Iron Mask is not likely to have the staying power of the James Cameron film so it will decline more next weekend, but newcomers Primary Colors and Wild Things will be looking for a run at the top. The iceberg romance continued to collide with destiny as it picked up more outstanding achievement awards in editing, cinematography, and sound mixing from the American Cinema Editors, American Society of Cinematographers and the Cinema Audio Society respectively. This is in addition to the award from the Directors Guild of America for James Cameron and the four Golden Globes it captured including statues for Best Picture and Best Director. Over on the Billboard music charts, the soundtrack to Titanic has acted like the film itself and has not moved from the number one spot as it spent its ninth straight week at the top. Cameron and crew have only a week left to practice their acceptance speeches and clean their tuxedos and gowns until the Academy Awards which will be presented in front of a global audience on March 23rd.
Singer is the third hit comedy from New Line to perform surprisingly well in less than a year.
Below are final studio figures for the weekend. Theaters Weeks AVG Cumulative Dist. Opinions expressed in this column are those solely of the author.