Posted: Thu., Mar. 31, 2005, 5:20pm PT

Weekend Box Office Preview
April 1, 2005

'Sin' springing ahead of summer B.O. season

By Variety Staff

SPRING FORWARD

Few April openers have long legs but there are some that reversed the trend and generated a high percentage of their B.O. from their summer run.

April titles (% of B.O. generated during summer*)

Man on Fire ('04)	63%
13 Going on 30 ('04)	57%
U-571 ('00)	51%
Bridget Jones's Diary ('01)	49%
Holes ('03)	43%
*May through Labor Day

BOWING
Movie Title	Engagements
Sin City (Miramax)	3,230
Beauty Shop (MGM)*	2,659
Mughal-E-Azam (UTV)	33
Look at Me (Sony Classics) NY, LA	5
Dust to Glory (IFC) NY, LA	2
Kontroll (ThinkFilm) NY	2
Girl Play (Wolfe) NY	1
In the City (Wolfe) Miami	1
EXPANDING
The Upside of Anger	167-1,111
*Bowed Wednesday

YEAR TO DATE
(in billions of $)
1.89 '04 thru March 28	1.87 -1% '05 thru March 27

	1. Sin City 2. Beauty Shop 3. Guess Who 4. Miss Congeniality 2 5. The Ring Two	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 March 31
Pic	New date	Old date
BUENA VISTA
Dark Water	July 8	Aug. 12
Mars (BV Large Format)	TBA	Sept. 16
FINE LINE
The Holy Girl	April 29	undated
FOX SEARCHLIGHT
Roll Bounce	Sept. 30	July 1
MIRAMAX
Mindhunters	May 6	May 27
NEW LINE
Just Friends	Feb. 10 '06	undated
NEWMARKET
A Hole in My Heart	April 8
PARAMOUNT
Barnyard	Jan. 13 '06	undated
WARNER BROS.
Must Love Dogs	July 29	Aug. 5
The Dukes of Hazzard	Aug. 5	June 24
Red indicates new entry

Source: Nielsen EDI Filmsource