Weekend Box Office Preview
June 18, 2004

Spielberg's 'Terminal' looking to soar

By VARIETY STAFF

HIGHER PLANE
Box office for "The Terminal" will try to land among Steven Spielberg's top non-tentpole pics.
HIGHEST-GROSSING SPIELBERG NON-TENTPOLE PICS
Pic	Domestic B.O.*
Saving Private Ryan ('98)	216
Catch Me if You Can ('02)	165
Minority Report ('02)	132
Schindler's List ('93)	96
The Color Purple ('85)	94
A.I. ('01)	79
*Figures in millions of $

BOWING
Movie Title		Engagements
The Terminal (D'Works)		2,811
Around the World in 80 Days (BV)*		2,801
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (20th)		2,694
Lakshya (UTV)		52
Facing Windows (Sony Classics) NY, LA		7
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (Par Classics) NY		2
The Hunting of the President (Regent) NY, Ark.		2
Father and Son (Wellspring) NY		1
Seducing Dr. Lewis (Wellspring)* NY		1
Saints and Sinners (Avatar) NY		1
Howard Zinn: You Can't Ben Neutral... (First Run) OR		1
*bowed Wed.

YEAR TO DATE
(in billions of $)
3.7 '03 (thru June 15)	3.9 +5% '04 (thru June 13)

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RELEASE DATES AND CHANGES
As of June 17
Movie Title	New date	Old date
ECONOMIC PROJECTIONS
Assisted Living	Feb. 4
MGM
De-Lovely	July 2	June 25
De-Lovely (expansion)	July 16
NEW YORKER
Life & Times - Director's Cut	Aug. 18
Vodka Lemon	Oct. 1
Intimate Stories	Dec. 17
SONY CLASSICS
Zhou Yu's Train	July 16	July 2
WELLSPRING
Notre Music	Dec.
Red indicates new entry Source: ACNielsen EDI FilmSource