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'Dinosaur' Gives Disney Weekend to Roar About


By ROBERT W. WELKOS

It has a long way to go to break even on its
$170-million-to-$200-million production budget, but Disney's new
animation extravaganza of a movie, "Dinosaur," got off to a roaring
start as it raked in $38.9 million during its maiden weekend. The film
delivered Disney's third-highest opening for an animated film behind
last year's "Toy Story 2" ($57.4 million) and 1994's "The Lion King"
($40.9 million).

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The John Travolta sci-fi film "Battlefield Earth" plummeted in its
second week, grossing $3.9 million over the weekend. "Gladiator"
became the second film released this year to surpass $100 million at
the domestic box office.

                 	Three-day gross   Screens/  	Weeks in
Movie (Studio)   Total (millions)  	 Average   	Release



1. "Dinosaur"         $38.9    	3,257  		1
(Disney)                  $38.9  	$11,930
2. "Gladiator"         $19.7    	3,041 	 	3
(DreamWorks)        $103.1   	$6,494
3. "Road Trip"        $15.5   	2,530  		1
(DreamWorks)        $15.5   	$6,120
4. "U-571"              $4.6    	2,736  		5
(Universal)              $64.4   	$1,695
5. "Frequency"       $4.3    	2,202  		4
(New Line)               $30.4   	$1,971
6. "Battlefield Earth"   $3.9    	3,307  		2
(Warner Bros.)          $18.3   	$1,187
7. "Small Time Crooks"  $3.88      865  		1
(DreamWorks)                $3.88   	$4,486
8. "Center Stage"      $3.3    	1,506  		1
(Sony/Columbia)         $3.3   	$2,160
9. "Where the Heart Is" $2.8    	2,147  		4
(Fox)                             $25.6   	$1,291
10. "Flinstones/
Viva Rock Vegas"       $2.5    	2,692  		4
(Universal)                    $27.8     	$945