THREE-DAY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE : ‘Lambs’ Still Making Noise

Jonathan Demme’s “The Silence of the Lambs” held onto its No. 1 spot in the weekend box office standings, despite the opening of Oliver Stone’s highly-anticipated Jim Morrison rock bio “The Doors.” Over its third weekend, “Silence” took in $10.6 million to “The Doors’ ” $9.1 million, but “The Doors” had the highest per-screen average of any film in wide release. Elsewhere: after 16 weeks in the Top 5, Orion’s “Dances With Wolves” dropped to sixth with receipts of $3.9 million. (It’s cumulative total to date: $122.6 million.) And Touchstone Pictures’ “Scenes from a Mall,” which opened in sixth place last week, plummeted to ninth with grosses of $2.1 million.

* Disney’s “Shipwrecked,” about a 14-year-old boy battling pirates on the high seas, opened with $3.9 million, to carry off seventh place.

Movie Weekend Screens/ Weeks in Total (Studio) Gross Average Release Gross 1. “Silence of the Lambs” $10.6 1,535 3 $45.5 (Orion Pictures) Million $6,916 Million 2. “The Doors” $9.1 840 1 $9.1 (Tri-Star Pictures) Million $10,895 Million 3. “Sleeping With the Enemy” $8.1 1,516 4 $53.5 (20th Century-Fox) Million $5,365 Million 4. “King Ralph” $4.3 1,646 3 $20.0 (Universal Pictures) Million $2,645 Million 5. “Home Alone” $4.2 1,670 16 $241.6 (20th Century-Fox) Million $2,528 Million “Shipwrecked” $3.9 1,386 1 $3.9 (Buena Vista) Million $2,793 Million

SOURCES: Exhibitor Relations Co.