'Under Siege,' which dominated the October box office, was sixth with $2.5 million at 1,757 screens to give it a 45-day total of more than $68 million.ĭisney's hockey comedy, 'The Mighty Ducks,' finished seventh with $2 million at 1,708 screens, boosted by being coupled with Sunday matinee sneak previews of 'Aladdin' at 800 theaters. 2 movie, Warner's 'Passenger 57,' landed in fourth with $4.5 million at 1,974 screens for a 17-day total of $27.2 million, followed by Columbia's acclaimed 'A River Runs Through It' with $3 million at 1,080 screens. 'X' should be able to show some legs over the holiday weekend, particulary since no violence has broken out at any screenings. Jesse Jackson, who told President-elect Bill Clinton to go see it. The film received a boost over the weekend from the Rev. Warner's 'Malcolm X,' which opened Wednesday with $2.4 million, has grossed more than $13.6 million in its first five days, an impressive figure given its 201 minute running time and its ultra-serious subject matter. 'Dracula' lost over half of its huge first-weekend audience but held up nicely, considering the high-powered marketing campaigns for 'Home Alone 2' and 'Malcolm X.' The Columbia release has now taken in $53.7 million in its first 10 daysand should easily top the $100 million mark by Christmas. The other top weekends: 'Batman,' 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,' 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,' 'Lethal Weapon 3,' Beverly Hills Cop 2' and 'Terminator 2.' 'Batman Returns' set the all-time record for an opening last June with $45.7 million on its way to grossing more than $160 million, which is the top total this year. The weekend gross is the eighth best of all time for an opening, a mark set by 'Dracula' when it opened last weekend with $30.5 million. 'We're on Cloud Nine,' said studio distribution chief Tom Sherak. Analysts had expected an opening-weekend gross of around $25 million. The performance by the 20th Century Fox release is particularly impressive considering that many of the tickets were bought by children paying discounted prices. The original opened with $17.1 million at 1, 202 screens, then led the box office for three months.
'Home Alone 2,' hammered by most critics, is unlikely to duplicate the success of the original, which took in $285 million in its domestic run, the third highest total of all time, but it could take in somewhere in the $200 million range. It has played mostly to sell- outs to gross $612,078 at two screens in 12 days.
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