‘American Pie’ heats up No.1 spot at the box office

Monday, July 12, 1999 | 4:32 a.m.

The gross-out comedy knocked the sci-fi western out of the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office with $18.7 million in ticket sales.

"Wild Wild West" lost nearly 40 percent of its audience in its second week, earning $16.8 million.

The terrorism thriller "Arlington Road," the week's only other new film in wide release, opened in sixth place with $7.5 million.

The top 10 movies at North American theaters Friday through Monday, followed by distributing studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. and ACNielsen EDI Inc.:

1. "American Pie," Universal, $18.7 million, 2,508 locations, $7,460 average, $18.7 million, one week.

2. "Wild Wild West," Warner Bros., $16.8 million, 3,342 locations, $5,037 average, $76.5 million, two weeks.

3. "Big Daddy," Sony, $16 million, 3,254 locations, $4,926 average, $116.4 million, three weeks.

4. "Tarzan," Buena Vista, $10.8 million, 3,131 locations, $3,453 average, $129 million, four weeks.

5. "The General's Daughter," Paramount, $7.9 million, 2,710 locations, $2,926 average, $79.1 million, four weeks.

6. "Arlington Road," Sony, $7.5 million, 1,631 locations, $4,608 average, $7.5 million, one week.

7. "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace," 20th Century Fox, $7.4 million, 2,447 locations, $3,061 average, $385.1 million, eight weeks.

8. "South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut," Paramount, $7 million, 2,128 locations, $3,319 average, $35.5 million, two weeks.

9. "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me," New Line, $6.8 million, 2,608 locations, $2,618 average, $182.5 million, five weeks.

10. "Summer of Sam," Buena Vista/Touchstone, $3.4 million, 1,536 locations, $2,257 average, $14 million, two weeks.

11. "Notting Hill," Universal, $3 million, 1,579 locations, $1,910 average, $103.1 million, seven weeks.

12. "An Ideal Husband," Miramax, $2.2 million, 772 locations, $2,973 average, $9 million, four weeks.

13. "The Mummy," Universal, $867,505, 694 locations, $1,250 average, $149.6 million, 10 weeks.

14. "The Red Violin," Lions Gate, $516,074, 239 locations, $2,159 average, $5.3 million, five weeks.

15. "Shakespeare in Love," Miramax, $511,368, 572 locations, $894 average, $99.4 million, 31 weeks.

16. "The Matrix," Warner Bros., $510,407, 527 locations, $969 average, $167.5 million, 15 weeks.

17. "Tea With Mussolini," MGM, $441,750, 281 locations, $1,572 average, $11.5 million, nine weeks.

18. "Entrapment," 20th Century Fox, $398,179, 535 locations, $744 average, $84.9 million, 11 weeks.

19. "Run Lola Run," Sony Pictures Classics, $354,369, 55 locations, $6,443 average, $1.5 million, four weeks.

20. "Mysteries of Egypt," Destination Cinema, $348,357, 21 locations, $16,588 average, $13.1 million, 57 weeks.

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