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How hot is The Fugitive? The critically acclaimed Harrison Ford thriller enjoyed the biggest August opening in history, and the icing on the cake was the grade the film received from audiences polled by CinemaScore: a rare A+. If this breakaway start is any indication, The Fugitive could end up out- grossing both of this summer's other top thrillers, The Firm and In the Line of Fire. In its second week, Rising Sun continued to shine, and so did the dino-drama Jurassic Park, which, after just over two months, has now passed Home Alone to become third on the list of all-time box office champs. Robert Townsend's The Meteor Man, on the other hand, didn't exactly get off to a flying start. weekend gross weeks in gross Top twenty to date release
1 $23.8 The Fugitive Warner Bros., Harrison Ford $23.8 1 2 $9.1 Rising Sun 20th Century Fox, Sean Connery $31.1 2 3 $5.8 In The Line of Fire Columbia, Clint Eastwood $77.4 5 4 $5.4 Free Willy Warner Bros., Jason James Richter $45.3 4 5 $5.1 Jurassic Park Universal, Sam Neill $292.1 9 6 $4.7 The Firm Paramount, Tom Cruise $133.3 6 7 $4.5 Robin Hood: Men In Tights 20th Century Fox, Mel Brooks $18.4 2 8 $3.7 Sleepless in Seattle TriStar, Tom Hanks $96.5 7 9 $2.6 The Meteor Man MGM, Robert Townsend $2.6 1 10 $2.1 Poetic Justice Columbia, Janet Jackson $25.1 3 11 $2.0 Hocus Pocus Touchstone, Bette Midler $29.6 4 12 $1.8 Coneheads Paramount, Dan Aykroyd $18.5 3 13 $1.7 So I Married an Axe Murderer TriStar, Mike Myers $7.3 2 14 $1.7 Rookie of the Year 20th Century Fox, Gary Busey $42.2 5 15 $1.6 Another Stakeout Touchstone, Richard Dreyfuss $15.2 3 16 $1.5 My Boyfriend's Back Touchstone, Andrew Lowery $1.5 1 17 $1.4 Aladdin Walt Disney, Animated $211.6 39 18 $0.9 Snow White Walt Disney, Animated $35.5 6 19 $0.7 Cliffhanger TriStar, Sylvester Stallone $79.6 11 20 $0.7 Much Ado About Nothing Samuel Goldwyn, Emma Thompson $16.9 14 weekend per screen no. of average Top ten / per screen screens
1 $10,153 The Fugitive Warner Bros. 2,340 2 $5,411 Rising Sun 20th Century Fox 1,675 3 $3,184 Robin Hood: Men in Tights 20th Century Fox 1,402 4 $3,018 In the Line of Fire Columbia 1,925 5 $2,945 Free Willy Warner Bros. 1,847 6 $2,711 Much Ado About Nothing Samuel Goldwyn 265 7 $2,685 Jurassic Park Universal 1,906 8 $2,594 Sleepless in Seattle TriStar 1,408 9 $2,594 The Firm Paramount 1,812 10 $2,493 The Meteor Man MGM 1,060 + WEEKEND OF AUG 7-9 (DOLLAR FIGURES IN MILLIONS) DRAWN FROM 20 TOP GROSSING FILMS
