire has the film world suffered such a loss." The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, DreamWorks, $16,025,987, (New); 2. Flightplan, Disney, $10,764,440, 3 Wks. ($60,916,649); 3. In Her Shoes, 20th Century Fox, $10,017,575, (New); 4. Two for the Money, Universal, $8,703,240, (New); 5. The Gospel, Screen Gems, $7,523,571, (New); 6. Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, Warner Bros., $6,511,336, 3 Wks. ($42,116,028); 7. Waiting..., Lions Gate, $6,021,106, (New); 8. Serenity, Universal, $5,352,090, 2 Wks. ($18,020,875); 9. A History of Violence, New Line, $5,067,000, 3 Wks. ($16,638,684); 10. Into the Blue, Sony, $4,830,342, 2 Wks. ($13,903,087).

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10 October 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

The fire that destroyed Aardman Animation studios in Bristol, England today (Monday) occurred just as studio officials were tallying weekend receipts showing that the company's Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit had opened in first place at the domestic box office with $16.1 million. It took in an additional $9.2 million in 13 other countries, including $5 million at 487 previews in the U.K. on Saturday and Sunday. Released by DreamWorks Animation in the U.S. (and UIP abroad), the movie performed about as expected during a lackluster weekend at the nation's theaters, which saw the Jodie Foster thriller Flightplan land in second place with $10.8 million after holding on to the top spot for the previous two weekends. The remaining top five were all new releases, with In Her Shoes opening in third place with $10 million; Two for the Money, in fourth with $8.4 million; and The Gospel, in fifth with $8 million. The critically acclaimed Good Night, and Good Luck, about legendary TV journalist Edward R. Murrow's 1954 clash with Red-hunting Senator Joseph McCarthy earned $420,000 at 11 theaters. The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations: 1. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, $16.1 million; 2. Flightplan, $10.8 million; 3. In Her Shoes, $10 million; 4. Two for the Money, $8.4 million; 5. The Gospel, $8 million; 6. Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, $6.5 million; 7. Waiting ..., $5.7 million; 8. A History of Violence, $5.1 million; 9. Serenity, $4.9 million; 10. Into the Blue, $4.8 million.

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7 October 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Waiting... about a group working at a chain restaurant, gets small-change tips from the critics. In fact the only tip Lou Lumenick gives in his review of the movie is: "Skip this." Stephen Holden in the New York Times calls it "a witless farce." Mike Clark in USA Today concludes: "Geared to 16-year-olds who can't name the governor of their state, this movie ought to be closed down by the health department." And Elizabeth Weitzman in the New York Daily News says the movie is "such an obvious candidate for the direct-to-video shelf, someone will surely be demoted for sending it into actual theaters."

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