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It almost looks like a pre-spring clearance sale as the studios clean out their inventories. But moviegoers aren't buying. Michael J. Fox's Greedy entered the listings in the No. 2 spot with an unremarkable $4.8 million gross; Charlie Sheen's The Chase coasted in at No. 5; and Geena Davis' female weepie, Angie, left only Disney execs crying as it straggled into seventh place. With snow still blanketing the East, many moviegoers stuck with Christmas releases: Schindler's List, buoyed by 12 Oscar nominations, saw its business increase by 9 percent as it crossed the $50 million mark, while Mrs. Doubtfire topped $200 million. Weekend Gross to Weeks in Gross* Top 20 Date Release
1 $7.1 Guarding Tess TriStar, Shirley MacLaine $7.1 1 2 $5.4 Lightning Jack Savoy, Paul Hogan. $5.4 1 3 $4.1 Ace Ventura: pet detective Warner Bros., Jim Carrey $57.9 6 4 $3.0 The Ref Touchstone, Denis Leary $3.0 1 5 $2.8 Schindler's List Universal,Liam Neeson $54.3 13 6 $2.7 On Deadly Ground Warner Bros., Steven Seagal $31.7 4 7 $2.6 Greedy Universal, Michael J. Fox $8.7 2 8 $2.3 Mrs. Doubtfire 20th Century Fox, Robin Williams $203.6 16 9 $2.2 Angie Hollywood, Geena Davis $6.0 2 10 $2.1 Sugar Hill 20th Century Fox, Wesley Snipes $13.6 3 11 $2.1 8 Seconds New Line, Luke Perry $9.7 3 12 $1.8 Blank Check Walt Disney, Brian Bonsall $23.7 5 13 $1.7 The Chase 20th Century Fox, Charlie Sheen $6.1 2 14 $1.4 Reality Bites Universal, Winona Ryder $16.0 4 15 $1.3 What's Eating Gilbert Grape? Paramount, Johnny Depp $5.3 13 16 $1.2 Blue Chips Paramount, Nick Nolte $20.9 4 17 $1.2 In The Name Of The Father Universal, Daniel Day-Lewis $19.0 11 18 $1.1 Philadelphia TriStar, Tom Hanks $62.6 12 19 $0.8 My Father, the hero Touchstone, Gerard Depardieu $22.7 6 20 $0.6 China Moon Orion, Madeleine Stowe $2.2 2
Weekend Per-Screen Number of Average Top 10 / Per Screen Screens 1 $4,413 Guarding tess TriStar 1,601 2 $4,343 The Ref Touchstone 701 3 $3,540 Schindler's List Universal 803 4 $3,159 Lightning Jack Savoy 1,710 5 $2,725 Sugar Hill 20th Century Fox 780 6 $2,536 8 Seconds New Line 836 7 $2,277 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Warner Bros. 1,810 8 $2,169 What's Eating Gilbert Grape? Paramount 611 9 $1,922 Angie Universal 1,169 10 $1,820 In The Name Of The Father Universal 667 *Weekend of March 11-13 (dollar figures in millions) Drawn From 20 Top-Grossing Films
