WEEKEND BOX OFFICE

Paramount Pictures, the film industry’s top gun at the box office in 1986, is off to another big start this summer. Two Paramount offerings--”Beverly Hills Cop II” and the debuting “The Untouchables”--finished in the No. 1 and 2 spots in ticket sales over the the weekend. “Cop II” got another $12,242,035 from 2,326 screens (in 19 days, the Eddie Murphy vehicle has grossed just under $84 million), while “The Untouchables”--which garnered mixed but generally favorable reviews--gunned down $10,023,094 at 1,012 sites. Universal’s “Harry and the Hendersons,” the weekend’s other national debut, had a disappointing freshman outing: $4,154,740 at 1,418 theaters. Holdovers continuing to do respectable business included Disney’s “Ernest Goes to Camp” ($2,352,018 at 1,500 screens), Universal’s “Secret of My Success” ($2,036,125 at 1,253) and New Century/Vista’s “The Gate” ($1,033,829 at 965). Columbia’s “Ishtar,” meanwhile, dropped below the $1-million mark in weekend box office, taking only $946,216 at 1,095 theaters ($12.7 million to date).

Figures courtesy of Exhibitor Relations Co.