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Entertainment Weekly
February 4, 2000

Box Office Brouhaha

This is an excerpt from a rather lengthy article detailing various movie trends over the past year, and discussing upcoming studio plans. -- MATTHEW

The modest 2000 roster features a host of hot names--Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn--and one sure thing, Adam Sandler's Little Nicky. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is New Line's most ambitious project ever... TROUBLE SPOTS ...with a reported $130 million plus invested in a director (Peter Jackson) whose biggest film (The Frighteners) has grossed only $17 million.