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Bill Murray's Groundhog Day cast its shadow over the com-petition, raking in a smashing $14.7 million during the extended Presidents' Day weekend. It was the most successful opening for any Murray vehicle (excepting Ghostbusters II), not to mention the second-biggest winter opening ever (after Wayne's World). With a B+ from audiences polled by CinemaScore, Groundhog Day could become a major success. Disney's Homeward Bound did solid business in its first weekend of wide release, and Sommersby held up superbly, maintaining a solid $5,811 per-screen average. Vying for bomb of the week were The Temp, coming in at No. 10, and Love Field (off the chart), with an abysmal $1,465 average. WEEKEND TOP TEN GROSS WEEKS IN GROSS* TO DATE RELEASE
1 $14.7 Groundhog Day $14.7 1 Columbia (1,640 screens) 2 $9.94 Sommersby $20.4 2 Warner Bros. (1,710 screens) 3 $8.11 Homeward Bound $8.21 2 Walt Disney (1,702 screens) 4 $6.73 Aladdin $173.51 4 Walt Disney (1,903 screens) 5 $6.11 Loaded Weapon 1 $17.4 2 New Line (2,015 screens) 6 $4.13 Untamed Heart $4.13 1 MGM (1,123 screens) 7 $3.53 The Vanishing $9.82 2 20th Century Fox (1,658 screens) 8 $3.27 A Few Good Men $124.01 0 Columbia (1,352 screens) 9 $3.19 Scent Of A Woman $38.1 8 Universal (1,208 screens) 10 $2.88 The Temp $2.88 1 Paramount (1,438 screens) Audience Polling Information Provided By Cinemascore *weekend of Feb. 12-15 (all dollar figures in millions)
