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USA Today; Arlington, Va.; Sep 24, 2001
Jocelyn McClurg
Sub Title: [FINAL Edition]
Column Name: LIFELINE
Start Page: D.01
ISSN: 07347456
Abstract:
Mariah Carey's strut to the big screen landed with a thud. Glitter, the only
major studio release this weekend, opened at No. 10 at the box office with $2.5
million, according to early estimates from ACNielsen EDI. Says the tracking
firm's analyst, Tom Borys: "You always have a challenge trying to cross
over from music to the film business. Madonna has made a lot of attempts to
develop herself into a movie career, but it's not easy to do." The other
newcomer, Megiddo: Omega Code 2, an apocalyptic tale that played on only 314
screens, opened at No. 13 with $1.35 million. Hardball stayed at No. 1 with
$8.2 million, while The Others got a 13% boost and notched into the No. 2 spot
with $5.2 million. Rounding out the top 5: The Glass House ($4.4 million), Rush
Hour 2 ($3.7 million) and The Musketeer ($3.5 million).
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Copyright USA Today Information Network Sep 24, 2001
Entertainers continue to rally to help victims and survivors of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
* Paul McCartney will stage a benefit concert in New York within the next month to aid the city's firefighters. The time and place haven't been determined.
* Willie Nelson announced that this year's Farm Aid concert, set for Saturday in Noblesville, Ind., will help local efforts to restore the farmers market that was destroyed in the World Trade Center attacks.
* More than $100,000, plus 50% of ticket sales, will be donated to the September 11th Relief Fund from the Video Premiere Awards, to be held in Hollywood Oct. 23.
* New York's Carnegie Hall will present a free Concert of Remembrance on Sunday, with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, pianist James Levine and soprano Leontyne Price.
* New York's Lincoln Center is donating $100,000 to the Uniformed Firefighters Association Widows and Children's Fund.
* Broadway's Kiss Me, Kate, set to close Sunday, will stay open for at least two more weeks. Its company will donate 25% of its salaries to buy tickets, to be donated to relief workers and displaced families.
* Fifteen classic-rock artists will record patriotic anthems on Voices for America, a CD to raise funds for the American Red Cross Victims Relief Fund and the USO. Among them: John Cafferty and Pat Travers.
* An America the Beautiful recording made in Nashville in June by more than 50 country musicians will be released on audio and video, says the Declaration of Independence Road Trip, a Norman Lear project.
'Glitter' fails to make box office gold
Mariah Carey's strut to the big screen landed with a thud. Glitter, the
only major studio release this weekend, opened at No. 10 at the box office with
$2.5 million, according to early estimates from ACNielsen EDI. Says the tracking
firm's analyst, Tom Borys: "You always have a challenge trying to cross
over from music to the film business. Madonna has made a lot of attempts to
develop herself into a movie career, but it's not easy to do." The other
newcomer, Megiddo: Omega Code 2, an apocalyptic tale that played on only 314
screens, opened at No. 13 with $1.35 million. Hardball stayed at No. 1 with
$8.2 million, while The Others got a 13% boost and notched into the No. 2 spot
with $5.2 million. Rounding out the top 5: The Glass House ($4.4 million), Rush
Hour 2 ($3.7 million) and The Musketeer ($3.5 million). This is the worst weekend
of total box office this year, with a 19% drop from last weekend.
