Weekend Box Office Preview August 13, 2004

'Princess' looks to capture kiddies at the B.O.

By VARIETY STAFF

LATE SUMMER FAMILY FUN
Disney's past two August releases played to wide auds, and the Mouse House hopes to duplicate that B.O. boon with 'The Princess Diaries 2.'
AUGUST'S TOP GROSSING PG & G RATED PICS*
Freaky Friday (BV '03)	110
The Princess Diaries (BV '01)	108
Spy Kids 2 (Miramax, '02)	86
Babe (U, '95)	64
The Little Rascals (U, '94)	52
*in millions of $, since 1994

OPENINGS
Movie Title		Engagements
Princess Diaries 2 : Royal Engangement (BV) Bowed Wed.		3,472
Alien vs. Predator (20th)		3,395
Yu-Gi-Oh! (WB)		2,411
Tom Dowd... (Palm)		10
We Don't Live Here Anymore (Warner Indep.) NY, LA		7
Danny Deckchair (Lions Gate) NY, LA		4
L.A. Twister (Indican) SF		2
Merci Docteur Rey (Regent) NY		1
Cowards Bend at the Knee (Zeitgeist) NY		1

YEAR TO DATE*
(in millions of $)
5.6 2003 (thru Aug. 10 )	5.8 +5% 2004 (thru Aug. 8)

	1. Alien vs. Predator 2. The Princess Diaries 2 3. Collateral 4. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5. The Bourne Supremacy	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. 12
Movie Title	New date	Old date
DISNEY

The Last Shot	Sept. 24	Sept.
The Chronicles of Narnia...	Dec. 9 '05	Xmas '05
DREAMWORKS
Surviving Christmas	Oct. 22	Nov. 10
FOX SEARCHLIGHT
I Heart Huckabee's	Oct. 1	Oct. 15
The Onion Movie	TBA	Dec. 17
MGM
The Dust Factory	Oct. 15	Oct. 8
PARAMOUNT
Without a Paddle	Aug. 20	Aug. 18
SONY CLASSICS
Warriors of Heaven and Earth	Sept. 3	Aug. 27
Lightning in a Bottle	Oct. 22	Oct. 15
Imaginary Heroes	Feb. 4
In My Country	Feb. 11	Jan. 28
UNIVERSAL
Curious George	Feb. 10 '06	Sept. 30 '05

*New entries in red