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Though the studios launched some big holiday films even before Thanksgiving in order to grab a heftier slice of the lucrative Christmas pie, the strategy backfired this year: Most moviegoers went shopping instead. This weekend's box office take was down 24 percent from that of a year ago. Only Mrs. Doubtfire pulled big crowds, proving that good word of mouth on a Robin Williams comedy will beat bad reviews. Meanwhile, the sequel Addams Family Values lost more than two thirds of its audience from its opening two weeks ago. And when a film starts out early in the season and skids so soon, chances are it won't last into the new year. WEEKEND TOP 20 GROSS WEEKS IN GROSS* TO DATE RELEASE
1 $14.7 Mrs. Doubtfire 20th Century Fox, Robin Williams $46.7 2 2 $5.4 A Perfect World Warner Bros., Kevin Costner $18.7 2 3 $4.6 Addams Family Values Paramount, Raul Julia $36.2 3 4 $3.8 The Three Musketeers Touchstone, Charlie Sheen $38.1 4 5 $2.5 Carlito's Way Universal, Al Pacino $29.0 4 6 $2.3 My Life Columbia, Michael Keaton $22.3 4 7 $1.7 The Piano Miramax, Holly Hunter $7.5 4 8 $1.5 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Touchstone, Animated $45.7 8 9 $1.4 We're back! A dDinosaur's Story Universal, Animated$6.32 10 $1.3 Man's Best Friend New Line, Ally Sheedy $9.8 3 11 $1.2 The Remains Of The Day Columbia, Anthony Hopkins $12.5 5 12 $1.1 Jurassic Park Universal, Sam Neill. $334.82 6 13 $1.0 Cool Runnings Walt Disney, Leon $56.01 0 14 $0.7 A Dangerous Woman Gramercy, Debra Winger $0.7 1 15 $0.7 The Beverly Hillbillies 20th Century Fox, Jim Varney $39.6 8 16 $0.4 The Nutcracker Warner Bros., Macaulay Culkin $1.5 2 17 $0.4 Malice New Line, Jeff Daniels $44.71 0 18 $0.4 The Joy Luck Club Hollywood, Tamlyn Tomita $29.71 3 19 $0.3 Sleepless In Seattle TriStar, Meg Ryan $125.62 4 20 $0.3 The Good Son 20th Century Fox, Macaulay Culkin $43.51 1
WEEKEND TOP TEN / PER SCREEN NO. OF PER-SCREEN SCREENS AVERAGE
1 $8,782 Mrs. Doubtfire 20th Century Fox 1,678 2 $7,988 The Piano Miramax. 213 3 $2,764 A Perfect World Warner Bros. 1,964 4 $2,365 The Remains Of The Day Columbia 517 5 $2,322 A Dangerous Woman Gramercy 293 6 $1,817 The Three Musketeers Touchstone 2,096 7 $1,786 My Life Columbia 1,290 8 $1,780 Addams Family Values Paramount 2,577 9 $1,570 Carlito's Way Universal 1,605 10 $1,375 Jurassic Park Universal 782 *WEEKEND OF DEC. 3-5 (DOLLAR FIGURES IN MILLIONS) DRAWN FROM 20 TOP-GROSSING FILMS
