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SHARON STONE's multi-outfitted Diabolique femme fatale trumped by Frances McDormand's pregnant backwoods police officer in Fargo? You're darn tootin'! The Birdcage's continuing perch at the top of the charts notwithstanding, this week's moral is that a true original is sometimes a safer bet than an uninspired remake. As Fargo moved into wide release, the Coen brothers' snow-covered crime story registered an impressive $6,827 per screen on 412 screens; by contrast, despite Best Actress nominee Stone's Oscar hype, her updating of the 1955 French film failed to generate much steam, tallying just $3,029 per screen. TOP 20 WEEKEND GROSS WEEKS IN GROSS* TO DATE RELEASE
1 $13.3 THE BIRDCAGE United Artists, Robin Williams $60.6 3 2 $9.8 EXECUTIVE DECISION Warner Bros., Kurt Russell $26.0 2 3 $5.5 DIABOLIQUE Warner Bros., Sharon Stone $5.5 1 4 $4.2 HOMEWARD BOUND II: LOST IN SAN FRANCISCO Walt Disney, Robert Hays $22.3 3 5 $4.2 UP CLOSE & PERSONAL Touchstone, Robert Redford $35.9 4 6 $2.8 FARGO Gramercy, Frances McDormand $5.2 3 7 $2.5 GIRL 6 Fox Searchlight, Theresa Randle $2.5 1 8 $2.0 MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS Hollywood, Richard Dreyfuss $72.8 8 9 $1.9 DOWN PERISCOPE 20th Century Fox, Kelsey Grammer $21.1 4 10 $1.5 BROKEN ARROW 20th Century Fox, John Travolta $64.6 7 11 $1.3 HAPPY GILMORE Universal, Adam Sandler $33.7 6 12 $1.3 DEAD MAN WALKING Gramercy, Susan Sarandon $30.2 13 13 $1.1 RACE THE SUN TriStar, Halle Berry $1.1 1 14 $1.1 RUMBLE IN THE BRONX New Line, Jackie Chan $29.1 5 15 $1.1 SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Columbia, Emma Thompson $39.0 15 16 $1.1 ED Universal, Matt LeBlanc $3.5 2 17 $0.8 MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND Walt Disney, Tim Curry $32.0 6 18 $0.8 THE POSTMAN Miramax, Massimo Troisi $16.3 41 19 $0.6 HELLRAISER: BLOODLINE Dimension, Doug Bradley $8.5 3 20 $0.6 LEAVING LAS VEGAS United Artists, Nicolas Cage $28.1 22
TOP 10/PER SCREEN WEEKEND PER-SCREEN NO. OF AVERAGE SCREENS
1 $6,827 FARGO Gramercy 412 2 $5,946 THE BIRDCAGE United Artists 2,236 3 $4,271 EXECUTIVE DECISION Warner Bros. 2,289 4 $3,029 DIABOLIQUE Warner Bros. 1,824 5 $2,546 UP CLOSE & PERSONAL Touchstone 1,639 6 $2,308 GIRL 6 Fox Searchlight 1,077 7 $1,971 HOMEWARD BOUND II: LOST IN SAN FRANCISCO Walt Disney 2,124 8 $1,871 THE POSTMAN Miramax 430 9 $1,720 DEAD MAN WALKING Gramercy 770 10 $1,324 MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS Hollywood 1,491
