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The eruption of Dante's Peak was forceful but not Force-ful. Its $18.5 million boom was the largest February opening ever, yet in its hurry to beat Volcano to the multiplex, Peak ran smack into the second smash weekend of Star Wars. America so loves George Lucas' 1977 rerelease, it's expected to surpass E.T. as the top-grossing film of all time on Valentine's Day. Expect The English Patient's 12 Oscar nominations to boost its grosses past $55 million as it moves into more than 1,400 theaters. And with five Oscar noms, Jerry Maguire, already a huge hit, now seems guaranteed to reach $140 million.
TOP 20
WEEKEND GROSS WEEKS IN GROSS* TO DATE RELEASE
1 $24.3 STAR WARS: SPECIAL EDITION 20th Century Fox, Mark Hamill $393.5 2 2 $18.5 DANTE'S PEAK Universal, Pierce Brosnan $18.5 1 3 $4.1 THE BEAUTICIAN AND THE BEAST Paramount, Fran Drescher $4.1 1 4 $3.6 JERRY MAGUIRE TriStar, Tom Cruise $121.3 9 5 $3.6 SCREAM Dimension, Neve Campbell $75.0 8 6 $3.0 EVITA Hollywood/Cinergi, Madonna $41.0 7 7 $2.5 METRO Touchstone, Eddie Murphy $28.4 4 8 $2.2 THE ENGLISH PATIENT Miramax, Ralph Fiennes $42.0 13 9 $2.0 BEVERLY HILLS NINJA TriStar, Chris Farley $27.1 4 10 $1.9 MICHAEL New Line, John Travolta $83.1 7 11 $1.8 IN LOVE AND WAR New Line, Sandra Bullock $12.9 3 12 $1.8 THE PEST TriStar, John Leguizamo $1.8 1 13 $1.7 MOTHER Paramount, Albert Brooks $15.0 7 14 $1.4 THE RELIC Paramount, Penelope Ann Miller $31.4 5 15 $1.0 SHINE Fine Line, Geoffrey Rush $16.0 12 16 $1.0 EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU Miramax, Goldie Hawn $6.7 7 17 $0.9 FIERCE CREATURES Universal, John Cleese $8.5 3 18 $0.9 GRIDLOCK'D Gramercy, Tupac Shakur $4.9 2 19 $0.9 SPACE JAM Warner Bros., Michael Jordan $87.9 13 20 $0.8 ZEUS AND ROXANNE MGM, Steve Guttenberg $6.1 3
TOP 10 / PER SCREEN
WEEKEND PER-SCREEN NO. OF AVERAGE[**] SCREENS[***]
1 $11,539 STAR WARS: SPECIAL EDITION 20th Century Fox 2,104 2 $6,955 DANTE'S PEAK Universal 2,657 3 $3,627 EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU Miramax 276 4 $3,282 SHINE Fine Line 314 5 $2,872 EVITA Hollywood/Cinergi 1,045 6 $2,346 MOTHER Paramount 735 7 $2,266 THE BEAUTICIAN AND THE BEAST Paramount 1,801 8 $2,148 THE ENGLISH PATIENT Miramax 1,042 9 $2,036 SCREAM Dimension 1,750 10 $1,823 JERRY MAGUIRE TriStar 1,964
