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December 8,1999
‘Toy Story 2 ’ sets reords; expected to set more
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There’s a new sheriffin Movietown.
"Toy Story 2," offering the further
animated adventures o f cowboy
Woody and his friends, opened with
a record $80.1 million to top the
five-day Thanksgiving hoi iday box
office, according to industry figures
Monday.
The D isney-Pixar sequel is set
records for the T hanksgiving
holiday, for a November opening
and for any animated film debut
ev er, a c c o rd in g to E x h ib ito r
Relations Co. Inc., which tracks
box office figures.
It more than doubled the opening
weekend toychest o f the original
“Toy Story” during Thanksgiving
weekend in 1995.
The sequel topped “Pokemon: The
First Movie,” which set a five-day
opening record for an animated film
o f $50.8 million just two weeks
ago. It smashed the previous five-
day Thanksgiving opening record
o f $45.7 million set last year by “A
Bug’s Life,” also made by Disney
and Pixar.
And its three-day gross o f $57.4
million broke the three-day record
for an animated film debut of$40.9
million, set by Disney’s “The Lion
King” in June 1994.
“Kids know all the characters. The
film was well-reviewed, so parents
Woody gets a rousing welcome from his TV co-star, Jessie the cowgirl in his new movie ‘Toy Story 2 'from
Disney and Pixar studios.
were eager to take their kids, and it
came during the long weekend with
plenty o f time for a movie outing,”
said Paul Dergarabedian, president
o f Exhibitor Relations. “They could
put out another sequel next week
and people would line up to see it.”
T he Jam es B ond ju g g e rn a u t
continued a second week, with “The
W orld Is Not Enough” sliding to
No. 2 with $34 million for five
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d ay s. T he d e b u t o f A rnold
Schwarzenegger’s “End o f Days”
was third with $31.5 million.
The multi-generational pull o f ' Toy
S to r y 2 " w as o b v io u s from
comments o f moviegoers lined up
to see the sequel at Universal City
on M onday. “ M y kids saw it
yesterday and told me I had to see
it,” said Linda Harris, 48, waiting in
line with Judy Fletcher, 50.
Happy
Birthday
Michael
Harper