Weekend Box Office Preview August 5, 2004

Can 'Collateral' Cruise to boffo B.O.?

By VARIETY STAFF

CRUISE CONTROL

Tom Cruise looks to reignite his summer stamina at the domestic box office today with "Collateral." While 2002's "Minority Report" wasn't a disappointment, pic fell slightly short of his high-wattage numbers. The thesp's top five summer hits:

DOMESTIC B.O.*

Mission:Impossible 2 ('00)	215
Mission: Impossible ('96)	181
Top Gun ('86)	177
The Firm ('93)	158
Minority Report ('02)	132
*in millions of $

BOWING
Movie Title	Engagements
Collateral (DreamWorks)	3,188
Little Black Book (Sony/Revolution)	2,445
Open Water (Lions Gate)	47
Saints and Soldiers (Excel)	25
Stander (Newmarket), NY, LA	7
Code 46 (MGM) NY, LA	3
Bang Rajan (Magnolia) LA	3
Last Life in the Universe (Palm) NY	2

YEAR TO DATE
(in billions of $)
5.3 '03 thru Aug. 3	5.6 +6% '04 thru Aug. 1

	1. Collateral 2. The Village 3. The Bourne Supremacy 4. Little Black Book 5. Manchurian Candidate	AOL Moviefone derives its Top Five Most Requested films from activity on its Web site. The Top Five have historically been 80% accurate in predicting the weekend's top five movies at the box office.
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RELEASE DATES AND CHANGES
As of Aug. 5
Pic	New date	Old date
DISNEY
Mr. 3000	Sept. 17	Sept. 24
Ladder 49	Oct. 1	Oct. 8
DREAMWORKS
The Ring 2	March 24	Nov. 10
FOX
The Flight of the Phoenix	Nov. 24	Oct. 22
Hide and Seek	April 8	April 1
Mr. and Mrs. Smith	June 10
Untitled Mike Judge	Aug. 5 '05
Fever Pitch	Oct. 7 '05
Ice Age II	March 31 '05
LION'S GATE
Final Cut	Sept. 24	Sept.
Undead	2nd qtr.
Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Sept. 24 2nd qtr. '05	Sept.
MGM
Be Cool	March 4	Feb. 11
The Amityville Horror	April 15	Jan. 14
MIRAMAX
Paperclips	Sept. 8	3rd qtr.
Infernal Affairs	Sept. 17	Sept. 10
SONY
Bernie Mac/Ashton Kutcher Comedy	June 3	June 10
UNIVERSAL
Doom	Aug. 5 '05
Red indicates new entry

Source: Nielsen EDI Filmsource