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DAILY VARIETY FILM BOX OFFICE REPORT FOR THE WEEKEND OF FEB. 26-28 RANKING REPORTED $ PER THIS LAST WEEKEND $ PCT. SCREEN WK. WK. TITLE (DISTRIBUTOR) BOXOFFICE CHANGE AVERAGE 1 1Falling Down (WB) 8,724,452 -- 7,151 2 1Groundhog Day (Col) 7,607,615 --18% 4,367 3 2Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (BV) 5,949,729 --10% 3,309 4 4The Crying Game (Miramax) 4,917,120 --6% 4,992 5 3Sommersby (WB) 4,142,931 --30% 2,351 6 5Aladdin (BV) 3,879,296 --13% 1,717 7 9Untamed Heart (MGM) 2,617,683 --5% 2,331 8 8Scent of a Woman (U) 2,489,760 --15% 1,995 9 6Army of Darkness (U) 2,274,285 --49% 1,635 10 10A Few Good Men (Col) 1,922,151 --17% 1,504 11 7National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon I (New Line) 1,811,928 --39% 1,108 12 13Home Alone 2 (20th) 1,466,857 --1% 1,184 13 11Unforgiven (WB) 1,437,425 --6% 1,874 14 15Alive (BV) 979,755 --21% 824 15 18Howards End (Sony Pictures Classics) 795,323 +6% 1,978 16 26Passion Fish (Miramax) 652,011 +197% 3,414 17 16The Cemetery Club (BV) 639,835 --44% 1,422 18 14The Vanishing (20th) 638,503 --56% 963 19 37Leprechaun (Trimark Pictures) 548,387 +443% 1,515 20 12The Temp (Par) 528,970 --65% 900 21 19The Bodyguard (WB) 523,982 --14% 954 22 17Sniper (TriStar) 490,500 --45% 900 23 30Strictly Ballroom (Miramax) 350,755 +112% 8,555 24 --El Mariachi (Col) 312,528 -- 4,735 25 24The Distinguished Gentleman (BV) 282,900 +22% 820 26 20Used People (20th) 254,772 --31% 732 27 --The Judas Project (R.S. Entertainment) 250,639 -- 4,820 28 21Damage (New Line) 228,251 --29% 1,418 29 23Indochine (Sony Pictures Classics) 219,703 --11% 3,995 30 22Matinee (U) 208,855 --29% 580 31 25Children of the Corn II (Dimension) 188,755 --17% 854 32 27Lorenzo's Oil (U) 176,135 --13% 855 33 28A River Runs Through It (Col) 173,052 --2% 1,012 34 29Forever Young (WB) 157,805 --9% 741 35 34Love Field (Orion) 147,991 +35% 937 36 33Tous Les Matins Du Monde (October Films) 113,729 +2% 3,446 37 31Chaplin (TriStar) 99,693 --22% 627 38 35The Mighty Ducks (BV) 98,262 --6% 159 39 46Aspen Extreme (BV) 87,848 +138% 632 40 40Enchanted April (Miramax) 76,247 --2% 1,155 41 36Peter's Friends (Samuel Goldwyn Co.) 74,199 --27% 1,237 42 38Under Siege (WB) 71,739 --27% 641 43 32Nowhere to Run (Col) 70,598 --41% 378 44 41Bad Lieutenant (Aries) 59,696 --5% 2,487 45 52Like Water For Chocolate (Miramax) 51,258 +117% 12,815 46 42Reservoir Dogs (Miramax) 50,357 --17% 2,798 47 43Hexed (Col) 43,901 --17% 406 48 44Flirting (Samuel Goldwyn Co.) 42,297 --15% 1,627 49 45The Player (Fine Line) 33,482 --14% 797 50 47Malcolm X (WB) 28,642 --20% 842 51 --Visions of Light (Kino Int'l.) 27,761 -- 13,881 52 49Brother's Keeper (Creative Thinking) 26,507 --9% 2,039 53 50Mac (Samuel Goldwyn Co.) 21,838 --21% 10,919 54 --The Abyss: Special Edition (20th) 20,962 -- 10,481 55 55Glengarry Glen Ross (New Line) 19,285 +66% 584 56 63Intervista (Castle Hill) 12,374 +242% 6,187 57 --The Last Days of Chez Nous (Fine Line) 12,081 -- 6,041 58 54Riff-Raff (Fine Line) 9,414 --31% 4,707 59 --Venice/Venice (Rainbow Releasing) 6,294 -- 1,574
DAILY VARIETY FILM BOX OFFICE REPORT FOR THE WEEKEND OF FEB. 26-28 RANKING # OF SCREENS THIS LAST THIS LAST WK. WK. TITLE (DISTRIBUTOR) WK. WK. 1 1Falling Down (WB) 1,220 -- 2 1Groundhog Day (Col) 1,742 1,735 3 2Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (BV) 1,798 1,791 4 4The Crying Game (Miramax) 985 735 5 3Sommersby (WB) 1,762 1,762 6 5Aladdin (BV) 2,259 1,737 7 9Untamed Heart (MGM) 1,123 1,123 8 8Scent of a Woman (U) 1,248 1,208 9 6Army of Darkness (U) 1,391 1,387 10 10A Few Good Men (Col) 1,278 1,324 11 7National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon I (New Line) 1,636 1,983 12 13Home Alone 2 (20th) 1,239 1,291 13 11Unforgiven (WB) 767 810 14 15Alive (BV) 1,189 862 15 18Howards End (Sony Pictures Classics) 402 282 16 26Passion Fish (Miramax) 191 32 17 16The Cemetery Club (BV) 450 523 18 14The Vanishing (20th) 663 1,199 19 37Leprechaun (Trimark Pictures) 362 100 20 12The Temp (Par) 588 1,438 21 19The Bodyguard (WB) 549 620 22 17Sniper (TriStar) 545 875 23 30Strictly Ballroom (Miramax) 41 10 24 --El Mariachi (Col) 66 -- 25 24The Distinguished Gentleman (BV) 345 334 26 20Used People (20th) 348 377 27 --The Judas Project (R.S. Entertainment) 52 -- 28 21Damage (New Line) 161 174 29 23Indochine (Sony Pictures Classics) 55 46 30 22Matinee (U) 360 386 31 25Children of the Corn II (Dimension) 221 244 32 27Lorenzo's Oil (U) 206 159 33 28A River Runs Through It (Col) 171 180 34 29Forever Young (WB) 213 236 35 34Love Field (Orion) 158 128 36 33Tous Les Matins Du Monde (October Films) 33 30 37 31Chaplin (TriStar) 159 214 38 35The Mighty Ducks (BV) 618 200 39 46Aspen Extreme (BV) 139 76 40 40Enchanted April (Miramax) 66 65 41 36Peter's Friends (Samuel Goldwyn Co.) 60 69 42 38Under Siege (WB) 112 133 43 32Nowhere to Run (Col) 187 286 44 41Bad Lieutenant (Aries) 24 24 45 52Like Water For Chocolate (Miramax) 4 2 46 42Reservoir Dogs (Miramax) 18 21 47 43Hexed (Col) 108 140 48 44Flirting (Samuel Goldwyn Co.) 26 25 49 45The Player (Fine Line) 42 38 50 47Malcolm X (WB) 34 47 51 --Visions of Light (Kino Int'l.) 2 -- 52 49Brother's Keeper (Creative Thinking) 13 9 53 50Mac (Samuel Goldwyn Co.) 2 2 54 --The Abyss: Special Edition (20th) 2 -- 55 55Glengarry Glen Ross (New Line) 33 17 56 63Intervista (Castle Hill) 2 1 57 --The Last Days of Chez Nous (Fine Line) 2 -- 58 54Riff-Raff (Fine Line) 2 2 59 --Venice/Venice (Rainbow Releasing) 4 --
DAILY VARIETY FILM BOX OFFICE REPORT FOR THE WEEKEND OF FEB. 26-28 RANKING $ CUMULATIVE THIS LAST REPORTED # DAYS WK. WK. TITLE (DISTRIBUTOR) BOXOFFICE RELEASE 1 1Falling Down (WB) 8,724,452 3 2 1Groundhog Day (Col) 36,368,890 17 3 2Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (BV) 23,585,467 26 4 4The Crying Game (Miramax) 28,034,360 96 5 3Sommersby (WB) 33,498,962 24 6 5Aladdin (BV) 184,200,162 110 7 9Untamed Heart (MGM) 11,089,737 17 8 8Scent of a Woman (U) 45,017,039 68 9 6Army of Darkness (U) 7,800,345 10 10 10A Few Good Men (Col) 129,462,655 80 11 7National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon I (New Line) 23,848,055 24 12 13Home Alone 2 (20th) 167,584,481 101 13 11Unforgiven (WB) 78,837,133 178 14 15Alive (BV) 32,847,409 45 15 18Howards End (Sony Pictures Classics) 19,910,140 353 16 26Passion Fish (Miramax) 1,874,801 73 17 16The Cemetery Club (BV) 4,710,625 26 18 14The Vanishing (20th) 13,009,425 24 19 37Leprechaun (Trimark Pictures) 6,736,585 52 20 12The Temp (Par) 6,007,166 17 21 19The Bodyguard (WB) 114,689,981 96 22 17Sniper (TriStar) 16,970,159 31 23 30Strictly Ballroom (Miramax) 758,736 17 24 --El Mariachi (Col) 312,528 3 25 24The Distinguished Gentleman (BV) 45,249,204 87 26 20Used People (20th) 17,130,101 75 27 --The Judas Project (R.S. Entertainment) 261,362 10 28 21Damage (New Line) 6,659,377 68 29 23Indochine (Sony Pictures Classics) 2,248,702 68 30 22Matinee (U) 8,589,830 31 31 25Children of the Corn II (Dimension) 6,609,780 31 32 27Lorenzo's Oil (U) 6,378,620 61 33 28A River Runs Through It (Col) 40,067,152 143 34 29Forever Young (WB) 52,421,432 75 35 34Love Field (Orion) 716,689 24 36 33Tous Les Matins Du Monde (October Films) 2,013,770 108 37 31Chaplin (TriStar) 9,089,842 66 38 35The Mighty Ducks (BV) 50,727,056 150 39 46Aspen Extreme (BV) 7,584,496 38 40 40Enchanted April (Miramax) 12,883,491 213 41 36Peter's Friends (Samuel Goldwyn Co.) 3,604,916 66 42 38Under Siege (WB) 83,437,322 143 43 32Nowhere to Run (Col) 20,058,148 45 44 41Bad Lieutenant (Aries) 1,272,834 101 45 52Like Water For Chocolate (Miramax) 98,803 12 46 42Reservoir Dogs (Miramax) 2,608,116 129 47 43Hexed (Col) 2,693,248 38 48 44Flirting (Samuel Goldwyn Co.) 2,104,854 115 49 45The Player (Fine Line) 21,616,895 325 50 47Malcolm X (WB) 47,942,465 103 51 --Visions of Light (Kino Int'l.) 35,031 5 52 49Brother's Keeper (Creative Thinking) 518,732 173 53 50Mac (Samuel Goldwyn Co.) 61,275 10 54 --The Abyss: Special Edition (20th) 20,962 3 55 55Glengarry Glen Ross (New Line) 10,660,482 152 56 63Intervista (Castle Hill) 138,608 93 57 --The Last Days of Chez Nous (Fine Line) 12,081 3 58 54Riff-Raff (Fine Line) 57,772 17 59 --Venice/Venice (Rainbow Releasing) 282,450 144
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