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STAR WARS falls to second place

By David Kilmer | Monday, June 14, 1999 at 12:00am
In Films, Films | Headline News | Geographic Region: All

STAR WARS EPISODE 1: THE PHANTOM MENACE, the digital effects driven actionfilm from Lucasfilm, grossed $25.4 million to bring its total to $296.7million while finishing second to newly released AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHOSHAGGED ME in the US weekend boxoffice race for the week ending Sunday,June 13. Universal's THE MUMMY, with digital effects by ILM, finished fifthwhile grossing $5.48 million to bring its total to $136.2 million; THEMATRIX, directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, finished seventh, grossing$2.1 million to bring its total to $161.6 million; THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR,with digital effects by Centropolis Effects, finished eighth, grossing $1.3million for a total of $9.5 million.


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