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THIS AND THAT
MONDAY,SEPT.17,2001
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BY MARIO GONZALEZ
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Dulled by overindulgence
6 Tack on
9 Barn bedding
14 Make joyful
15 One Stooge
16 Van Dine's Vance
17 Walt Disney's middle name
18 Play part
19 Make fresh
20 In-line traveling?
23 Farm enclosure
24 Language on Soyuz
25 Every last one
28 Supped
29 Fanatic
30 Bronx cheer
31 Oodles
34 Hammer heads
36 Pitcher's stat
37 Scoundrels
38 Wish for excessively
39 Ran like madras
40 Extremity
41 Deserves
42 Potters' ovens
43 Negative conjunction
44 ___ we there yet?
45 Make free (of)
46 PGA prop
47 Dominate
50 Take a chair
53 Kissing game
56 Clamps
58 Promissory note
59 Cook over a grill
60 Skilful
61 Buffoon
62 Of hearing
63 Fills the hold
64 Harper or Spike
65 Thin-voiced
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1 Mocks
2 Distribute
3 Seven times a week
4 & others
5 Gobi and Negev
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6 Build up
7 Piers
8 People held in custody
9 Short races
10 Afterward
11 Sound familiar
12 Pub potable
13 Holy cowl
11 Regret bitterly
22 Ridicule
26 Sophia of "Two Women"
27 Burdens
28 Commercials, briefly
31 Odor
32 Rocky watercraft
33 Spoke to
34 Having possibility
35 Holiday lead-in
38 Leslie of "Gigi"
39 Auction action
41 Bigots
42 Unit of pressur
9/17/01
Solutions to Friday's puzzle
45 Scott novel, "___ Roy"
48 The ones there
49 Practice recycling
50 Shop
51 Greek epic
52 Actor Savalas
54 Le Pew of cartoons
55 Quiz answer
56 Kilmer of "The Doors"
57 Director Lupino
Movie theaters keep crowds
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Movie attendance remained strong this weekend despite the terrorist attacks on the United States, and a slate of new films topped earnings, according to industry estimates yesterday.
The Keanu Reeves drama "Hardball," about an inner-city Little League team, opened at No.1 with $10.1 million. That nearly equaled the swashbuckling adventure "The Musketeer," which debuted in the top spot last weekend with $10.7 million.
Overall, the weekend box office returns were about 42 percent higher than at the same time last year, $54.1 million compared to $37.8 million.
In part, that reflected this year's more costly ticket prices.
However, while theaters were relatively empty on Friday while many Americans watched news coverage or participated in a day of remembrance, "on Saturday, a
"A lot of people wanted an escape," he said.
lot of people pushed back out to go to the movies," said Rob Friedman, vice chairman of Paramount's motion picture group, which produced "Hardball."
Kym Kerr went with a friend yesterday to see "O," a modern retelling of Shakespeare's "Othello."
"When you're home, it's impossible to not watch TV," said Kerr, 30, of Glendale, Calif. "We're trying to think about anything else for a second."
"There was a great amount of fear and apprehension about how the box office would shake up, but it appears there was no negative effect," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations Inc., which tracks movie earnings.
This weekend, "The Musketeer" fell to third place with $5.3 million. "The Glass House," a psychological thriller starring Leeele Sobieski, opened in second place with $6.1 million.
"Movies have always been a great diversion and relief for people," he added. "This shows that still holds true."
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at North American theaters, according to Exhibitor Relations (final figures are to be released today):
1. "Hardball," $10.1 million.
2. "The Glass House," $6.1 million.
3. "The Musketeer," $5.3 million
4. "The Others," $4.8 million.
5. "Two Can Play That Game,"
    $4.7 million.
6. "Rush Hour 2," $4.3 million
7. "Jeepers Creepers," $3.8 million.
8. "Rat Race" $3.62 million.
9. "American Pie 2," $3.60 million.
10. "Rock Star," $3.5 million
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