George Clooney with Perfect Storm co-star Mark Wahlberg 克鲁尼和完美风暴中的搭档维伯格

　　George Clooney's new film The Perfect Storm trounced Mel Gibson's latest offering when the pair opened in the US over the weekend.
　　The Perfect Storm took $41.7m - almost double that of The Patriot, which pulled in $21.7m. Nick Park's latest animated adventure Chicken Run, which features Gibson's voice, claimed third spot in the US box office charts, making $12.8m.
　　Overall, it was a good weekend for Hollywood, with the top 12 films grossing $121.8m to reverse disappointing figures of recent weeks.

克鲁尼票房获胜

　　乔治·克鲁尼的新片“完美风暴”击败了一同推出的梅尔·吉布森最新力作“爱国者”，获得上周美国票房冠军。
　　“完美风暴”共获得4170万美元票房，几乎是“爱国者”(2170万美元)的两倍，导演尼克·帕克的最新动画片“小鸡快跑”以1280万美元获得第三，这部影片由梅尔·吉布森配音。
　　总的来说，这个周末好莱坞收获颇丰，前12名的影片共获得12亿1800万美元的票房，近几周的连续颓势一扫而光。