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Demi moore's G.I. Jane had one more skirmish to fight before it could be crowned the weekend's top movie. When the studios released box office estimates Sunday, New Line claimed its Chris Tucker comedy, Money Talks, tied Disney's Jane at $11.1 million each. But when final numbers were reported Monday, Money Talks copped to $10.7 million and second place. Charging that New Line had intentionally inflated its early estimates, Disney distribution chief Phil Barlow says the competition ''either chose to overstate a gross or else they don't know how to [estimate grosses].'' Responds New Line distribution exec Al Shapiro: ''I was off. Like an opinion, an estimate is not an exact science.'' With that, Moore got the top spot all to herself. Last week's top man, Sylvester Stallone, however, isn't sitting so pretty. Cop Land's receipts dropped 46 percent its second weekend, while the low-key comedy The Full Monty, the British import about unlikely male strippers, hung tough.
TOP 20 WEEKEND NO. OF WEEKEND WEEKS IN GROSS TO GROSS* SCREENS PER-SCREEN RELEASE DATE [**] AVERAGE
1 G.I. JANE Hollywood $11.1 1,945 $5,704 1 $11.1
2 MONEY TALKS New Line $10.7 2,005 $5,314 1 $10.7
3 AIR FORCE ONE Columbia $7.9 2,824 $2,787 5 $143.1
4 MIMIC Dimension $7.8 2,255 $3,467 1 $7.8
5 CONSPIRACY THEORY Warner Bros.$7.4 2,707 $2,717 3 $53.5
6 COPLAND Miramax $7.3 2,233 $3,277 2 $27.4
7 EVENT HORIZON Paramount $4.4 2,328 $1,872 2 $17.8
8 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER Universal $3.3 1,880 $1,730 1 $3.3
9 GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE Walt Disney $3.1 1,909 $1,647 6 $90.5
10 MEN IN BLACK Columbia $2.9 1,835 $1,570 8 $230.5
11 CONTACT Warner Bros.$2.1 1,272 $1,659 7 $92.2
12 PICTURE PERFECT 20th Century Fox $1.6 1,276 $1,268 4 $27.4
13 SPAWN New Line $1.6 1,408 $1,114 4 $50.3
14 A SMILE LIKE YOURS Paramount $1.2 582 $1,999 1 $1.2
15 AIR BUD Buena Vista $1.1 1,073 $1,041 4 $19.2
16 MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING TriStar $1.0 801 $1,284 10 $118.0
17 MASTERMINDS Columbia $1.0 1,186 $855 1 $1.0
18 CON AIR Touchstone $1.0 758 $1,271 12 $97.8
19 HOW TO BE A PLAYER Gramercy $0.9 556 $1,616 3 $12.0
20 NOTHING TO LOSE Touchstone $0.6 549 $1,111 6 $41.7
SOURCE: EXHIBITOR RELATIONS CO. INC. * WEEKEND OF AUG. 22-AUG. 24 WEEKEND GROSS-TO-DATE FIGURES IN MILLIONS [**]INCLUDES SOME MULTISCREEN THEATERS AND PRINTS SHIPPED AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL SCREENS
