TRACKING THE TOP 20
Top 20 films in the United States, for the period Jan. 3 through Feb. 17, in millions of dollars:
For Box Wks. in the office Rank Film Distributor release period to date* 1 Mrs. Doubtfire Fox 12 $66.3 $188.8 2 Philadelphia TriStar 8 51.3 51.9 3 Grumpy Old Men Warner Bros. 8 42.2 59.2 4 The Pelican Brief Warner Bros. 9 34.1 95.1 5 Schindler’s List Universal 9 31.0 37.2 6 Tombstone Buena Vista 8 28.6 51.8 7 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Warner Bros. 2 27.4 27.4 8 Shadowlands Savoy 7 21.5 21.6 9 Intersection Paramount 4 20.0 20.0 10 The Air Up There Buena Vista 6 19.0 19.0 11 Iron Will Buena Vista 5 18.7 18.7 12 House Party 3 New Line 5 17.9 17.9 13 Beethoven’s 2nd Universal 9 15.4 47.2 14 Blink New Line 3 14.1 14.1 15 Sister Act 2 Buena Vista 10 12.0 53.2 16 My Father, the Hero Buena Vista 2 11.8 11.8 17 The Piano Miramax 14 11.2 28.4 18 In the Name of the Father Universal 7 9.8 9.9 19 I’ll Do Anything Columbia 2 8.5 8.5 20 The Getaway Universal 1 7.4 7.4
Opening Rank date 1 Nov. 24 2 Dec. 22 3 Dec. 24 4 Dec. 17 5 Dec. 15 6 Dec. 24 7 Feb. 4 8 Dec. 29 9 Jan. 21 10 Jan. 7 11 Jan. 14 12 Jan. 12 13 Dec. 17 14 Jan. 26 15 Dec. 10 16 Feb. 4 17 Nov. 12 18 Dec. 29 19 Feb. 4 20 Feb. 11
* Distributors receive roughly half of box office revenue, on average.
Source: Entertainment Data Inc.
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