Weekend Box Office

""The Haunting"" Scares Up Over $30 Million To Lead This Weekend's Box Office""Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace"" tops $400 million, passing the $399 million gross of ""E.T."" (1982 + 1985 Re-Issue), and moving into third place on the all-time domestic box office list. Only the original""Star Wars"" (1977 + 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 & 1997 Re-Issues) and ""Titanic""(1997) have grossed more than ""The Phantom Menace."" ""The Blair Witch Project"" grossed another $1.9 million in limited releaseat only 31 locations for an astounding per screen average of $63,812. The""mockumentary"" about three missing film students and their recoveredfootage opens wide on July 30.Weekend Rank & Title Weekend Gross Screens Per Screen Weeks In Cumulative Distributor(In Millions) Average Release Gross1. The Haunting $33.4 2,808 $11,907 1 $33.4 DreamWorks2. Inspector Gadget $21.9 2,814 $7,779 1 $21.9 Walt Disney3. American Pie $10.1 2,544 $3,975 3 $64.5 Universal4. Eyes Wide Shut $10.1 2,483 $4,050 2 $40.3 Warner Bros.5. Big Daddy $6.0 2,904 $2,068 5 $146.0 Columbia6. Lake Placid $5.6 2,101 $2,662 2 $21.4 20th Century Fox7. Wild Wild West $5.3 3,045 $2,662 4 $104.1 Warner Bros.8. Tarzan $4.9 2,281 $2,139 6 $152.5 Walt Disney9. The Wood $4.8 1,615 $4,049 2 $16.4 Paramount10. Star Wars: $4.2 1,615 $2,599 10 $402.8 20th Century FoxEpisode I ñ The Phantom MenaceSource: Exhibitor Relations