New Line Cinema's 'Wedding Crashers' Outperforms Estimates to Earn $33.9 Million in Its Debut Weekend

New Line Cinema's 'Wedding Crashers' Outperforms Estimates to
Earn $33.9 Million in Its Debut Weekend
Final Domestic Box Office Revenues Better Than Initial Projections 


LOS ANGELES, July 19  /PRNewswire/ -- The New Line Cinema comedy "Wedding
Crashers" opened this weekend with a remarkable $33.9 million performance at
the domestic box office.  The figure represents a $2 million improvement on the
studio's initial weekend box office estimates.

Starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn and directed by David Dobkin, "Wedding
Crashers" was warmly received by audiences across the country as its debut in
2,925 theaters resulted in an impressive $11,589 per screen average.

"We're thrilled with how strong 'Wedding Crashers' opened and believe it's just
the beginning of what should be a great run throughout the summer for the
film," said Toby Emmerich, New Line's Production President.  "For a movie with
just a $40 million budget to open like this in a marketplace crowded with
big-budget competition is a real tribute to everyone involved with it."

The outrageous comedy "Wedding Crashers" stars Vaughn and Wilson as divorce
mediators and lifelong friends who have never met a wedding they couldn't get
themselves into. Guided by a secret set of wedding crashing "rules," the pair
find their way into a different wedding and different bridesmaid's heart every
week.  But when they crash the social event of the season, one of them falls
for the engaged daughter (Rachel McAdams) of an influential and eccentric
politician (Christopher Walken) and decides to break the "rules" in pursuit of
her.  This leads to a wild weekend at her family's palatial estate where the
ultimate "Crashers" quickly find themselves in way over their heads.

About New Line Cinema Corporation:

New Line Cinema is the oldest and most successful independent film company in
the world.  In addition to the production, marketing and distribution of
theatrical motion pictures, the fully-integrated studio has divisions devoted
to home entertainment, television, music, theater, licensing, merchandising and
international marketing and distribution.  New Line is a pioneer in franchise
filmmaking and its Oscar-winning The Lord of the Rings trilogy is the most
successful film franchise in history.  New Line is a unit of Time Warner (TWX).

   Candice McDonough
   New Line Cinema
   310-967-6991


DATASOURCE: New Line Cinema Corporation



CONTACT:  Candice McDonough of New Line Cinema, [phone]

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