Navigator News (Coverage Ranks) Entertainment13199 Showbiz8125 Movies5474 Movie4084 Panic Room 5 Panic Room Actors Jodie Foster 3 Forest Whitaker Dwight Yoakam Jared Leto Nation U.S. 5 Genres Thriller Year 2002 5 Related People Jodie Foster 3 Dennis Quaid 2 Roger Ebert 1 Terrence Howard 1 David Fincher 1 Christina Applegate 1 Christian Bale 1 Billy Bob Thornton 1 Susan Sarandon 1 Ben Affleck 1 Russell Crowe 1 Nicole Kidman 1 Cameron Diaz 1

Foster, Thornton stumble at box office Jodie Foster blew away the box office competition with her vigilante thriller "The Brave One," but the poorly reviewed film's performance paled against her recent efforts. 2007-09-17 People: [Christian Bale] [Susan Sarandon] [Roger Ebert] [Jodie Foster] [Terrence Howard] [Russell Crowe] [Billy Bob Thornton] Actress Jodie Foster turning 40 LONDON -- Turning 40 holds no terrors for Hollywood star Jodie Foster. Foster, who reaches the milestone in November, said: "I think women are more interesting in their forties. "They've lived longer, they're more confident about their choices and they don't have to be hip and cool any more which I think is a godsend -- you make really bad choices when you are trying to be hip," she told London's Evening Standard on Thursday. Foster, whose latest film "Panic Room" has been a box office hit in the United States, said: "You hear all this stuff about actresses not having the same shelf life as actors, especially once they are over 40. "But I didn't make my career as an ingenue or as the beautiful slinky girlfriend," said the actress who has won Oscars, for "The Accused" and "Silence of the Lambs." 2002-04-21 People: [Jodie Foster] 'Changing Lanes' Beats Traffic at Box Office LOS ANGELES - "Changing Lanes," a road-rage thriller starring Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson, ended Jodie Foster's two-week reign at the North American weekend box office on Sunday, grossing an estimated $17.6 million in its first three days. The Paramount Pictures film, which revolves around an escalating feud between two motorists, pushed Foster's "Panic Room" into second place with $11.3 million in its third weekend. After 17 days, the Sony Pictures home-invasion thriller has rung up $74.1 million, and has a good chance of reaching $100 million, said the studio's distribution and marketing president, Jeff Blake. "Panic Room" began its foreign run in eight countries this weekend, and was No. 1 in all of them -- Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Spain, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland. Combined ticket sales from these markets reached $5.4 million. The "Panic Room" bow was the second-best this year in Spain and the third-best in Australia, said Blake. About three-quarters of the audience for the R-rated "Lanes" was aged 25 and over, with the gender mix split evenly. Paramount distribution president Wayne Lewellen said the film opened at the higher end of his expectations, which ranged from $15 million to $18 million. The studio is owned by Viacom Inc . The top 10 contained two other new entries. Sony's "The Sweetest Thing," a raunchy comedy starring Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate and Selma Blair, racked up $10.0 million at No. 3. The $43 million-budgeted film, whose "R" rating for strong sexual content and language kept out many kids under 17, opened on target, said Blake. Sony Pictures is a unit of Sony Corp. "Frailty," a psychological drama marking the feature directing debut of its star, William Paxton, bowed at No. 8 with a disappointing $4.2 million (tied with "National Lampoon's Van Wilder"). The film, which received good reviews, was released by Lions Gate Films, a unit of Lions Gate Entertainment Inc . THE ROCK READY TO ROLL The top 12 films grossed $84 million, down 10 percent from last weekend, but up 11 percent from the year-ago period when "Spy Kids" was tops for a third weekend. If figures hold when final data are issued on Monday, the tally will mark the lowest in four weeks ($83.1 million, March 8-10). New releases next weekend include "The Scorpion King," a "Mummy" spinoff starring World Wrestling Federation Inc. hero The Rock (a.k.a. Dwayne Johnson), and "Murder By Numbers," a drama starring Sandra Bullock. Rounding out the top five, the hit cartoon "Ice Age" (20th Century Fox) fell one spot to No. 4 with $8.7 million in its fifth weekend. It has grossed $151.7 million to date and is on course for $175 million, said Bruce Snyder, president of distribution at the Fox Entertainment Group Inc. -owned studio. "The Rookie," a fact-based Walt Disney Co. baseball drama starring Dennis Quaid, also fell one place, to No. 5, with $8.1 million, taking its three-week haul to $45.4 million. In the limited release world, director Peter Bogdanovich's Hollywood murder mystery "The Cat's Meow" scratched up $110,000 from 11 screens in New York and Los Angeles. The film is based on hearsay about events on the yacht of William Randolph Hearst in 1924, and stars Edward Herrmann as the media titan, Eddie Izzard as Charlie Chaplin and Kirsten Dunst as Marion Davies. The Lions Gate film played to an older, upscale audience, said studio distribution president Tom Ortenberg. It opens nationally on 300 screens on May 3. And Martin Scorsese's "The Last Waltz," a reissue of the groundbreaking 1976 concert film starring The Band and such guests as Bob Dylan and Muddy Waters, expanded to New York and Los Angeles after opening in San Francisco last weekend. It weighed in with $34,000 from six theaters, and expands to 12 cities next weekend. It was released by United Artists, a unit of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. . Reuters 2002-04-14 People: [Ben Affleck] [Christina Applegate] [Cameron Diaz] [Dennis Quaid] 'Panic Room' Scares Up Record Box-Office Traffic LOS ANGELES - The Jody Foster thriller "Panic Room" had moviegoers racing to the box office over the weekend, making it the all-time biggest Easter opening movie, according to preliminary estimates on Sunday. 2002-03-31 People: [Jodie Foster] [Dennis Quaid] Injured Kidman May Drop Out of Movie LOS ANGELES - Nicole Kidman may drop out of the movie ``The Panic Room'' because of a recurring knee injury, according to media reports. 2001-01-28 People: [Nicole Kidman] [David Fincher] Headlines Foster, Thornton stumble at box office 2007-09-17 Actress Jodie Foster turning 40 2002-04-21 'Changing Lanes' Beats Traffic at Box Office 2002-04-14 'Panic Room' Scares Up Record Box-Office Traffic 2002-03-31 Injured Kidman May Drop Out of Movie 2001-01-28 Most-viewed Foster, Thornton stumble at box office 2007-09-17 Actress Jodie Foster turning 40 2002-04-21 'Changing Lanes' Beats Traffic at Box Office 2002-04-14 'Panic Room' Scares Up Record Box-Office Traffic 2002-03-31

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