New Line Cinema's 'Wedding Crashers' Outperforms Estimates to Earn $33.9 Million in Its Debut Weekend
July 19 2005 - 5:05AM
PR Newswire (US)
New Line Cinema's 'Wedding Crashers' Outperforms Estimates to Earn
$33.9 Million in Its Debut Weekend Final Domestic Box Office
Revenues Better Than Initial Projections LOS ANGELES, July 19
/PRNewswire/ -- The New Line Cinema comedy "Wedding Crashers"
opened this weekend with a remarkable $33.9 million performance at
the domestic box office. The figure represents a $2 million
improvement on the studio's initial weekend box office estimates.
Starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn and directed by David Dobkin,
"Wedding Crashers" was warmly received by audiences across the
country as its debut in 2,925 theaters resulted in an impressive
$11,589 per screen average. "We're thrilled with how strong
'Wedding Crashers' opened and believe it's just the beginning of
what should be a great run throughout the summer for the film,"
said Toby Emmerich, New Line's Production President. "For a movie
with just a $40 million budget to open like this in a marketplace
crowded with big-budget competition is a real tribute to everyone
involved with it." The outrageous comedy "Wedding Crashers" stars
Vaughn and Wilson as divorce mediators and lifelong friends who
have never met a wedding they couldn't get themselves into. Guided
by a secret set of wedding crashing "rules," the pair find their
way into a different wedding and different bridesmaid's heart every
week. But when they crash the social event of the season, one of
them falls for the engaged daughter (Rachel McAdams) of an
influential and eccentric politician (Christopher Walken) and
decides to break the "rules" in pursuit of her. This leads to a
wild weekend at her family's palatial estate where the ultimate
"Crashers" quickly find themselves in way over their heads. About
New Line Cinema Corporation: New Line Cinema is the oldest and most
successful independent film company in the world. In addition to
the production, marketing and distribution of theatrical motion
pictures, the fully-integrated studio has divisions devoted to home
entertainment, television, music, theater, licensing, merchandising
and international marketing and distribution. New Line is a pioneer
in franchise filmmaking and its Oscar-winning The Lord of the Rings
trilogy is the most successful film franchise in history. New Line
is a unit of Time Warner (TWX). Candice McDonough New Line Cinema
310-967-6991 DATASOURCE: New Line Cinema Corporation CONTACT:
Candice McDonough of New Line Cinema, +1-310-967-6991
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